BOREDEM
When Christians said "I’m bored today because I have nothing to do", they are not consumed with the passion for God and the purpose of God. If they are, their "free" time will be purposeful in the eyes of God.
When Christians said "Prayer meetings are boring", the root problem is that they are not consumed with the issues concerning God. If they are, they will either be sitting, kneeling or prostrating position for the whole prayer time wrestling with God. There is no need of a variety "stunts" to make the prayer meeting interesting. Churches who adopt such "stunts" usually have high attendance in the prayer meeting. Attendance in prayer or Attitude in prayer? A Christian with prayer substance can adapt to any prayer structure.
"You only need to bring a hymn book and the Bible to come before the presence of God. But these days, the church gets herself busy setting up tons of equipment to feel the presence of God.", said A.W. Tozer of the American Church during the 50s. The object is God himself, not the liturgy. It is not the Tent or the Temple but the presence of God through the Ark of the Covenant.
If Christians have a prayerful life on their own, they will have no problem coming together in a prayer meeting because they want to share the encounter collectively as they do when they were on their own individually. It is said that people come because of convenience. Convenience can either come naturally or by deliberately making it. The former happens once in a blue moon and the latter happens regularly.
If Christians were to recite "I will love the Lord with all my heart, with all my soul, with all mind and with all my strength" in the beginning of each day and conscious of it through out the day, what is boredem?
How to love God with "all my heart, with all my soul, with all my mind and with all my strength" when being locked-up in prison? If one can succeed in this, just think how much can be done in freedom.
