If you are go out to eat with family and friends, do you Pray before eating?

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~etexas~

When I am with Christian friends and family, yes.

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DAVIDIVS DOCTVS VTRIVSQVE LINGVAE
Husband of Emilia
Member: First Reformed Presbyterian Church of Durham (RPCNA) - Durham, NC
Currently in the process of transferring membership to an as-yet-undecided church in Chapel Hill
Student: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, German Literature and Classics

Sometimes, but not as often as I should.

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Evie B.
Attending RPCNA
Cambridge, Massachusetts

"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." --Isaiah 43:18-19 (ESV)

Yes.

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Mason
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
New York, NY

"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool." - Isaiah 1:18

I give thanks, sometimes audibly, sometimes silently.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Daddy
Member of TRBC, Attending CCRPC. My Blog
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Actually, I HAVE started into conversation and let it slip! Oops!

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~etexas~

Silent counts! God can hear!

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~etexas~

I pray with my family or Christian friends; if I'm with someone I don't think is a believer, I bow my head for a quick, silent prayer -- not making a big deal about it.

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JWithnell
Member Bethel OPC
Virginia

Not a bad policy, it keeps the unbeliever from A. Making mockery. B. Keeps them in a "comfort level" so that they can be ministered to.

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~etexas~

I always pray before receiving food. Would you believe that the admonition to "pray without ceasing" explains my need for a diet? No. Would you believe . . .

* If I am with other Chrisitan people we always pray.
* If I am representing my ministry with a vendor, I request permission to return thanks audibly before the meal (nobody has ever refused to permit me to lead in prayer).
* If I'm with non believers in a business setting, I pray silently.

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Dennis E. McFadden, Ex Mainline Baptist (in Remission)
Atherton Baptist Homes, CEO
First Baptist Church of Alhambra, Member, Transformation Ministries (CA)

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Why is praying before each meal something we SHOULD do?

Read post #10, it shows our thanks to the Lord for provision, Christ Himself blessed meals.

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~etexas~

Is saying thanks after the meal alright to? I sometimes forget to ask the blessing especially when in a hurry but always try to remember to give thanks for the meal received when finished. Mostly aloud but when necessary, silent.
I have seen some people say the blessing so loud they had the attention of everyone in the restaurant. Not sure though if they had God's.

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Tom Mitchell
Opp, AL
Member of First Presbyterian Church PCA Florala, AL

Open profaneness is the broad dirty way which leads to hell
--but trusting in religious duties is a sure way, though a cleaner way to hell. ~ Thomas Brooks
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We did before eating at a Chinese food resteraunt tonight.

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Josiah Lovett
Member of
Trinity OPC Bothell Wa.
Orthodox Presbyterian Church
Westminster Standards

Amen. Chinese food is great, so I am always thankful for it!

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~etexas~

My wife makes sure we do, even if I 'forget'!

BTW, welcome back, etexas!!!!!!

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http://www.villagecommunitychurch.org/

Hi Ken! Yes my wife is pretty good at reminding me as well! To Godly wives!

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~etexas~

I'm going to get some spaghetti. I'll try not to eat it like this guy though.

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Tom Mitchell
Opp, AL
Member of First Presbyterian Church PCA Florala, AL

Open profaneness is the broad dirty way which leads to hell
--but trusting in religious duties is a sure way, though a cleaner way to hell. ~ Thomas Brooks
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Amen.

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Tom Mitchell
Opp, AL
Member of First Presbyterian Church PCA Florala, AL

Open profaneness is the broad dirty way which leads to hell
--but trusting in religious duties is a sure way, though a cleaner way to hell. ~ Thomas Brooks
www.myspace.com/tom_mitchell1960
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I thought that was the proper way to eat spaghetti!

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~etexas~

Yes, but... I don't like the attitude that feels we must disturb everyone elses meal by standing up and bawling our prayer at the top of our lungs.

When with unbelieving friends, bowing the head is obvious but inobtrusive. At home, of course, we do as normal.

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Jonathan Hunt

Preaching Elder
Cheltenham Evangelical Free Church (Confessionally Based)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
-- Thomas Elsworth

Much agreed.

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Daddy
Member of TRBC, Attending CCRPC. My Blog
The Puritan Pub (Team Blog)
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