Have you tried to pray, and found it difficult? The words hard to come by? Or, have you ever been asked to pray in public, and panicked, saying, "I can't do that"? Well if you have had that experience, and most of us have, then we are amazed when we hear someone stand up in public and deliver a beautiful, eloquent, lengthy prayer.

I heard about a man down in Texas who was a "professional prayer." For a fee he will come to your convention, meeting, or club, and give an invocation. His pious eloquence has made him famous, and earned him a very fine living. He pleases his audience. They give him an ovation after his invocations.

Something is not right about that. Can we really call that prayer?

Or this. Years ago in Boston an article appeared in the newspaper, which said, "Rev. Parker pray…