{"id":4,"date":"2009-11-24T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/11\/104-saying-just-a-lot-while-praying-out-loud-in-a-group.html"},"modified":"2009-11-24T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T12:00:00","slug":"104-saying-just-a-lot-while-praying-out-loud-in-a-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/stuffchristianculturelikes\/2009\/11\/104-saying-just-a-lot-while-praying-out-loud-in-a-group.html","title":{"rendered":"#104 Saying “just” a lot while praying out loud"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When called upon to pray aloud in a group, an evangelical automatically says “just” a few dozen times during the course of the prayer. This doesn’t happen when other flavors of Christians such as Catholics or Episcopalians pray, but an evangelical cannot help it.<\/p>\n

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“We just come before you today, Father God, and just ask that you pour out your spirit upon us. Just renew our hearts and help us know your plan. Knock down any barriers in our hearts and just show your will to us and, uh, just help us love you.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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