How to Pretend to Pray

We've all said it. Someone in the church asks us to do something and we open up our handbag of cliches and respond by saying, "I'll pray about it." Now we know we definitely will not pray about it, but lying about being spiritually mature is probably holier than telling the truth about being anti-spiritual. I think it talks about that in the Old Testament somewhere.

Think that is sad? Not even close. This practice is so accepted among Christians, that we now have to qualify when we are legitimately going to pray versus giving lip service. If we are indeed going to pray when someone asks us to do something, we say something along these lines, "I will definitely pray about it this time" or "This time I won't pretend to pray, I really will do it."

And perhaps you are feeling guilty. Maybe you are thinking, "I've done this and now I see the error of my ways." Well not wanting to leave you hanging, Bald Wisdom has a suggestion to appease that guilty conscience. Here's how!

Every night before going to bed, pray this prayer:

"Dear Jesus, I want to pray about all the things that I might have said I would pray about today. Amen"

I am not totally sure what this prayer means or even what it accomplishes, but (and God is your witness), you prayed!

And perhaps someone asks you if you prayed about what ya'll talked about? Well you can confidently say you did in fact pray. 

And if they ask, "So, did God give you an answer?" 

Well, you simply respond, "I'm still waiting for clarity."

And this concludes our lesson on How to Pretend to Pray.