General Conference, ‘Come and Belong’, April 2020 “There is no threshold of perfection you must attain in order to qualify for God’s grace. Your prayers do not have to be loud or eloquent or grammatically correct in order to reach heaven.” — Dieter Uchtdorf
2 Chronicles 7:14 “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
The majority of Mr. Uchtdorf’s talk followed the same theme of others at the April Conference, albeit, the ambiguity in a few of his comments made it impossible to ignore.
Mr. Uchtdorf was certainly aware of the Church’s strict guidelines on how they must pray, and the many changes they’ve made over the years concerning this issue. See Prayer Life of the Mormons for a small list of those rules.
In my 26+ years of ministry, I’ve not seen any leader of the Church pray scripture in the proper way. In fact, Mr. Nelson’s call of a worldwide fast for the pandemic, is a good example of this. He used no specific scriptures to cry out to God for help, nor did he call for a repentance of their idolatrous worship of another god.
Mr. Uchtdorf also told members, ‘If you desire to follow Him, gather your faith and take upon yourself His cross’. That sounds commendable, but how can they do this when they’ve rejected the cross?
The cross they supposedly carry is no cross at all, rather, it’s a torch for their founder, Joseph Smith. The narrative in this man’s talk speaks volumes of where they’ve placed their loyalty. All he’s done is parrot what those in charge said at the conference. Moreover, don’t forget that he needs our prayers, just as everyone in Mormonism does!
For more info on all articles about Mormons and prayer, see Prayer Life of Mormons.
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
Old Dieter said your prayers “don’t have to loud, elequant or grammatically correct” to be accepted by God.
If this be the case, why does the church insist that every word spoken of the Sacrament Prayer”must be 100% grammatically correct? If it is not, it has to be repeated, as many times necessary, until it is 100% accurate.I have seen so many poor guys, many of them older adults, have to repeat the sacrament prayer numerous times. It is an embarrassment to the prayer giver as well as to his family.When is the last time that Dieter sat in on a ward sacrament meeting? Doesn’t he know the rules of his own church? If he does, why would he make such a statement about the informal way prayers can be done?
This is just another GC ruse to deceive non-LDS members, possibly watching GC, into believing the Mormon church is loving, forgiving and tolerant.
Or,how about the way Mormons cross their arms when praying? Who made that up?