Prayer Examples

Matthew 6:5–7 KJV 1900

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

The Hypocrites

Blindness to faults

Matthew 7:5 KJV 1900

Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

Blind to God’s Work

Luke 12:56 KJV 1900

Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

To true values

Luke 13:15 KJV 1900

The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

Over-value human tradition

Matthew 15:7–8 KJV 1900

Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.

The Heathen

trying to get God’s attention based on ones merits.