Pray-Reading is Scriptural

[OBW]

Originally Posted by UntoHim

. . Proclaiming "Oh Lord!" before one word, and then "Amen" before another, and then "Hallelujah" before another . . . .

This is the part that baffled me. We are supposedly going to get the best from the Word by chopping it into disjointed words, losing the entirety of what the passage says in the process. This takes contextomy to an entirely new level.

[countmeworthy]

Originally Posted by UntoHim View Post
. . Proclaiming "Oh Lord!" before one word, and then "Amen" before another, and then "Hallelujah" before another . . . .

Originally Posted by OBW

This is the part that baffled me. We are supposedly going to get the best from the Word by chopping it into disjointed words, losing the entirety of what the passage says in the process. This takes contextomy to an entirely new level.

I do not remember the "Oh Lord!" before one word, and then "Amen" before another, and then "Hallelujah" before another when I was learning to pray read. I do remember that after some time in prayer meetings it was a LOT of ' O LORD' this and 'AMEN' that and 'HALLELUIAH' this and that.. and much of the prayer was about 'Christ and the church'...

No worship... no praise.. no thanksgiving..except when we were singing from the hymnal in particular during the Lord's supper.

[countmeworthy]

I think Ephesians 6 makes a compelling statement of proof that praying the Word aka 'pray reading' is scriptural.

Here goes:
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.

11 Put on the full armor of God......
in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

17 And take the helmet of salvation, and

the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God.

18 With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit,


So as an example of how I was taught to pray read, it went something like this:
saint # 1 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil.

saint #2 "LORD. We put on the Full Armor of God.
saint #3 Yes Lord. We put on the Full Armor of God.. that we may be able to stand firm.
saint #4 Yes! We STAND FIRM. OH!! LORD! WE put on the Full Armor of God that we may be able to STAND FIRM against the schemes of the devil.

And yes.. the saints would resound 'AMEN' after every phrase. Nothing wrong with that. But I don't pray read like that anymore and neither do I 'pray read' with people either. just my experience.

[Sons to Glory!]

And I don't see anything wrong with that either. Also: "Lord, help me/us put on Your full armor!" is something I would pray now.