Poll How Often Do You Pray?

[safenow]

I love this thread. I'm normally quite shy about speaking of my prayers with my Heavenly Father to others. It's nice to see that others believe the same way I do, in that it's a two way communication.

When I'm at home, I tend to pray out loud. When I'm in public, the only time I pray out loud is when someone has ask me to pray with them, or I've been asked to pray for everyone in the room. The first time that happened, I was shocked how I felt their spirits with me. And when they all said Amen, I could feel it.

I remember a man came up to that day and said, "When you pray for everyone, say "we" rather than "I", because you are voice for all of us." Very humbling.

 

[Britt.f7]

I pray spontaneously. It's usually if I remember. Many times before I go to bed at night I will talk out loud.

I do have issue, sometimes, when people bring up God or religion or prayer. It was shoved down my throat in negative ways while I was growing up. So, even though I do believe in God, I don't expect everyone to, nor do I want beliefs pressed upon me. Yet, I like to hear differences in beliefs. Just not people talking about one way or another being the only way. That frightens me and puts me off.

Good thread Sheila.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I am spiritual and not religious. I have been burned badly by religion and churches.

I pray for people who are in need of prayers. It is a very private thing I do and I feel uncomfortable discussing this but I wanted to be honest.

I do not push my beliefs on anyone and I hate it when someone tries to to do this to me. I do not believe in evangalizing the world. I think it is a private matter between me and my higher power.

 

[Tinyflame]

Privateer, I think that's the ideal form of prayer ('Christian' prayer, also), to listen.

 

[Changing4Best]

God listens too! All the time. He knows what we will pray for before we even have it in mind. He knows our every thought. But He loves to hear from us, just the same. He wants us to focus on Him and listen, moreso than He wants only for us to ask for things. Yes, He wants us to tell Him our needs and wants too, of course, but then we need to listen for His answers, which sometimes don't come right away! He''ll speak to us when we are ready, open, wanting to hear from Him. He'll speak to us when we are not too, but so often I think at those times we try to tune Him out! We can't really, but we try. I guess I should say I, for I cannot really speak for all of us, though I have seen this in others during my life too.

 

[safenow]

God listens too! All the time.

I am so glad He does. It really helps. At least it helps me.

 

[txtrace]

I answered Once but probsbly should've marked Other. I always pray at least once a day but sometimes it is more.

 

[Aribear]

I pray throughout the day, but inconsistently. I was raised where the law of religion was strictly enforced, but the spirit of it was completely violated . I tend to swing the other way. I'm not very formally religious and my prayers are more like talking to a friend than formal ones. Even though I've had my bones to pick with God, and sometimes I'm not exactly sure what I believe in terms of religion, God has been one of the only consistent things in my life.

 

[safenow]

my prayers are more like talking to a friend than formal ones.

That is how is should be for all of us. He is a friend and a loved one. I think I love Him so much be cause He first loved me. You know what I mean?

 

[Orglethorp]

I made a double vote of once a day / as often as I remember to do so. The reason being that I would like to pray daily, but I tend to go through periods where I don't pray at all for weeks on end. On the other hand, sometimes I'll pray many times in one day. It's always only that nightly prayer that I intend to say before I go to bed that suffers, though. The spontaneous, informal ones never suffer when I'm going through a stretch without my usual prayers. I was taught long ago that prayers should follow the ACTS structure (Adoration, confession, thanks, suggestion). I find whenever I actually do stick to that sort of prayer, I tend to just say the same prayer every night, and then I get sloppy with actually doing it because it feels so insincere and thus pointless.

 

[Tippi]

It seems that I've been talking to God from my earliest memories. When I was a little girl, God was sometimes my only friend. I pray all day long.....sometimes aloud and sometimes silently. I think God is the only one I think truly understands me and knows every single pain, heartache, abuse I endured, and tear I have shed.

I'm not sure if God is really there, sometimes. But I do still keep on praying.

 

[Changing4Best]

I'm not sure if God is really there, sometimes. But I do still keep on praying.

God is always everywhere; He is capable of always hearing our prayers. These things are all in the Bible in the Psalms mostly.