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Originally Posted by UntoHim
You contradict yourself here. You say that you “personally do not practice ‘pray reading’ as described by OBW” and yet you say that it’s “very much over the line of someone criticizes and complains about my prayer and my time with the Lord”. If you do not practice pray-reading as described by OBW and others here, then why are you so offended by the criticisms? You say “on the other hand I never criticized”. Great. Nobody here is forcing you to criticize anything (though you are free to do so), but I am going to ask you to give the freedom and grace to others who feel that the way pray-reading is practiced in the Local Church is neither scriptural nor especially profitable.
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No, I don't contradict myself. Treat others the way you want to be treated. I don't want others critiquing my prayer and personal time with the Lord, therefore I will afford them the same treatment. What makes me especially vocal in this is that I am keenly aware that when I appear before the Lord I will be judged with what judgement I judge. Criticizing the way others worship the Lord seems to me to be a way to make that time before the judgement seat particularly onerous.
I have already provided numerous verses to support my assertion that praying the word back to God is scriptural. This has been challenged by OBW and I have responded in detail. I don't think it is necessary to add anything here.
I have not taken away anyone's freedom on this forum.
I agree that the way pray-reading is described by OBW (and based on your quote, by the LSM as well) is not something I feel led to do, but I am not the Lord, it is not for me to judge what is and is not profitable for someone else. I do feel that the way Pray reading was taught to me by RG and described in his book "Lord Thou saidst" is something that is profitable.
Personally I find this book extremely interesting as it gives a window into RG right before JI was ousted and the Texas brothers took control of the LSM.