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Originally Posted by Ohio
Then, as with all things recovery, the 5-word saying got formalized into a mechanized means of salvation. Initially what had begun in faith by the Spirit became vain babbling to be mouthed rather than spoken from the heart. Nearly all things Recovery were such. Pray-reading was also this way -- initially praying Bible verses eventually becoming robotic shouted repetition for a few cheap "amens."
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So did "Oh Lord Jesus" get shortened to just "Oh Lord" later? When I was around it was "Oh Lord Jesus."