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IS PRAYING TO GOD WORSHIP? by steve finnell
Is praying to God a form of worship?
Yes, without a doubt. Is praying to men or women who are dead or alive
worship? Yes, without a doubt.
Who should men worship? Luke 4:7-8
"Therefore, if You will worship before me, all will be Yours." 8 And
Jesus answered and said to him, "Get behind Me, Satan! For it is
written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall
serve."(NKJV)
WHAT IS WORSHIP?
Worship Defined: 1. (Ecclesiastical
terms) to show profound religious devotion and respect to; adore or
venerate (God or any person or thing considered divine) 2. to be devoted
to and full of admiration for. 3. to have or express feelings of
profound adoration......7. (Ecclesiastical) the formal expression of
religious adoration; rites, prayers, etc. [REF. The Free Dictionary.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/worship]
Praying to God is worship and men are to only worship God.
A Costa Rican woman has told how she
recovered from a brain aneurysm after praying to Blessed Pope John Paul
ll ---the second miracle attributed to the pontiff, who died in 2005.
[REF: catholicherald. co.uk]
Praying to any man, dead or alive, is worship and to worship anyone but God is sin.
Through the selfless "yes" of the
Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ, our Savior, was brought into the world. It is
appropriate, therefore , that we offer prayers of petition and praise
to the Mother of God.
43 ARTICLES IN: PRAYERS TO THE VIRGIN
MARY-PRAYERS TO SAINT MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD. Ref:
http://catholicism.about.com/od/tothevirginmary/
Praying to anyone is worship and to worship anyone but God is sin.