Sadly, corporate prayer can also become a platform for those whose words are directed not to God, but to their hearers. Jesus warned against such behavior in Matthew 6:5-8 where he exhorts us not to be showy, long-winded, or hypocritical in our prayers, but to pray secretly in our own rooms in order to avoid the temptation of using prayer hypocritically.
Cha kushangaza ni kuwa, maombi ya pamoja yanaweza kuwa jukwaa kwa wale maneno yao yanaelekea kwa wasikilizaji, lakini si kwa Mungu. Yesu alionya kuhusu tabia kama hizo katika Mathayo 6:5-8 mahali ambapo anatufunza tusiwe wa kuchukuliwa na upepo kama huo au unafiki katika maombi yetu, bali tuombe kisiri katika nyumba zetu ili tuepuke majaribu ya kutumia maombi kiunafiki.