What If You Actually Talk Like A Normal Person?
Hey brother. I went to the, amen, I went to the grocery store, hallelujah, the other day brother. The first thing I did, amen, was to pray one of the sisters working there to find me a shopping cart. Amen? And lemme tell you, she was a tremendous blessing. She told me, hallelujah, to go over to the area where all of the other people were getting their baskets.
Now I didn’t want to go back out, amen, because it was kind of cold outside. But God gave me the strength to press on and go. It was awesome to see all of the people out there giving and receiving the baskets. I felt the presence and unity so strong there, amen, but I knew there was much labor yet to be accomplished. Amen?
After I had braved the cold, praise God, it was preordained that I would find myself on the seventh aisle. As I stood my ground, The Enemy overtook me and I had a tremendous fight with temptation. Right there on the seventh aisle. Amen? The struggle was between the bread of life and the bread of death. But what can I say, I live in this miserable flesh! Amen? Praise God that He has forgiven me despite my continue disobedience.
Another way to tell this story would be:
I bought some Twinkies yesterday at the grocery store.
Think about the words you say when you pray and when you talk to others. Are they normal, or are they “churchy” words?
4 Comments
Jason Delgado on December 23rd, 2008
Saint Joel,
Thou dost makest a most excellent point. Saint Joel, hither, I must make my leave now.
Amen?
Joel on December 23rd, 2008
@junior – I obviously know people who talk like this. You should hear them turn a 3 minute prayer into 15 minutes. It’s a work of art in some ways…
@Jason Delgado – That’s the other kind of annoyance. I love the King James Version, but I think that some of the people who use it tend to do so because they want to sound “more much holier” than other people.
Jennifer on April 25th, 2009
That is hilarious!
junior on December 23rd, 2008
I knew a guy who talked exactly like this!
(He was a word-of-faith “evangelist”)