When you pray, how do you pray? Not looking just for Christian answers here, either.?
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I talk to God as if he were a friend talking a walk with me. I start off kinda formal and then get friendly and casual. "Dear God/Lord, Please do this or that if it's what you know is best, but if not....or how can I reach so and so and help him...oh, I know I can show them that passage in the Bible. Cool, thanks for bringing that to my mind." \n\nSometimes I get a revelation during the conversation. Yes I said conversation. I don't think of it as me talking to God, but us having a conversation with each other. Cuz if you aren't planning on listening to him, then you are wasting your time.\n\nOthers I may not hear or feel the answer right away. It may take days, weeks, months or years. Sometimes the answer doesn't come in a feeling or revelation but in the form of an action from someone else....certain circumstances will show me why God did what he did or why he led me in a certain direction.\n\nGod Bless you\nby the way: I am a Christian and I thank God for sending His son to die for us in my prayers too.\n\nP.S. I pray silently if I'm in public or around others. If I by myself, I talk out loud a lot. I really like to pray when I am walking alone or driving.
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Some people just enjoy praying so politely say Amen!\n\n(You are so FUNNY!)
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Cross your fingers and say a prayer...
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Reading my Bible and praying to Him...\nSometimes, listening to preachers helped...  Sometimes, not...
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I do give it to God, but I still pray. Remember that Paul tells us to "pray without ceasing." \n\nGod bless, and good question\n<><
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I pray every day, many times.  I'm not usually on my knees with my hands folded and my head bowed, but I talk to God just the same.  I tell him everything.  I thank him for things large and small.  I ask for blessings on those who have made my life easier (like the guy who invented air conditioning! LOL) and for help for those in need.  The best part is he is always there and listening.  How very cool is that?!?
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Pray! Prayer is very powerful. It may help to read "Power of a Praying Woman" by Stormie Omartian. It helped me big time.\nThe Lord can do the impossible. \n\nJames 4:8\nDraw near to God and He will draw near to you.\n\nPhil 4:6-7\n\n6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. 7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus. (NLT)\n\nGod Bless!
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I see that you are fearful of what people may say. I know how that's like " in school I had to pray for a friend right in front of the whole school and i did it. If you are christian and someone ask you to pray for him/her right  here  and there or a brother ask you to help him pray for a person that second go ahead because god is with you guys. what a honor to pray for someone who understand that they need god to help him/her. Also you lay hands on him/her. Don't misunderstand what I am saying just put a hand over his/her head and pray your heart. The Prayer can be about healing if they need it or about over all status.
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I'm in constant prayer.\nYes. I thank God for my food and bless it, before every meal. Even when I'm alone.\nIt's not just to let others see your faith, but it's to give God glory and thanks for all He gives us.
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I start by focusing my mind.  I've picked a book of the bible (Matthew as of right now) and before every prayer time I read a chapter of that book a take notes on it.  (I write down all the chapter headings, what I learned about God through this chapter. and what I learned about me through this chapter.) then I go into my prayer time.  Then sometimes I pray outloud to help me focus more.
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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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Prayer to me is like talking to a friend about issues that you can't figure out on your own. I consider God to be my best friend and He listens to me, the funny thing is that He already knows what I am going to say before I say it. As far as answered prayers, just because you don't get what you want or asked for, doesn't mean that your prayers are not answered. See we don't always know what is best for us so even though it seems like He did not answer you, someday or sometime you will say wow He did answer, just not the way I thought He would. \n\nKeep talking to Him and praise Him for everything you have or happens to you good or bad. He loves you and knew you before you were here.
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I don't pray.  Me and god are no longer on speaking terms.\n\nI will ring your doorbell and run away!!!
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A wise man once said " keep your eyes on Jesus and do the next right thing" . Its not easy but every choice does count. In my experience I have grown closer to God by letting him fight for me: pray about it.
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Pray my friend Pray. Prayer is very powerful!\n\nGod Bless you & your children.
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There is no right or wrong way to pray. When you pray you are praying to God, it wouldn't make sense if you had to do three twirls and then stand on your head to talk to God, but If thats how you felt most relaxed and you could talk to God best that way go for it. You can say your prayers, anywhere, anytime, and in anyway.\n\nAnd Unfortunatly, I do not know of any churches in your area.\n\nGood luck finding one though!
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wow. that's not a question people usually ask. it's so personal... i would have to say, now that i think about it. i'm embarassed by my answer. i think i go days at a time without praying! that's aweful!!!\n\nwe're raised to pray every morning, night, and at meal times. i went to a christian school and we prayed before every class began. but since i have gotten to college it's been a... volentary thing. and it's been hard to force myself to do something i have always taken for granted.\n\ni've fallen into some bad habbits since being away from my christian school and my church, and my family. i just hope that i can convince myself to change back to the GOOD habbits they tried to instill in me when i grew up.