Do you pray or talk to God?
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I don't "pray" to God as if He is some mystical being "somewhere out there" - hoping that He will be merciful to me and "listen to and answer my prayer" as if He is some type of cosmic Santa Claus.\n\nI am a "son of God" who is "born of God" who is adopted by God; by which I have taken on the "family name". So I have "communion" with my "Dad" as His son; and fellowship with Him continuosly in my thought life.\n\nAs His son, I am responsible to Him for exploring Him to know Him, asking Him questions about Himself and about everything He revealed in scripture that He provided to me (to talk to Him about), and conversing philosphically with Him about the meaning of things - to learn the principles of life (that governs life) in harmony with His being, to know them to live them; and to personally know Him as my Dad (Who just happens to be God) as a living Person Who adopted me - to understand what He values and why the things He say are important to Him.\n\nAfter all, He IS the TRUE and the LIVING God.
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I pray and intercede for others (and myself) all of the time. Sometimes it's by myself and sometimes it is while praying together with others.  Sometimes it's through regular prayer, and sometimes it's through praying in tongues. Sometimes I understand and know what I'm praying, and sometimes I do not. In any case, there are so many benefits to it:\n\nWhen Interceding for Others\n\n1. I know others are interceding for me and it is an honor for me to be able to do the same for them.\n\n2.  I get to see God answer my prayers and I see the fruit in people's lives.\n\n3.  There is the satisfaction of knowing that when you do it, you are not only obeying God but pleasing Him deeply.\n\n4.  You experience deep personal intimacy with God. Have you ever been so close to someone that you could finish their sentences, and you begin to know and understand their desires?  When you intercede for others, God is sharing His heart with you.  He is asking you to pray and telling you specifically what for. It can be very intimate.  Would you reveal your deep longings to someone you were not close to? So it is with God.  He gets' close to you in order to do it.  Hearing God speak to you and express His heart to you is one of the greatest things in the world!\n\nWhen Interceding for Myself\n\nOften I will pray and ask God for answers.  I also ask Him all of the time to search my heart.  I ask HIm to convict me of any sin in my life and just to speak to me.\n\nDuring these times God often makes me aware of sins and other things in me that I honestly was not aware of, and I am able to repent and change to make right whatever I need to.  God also speaks to me and touches my heart this way.  It is a great way to draw nearer to God and get to know HIm more.  It's awesome!!!
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yes...praying is talking to God...while building ur relationship with him and doing ur daily walk, u will want to pray and talk to him as much as possible...when i pray, i make sure to thank him...in everything, give thanks, then i tell him i love him and then lift prayer requests to him...u can pray anywhere...anywhere at all!  at school, before you eat (to bless the food), going down the road, while reading ur bible, in ur bed before you go to sleep, when you wake up, in the shower...absolutli anywhere, absolutli anytime!  my favorite place to pray is the alter...it's supposed to be meeting with God and u can feel his pressence the strongest there...prayer is amazing and you should definatli do it!  good luck and i'll be sure to pray for you!  :]]
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No.  Only if the prayers were sacreligious or disrespectful.  God is your Father, talk to Him as such.
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Interesting question. I know that some faiths recommend assistance in a person's approach to God via prayer by using special words and through intercession with a "Holy Spirit".   Sometimes using the a well-known poem, or pre-lude to prayer, or mantra, or words learned as a child, will enable a person to prepare themselves for communication with God.  The words spoken aloud or mentally chanted help to clear the mind and bring focus to the person's thoughts.  \n\nPeople communicate with God not only in prayer, but also in praise and to give thanks.  When was the last time you thanked God?  Did you need to use a prelude prayer or intercession with the Holy Spirit to give your thanks?  Or, did you just say, "Thank you, Lord, for what you have done for me!"  Have you ever mindlessly said the words, "Thank God!", when something truly miraculous and wonderful has happened to you?  Did you really mean to be so abrupt with God?  Were your thanks, prayers and praises heartfelt and were you fully congnizant not only of the words, but also of the meanings?  \n\nNearly every Muslim I know always includes the words "Prase be to Allah" whenever they say or do something - they acknowlege God out loud and in writing regularly and often.  This is also true of my friends who are devout Christians who also regularly remember to mention their belief in God and Jesus out loud.  Other friends who have other beliefs are prone to keep their beliefs to themselves - they find their faith to be more private.\n\nEach person has to communicate with God in their own way according to their own faith.  If the words in the prayer you shared with us have meaning and value to you and help you communicate with God, then I believe you should use them.  I hope this has helped answer your question.
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Have you tried just asking God through Jesus?
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i would like to put aquestion in front of you\nmy question is do you believe in GOd?\n\nif yes , then please keep faith in him\nhe has never shut the doors of his heart for anyone who came to him for help\n\nplz pray to him, know him better because he is the only one who can understand you better\n\nand later in your life one day you may realize that this problem had come to you so that u could come closer to God as i have
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I try to pray about a lot of things, even just opening my heart to the Lord is a recognition of the fact that I trust Him to guide me. You don't always need to pray.\n\nAlso, I find that some decisions really don't require prayer. I don't think anybody would pray about which flavour icecream too choose, because the effects aren't that great.
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Whenever I pray I just speak from my heart. He already knows how you feel so just talk to him. I usually thank him for everything he has done for me and ask him to forgive me of my sins. Of course there is more, but I think the best way to pray is to say how you truly feel. There is no need to be ashamed. Try it for yourself and see.
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pray and get close to God. ie Jesus
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Your desire to hear God is the strongest thing you have going for you in your quest to hear him. Yes, an attitude of prayer will help open you to him. And he hears you prayers, but it may not be his desire to answer so that you are aware of him. Instead he may answer within you to that part of you that is in communication with him, your soul. His answer will then manifest itself in you as if it actually was you who determined it. God may not be ready to speak with his still voice within you since you may not be ready to hear him. Often, I think, one has to be prepared first, and God will do this in his way. Have patience, and it will come.\n\nWe have an intermediary with God who is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the one who carries our prayers to God, and the Holy Spirit brings our answers to us. Then it is the Holy Spirit within us that we can hear in supernatural ways when God desires us to hear him.
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WHY WOULD YOU WANT SOMEONE ELSE'S PRAYER, TALK TO GOD FROM YOU HEART, HE'S YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER, SO TALK TO HIM LIKE YOU WOULD YOUR FLESHLY FATHER.
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Do you believe in God?
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I have never heard God's literal voice. But that does not mean he can not speak. I believe he can, in fact he could actually have a conversation. However considering that God is watching over the universe 24/7 for him to actually voice something to you, it must be very important.\nNow after saying all that, I do believe that God does communicate with us when we pray. He sends his massage to us through, nature, the word, friends, family e.t.c\nSo for those who seek to talk to God he will answer
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I'm a religious person, and I practice at home.  I pray, study my bible and try to live life peacefully and spirtually.  God just wants to hear from you and an occasional thank you doesn't hurt.
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I pray to God that my mother will not die and that my father will remember me, I pray to God that you will remain at my side and that you will never leave my life.\n\nSad!
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I will be honest, I only pray once in awhile....not very often\n\nor when I really want something