By: Mameneh

Mameneh — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:32:02 +0000

Thanks Omari
So many people have said to me in person what you have written to this post. Thanks for having the courage to comment on here without fear of judgement or retaliation. It means so much. This is what this site is all about, expressing your opinion without fear and with professionalism.

By: omari jackson

omari jackson — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 06:14:46 +0000

Your experience indicates that the pastor has his own method of serving God. It is true that there should be an orderly method of serving in His own way, and not in Our Own way. After all no one can convince me that prayers reach God because eyes were close and they don’t reach Him because eyes were not. The pastor may have developed his own sense of how to reach God and supported by the congregation, they continue to humiliate others, in a simply method of reaching to God. We should not forget that as the Jesus even said that durig prayers we should not be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners. He said we should pray secetly and God will pay us in public(Matthew 6: 5 and 6). Interestingly, Jesus did not say we should stand up or close our eyes. But since man has come up with methods to worship God in his own way, it is not surprising that you were treated in such a raw deal. But you should take heart because God looks in the heart of those who are serving him, and in the man-made methods of serving him. Personally while I believe that some organization in leadership in religion is important, I am careful of those relgious organizations who tend to honor the opinions of their leaders because I believe that a blind pastgor can lead me into a pit. The search for God is personal and therefore don’t let the experience dampen your desire to find God, for He is too close to find. And don’t feel discourage for what happened, and work for the good of all.

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