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   Regarding Matthew: 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the   
   heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much   
   speaking.   
   >   
   >> The "meaningless"; or "vain" in the kjv is the subject and thus an   
   >> important key in understanding. In my faith tradition the phrase "Lord   
   >> have mercy" is most often spoken in a set of 3. Is that phrase a   
   >> "meaningless/vain" petition of God?   
   Peter offers a possible answer we can test in his experience:   
   >Yes.   
   Hmm, would thatinclude the multiple uses in prayer of "in the name of   
   Jesus"?  Or when praying in "tongues" the often heard repetitin utttering   
   of the same phrases?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)