• Practicing your righteousness to be noticed by others.
    • Beware – why? Proverbs 27:2
    • If not, what?
    • Left hand versus right hand – I Corinthians 12:14-27
    • What about a collective prayer – is that to be “seen”? I Corinthians 14:15-17
    • Why use a closet?
      • Is that what is meant?
      • If not, what is it? Daniel 6:9-10
    • What would be meaningless repetition? I Kings 18:26-29
      • Why have some used such?
      • Why should we not? Isaiah 65:24
      • So, no need to pray persistently? Luke 18:3-8
    • Pray then “in this way” (Matthew 5:44) II Corinthians 13:7-9
      • Short, simple, to the point.
      • This prayer reflects
        • Reverence
        • Subjection
        • Dependence upon Him for sustenance
        • The need for His guidance and deliverance
        • The need for forgiveness and to be forgiven
        • A prayer that must be lived as well as prayed
    • Same goes for fasting
      • Keep it clean
      • Look normal
      • Don’t show it off
      • What about fasting?
        • Signified mourning
        • Also devotion to prayer
          • Commanded?
          • Necessary?
          • Authorized?
          • Practical?