But when you pray, do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. For they think that they will be heard for their many words (Matthew 6:7).
And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of others. Assuredly I say to you, they have their reward (Matthew 6:5).
Two men went up to the synagogue to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself. 'God I thank You that I am not like other people-extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all I possess' (Luke 18:10-12).
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let them ask of God, who gives to all people generously and without reproach, and it will be given to them. But let them ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea driven and tossed by the wind. For let not that person expect that they will receive anything from the Lord, being a double-minded person, unstable in all their ways (James 1:6-8).
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