Christian Prayer Center Charging Me for Prayer Requests Internet, Washington

Their ad came up in a google search. That should have been my first clue. They are selling prayer and manipulating and coercing people to pay them for prayer. There is no option, even if you were broke. When I went to the site, it asks what the scenerio is and what your prayer request is.  After about 10 minutes of thinking you dealing with Christ like minded people, it asks you a series of questions...They are selling prayer and misleading people.

This is cut and pasted from their website...

Do you believe in what the Bible tells us about prayer?No    Yes

Do you have faith in God to answer this prayer request?No    Yes

Do you believe that God provides for those who are generous to others?No    Yes

Are you willing to share God's gifts with others in need?No    Yes

How important is your request? Not important Somewhat important  Very important  Extremely important

How much would you like to offer with your request? $9    $15    $25    $35

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"When you click no offering it reads "Please seelct the amount you would like to offer with your request. I'm sorry, but we cannot post your request without an offering. There are too many in need of powerful prayer at this time, so we can only broadcast requests that have made an offering...."

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Apparently these people forgot that powerful prayer is not suppose to be made only for the ones with money. Maybe they should have remembered the part of scripture that says do not to live in debt...Or maybe the part that says, Whatever you do to the least of my people, you do unto me. Turning people away with prayer intentions. Wow. All in the name of money. Who do they serve?  People can sow seeds of time, talent, and money. So when you try to leave the screen, it does one of those spam things...are you sure you want to leave...hmmm. Let me think about that.

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Then it continued to read....

He who gives of himself receives all which is asked.

"Give, and it will be given to you. For with the measure you give, it will be measured to you in God's gifts." (Luke 6:38)

The Bible tells us repeatedly that the most important way to have our prayers answered is to have faith, and give with overwhelming generosity.

Give when times are tough, give when it does not seem that giving is possible, and God will reward your faith with His generosity in answering your important prayers quickly.