I've been woundering lately is there a right or wrong way to pray? And anyone no of a good church in ft.smith
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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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I'm in the same situation you're in i cant seem to find a good man but hey I'm praying and i stepping out on faith that GOD will bring someone good in my life so my advice to you is to pray and ask GOD for guidance.
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Almost Every new poster  starts out asking that, and the answers are quite mean usually. I'm poor too and know it's hard. Churches have helped me best when I was desperate. Good Luck. I'll pray for you okay buddy?
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just staying true. staying close to God and in His will, all this stuff about going to church EVERY week AND midweek service and never thinking bad thoughts and all that...well its good but not imperative. whats important is your walk. if your in His will your in a good place. (= good luck!
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Dear Obsessed:  What you said, is fine.  I think if I were going to do an offering prayer, I might say something like this:\n\n"Father, through your divine Holy Spirit Who exists in the souls of each and everyone of us, I offer these partnership monies for Him to use where He knows it is best needed.  Because the Holy Spirit exists within us and knows each of us as Himself, I ask Him to bring these funds to where it will be used for the most good and its highest use.  Holy Spirit, You know who and You know where. . .into your hands I place this offering.  Amen.\n\nBest regards, Lana
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Trust in the Lord Jesus to lead you. \nA good start is pray.\nAnd how would you like to be welcome if you was being welcome to that church.
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Call the local church and see if they can offer any assitance
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yeah. littlecat is right. pray and wait for ananswer. you can't always hear it but you can always see it if you look hard enough.
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Yes, I attend every Sunday, Lord willing! And, I am Christian, attend An (AME) African Methodist Episcopal Church. I will be on my way there shortly. The doors open at 10A.M. and everyone is welcome.  Have a great day, and God bless
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go to a christian church. trust me; it really helps.
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God will hear whatever you pray. If you think you need to quote bible verses in your prayers on certain subjects, just turn to the back of the Bible where they usually point out where to find phrases for different category of problems for you to refer. From there you select them for your prayers. I am sure you do attend church, go and approach an elder of the church and I am sure they would open their arms to help you. Always bear in mind GOD said in the bible 'Seek and you shall receive'. May GOD bless you and answer your prayers....
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Try praying to God a lot.  More than likely, He'll tell you the answer (although maybe not in the way you were expecting).  But ultimately, you have to do what seems right.
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Be sincere with the Lord and pray and ask for His help.  There is a song that says I prayed my way out of trouble.
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If you need to offer a prayer in a group of people, and it's a tricky political situation, you might want to try one of Peter Marshall's prayers. (He used to be the chaplain of the Senate) His wife, Catherine Marshall, once a well-known author, compiled his most moving prayers into a book, "The Prayers of Peter Marshall", found at the following link:\n\nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0310602378/002-2930170-8974424?v=glance&n=283155\n\nor this link:\n\nhttp://www.cresourcei.org/prayers.html\n\nHis prayers are uplifting, well-worded, and not offensive to any group of people. I used one of them for a very large gathering once, filled with people who had conflicting, special interests and received only positive comments.
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sure go to CCEL.ORG click on executable outlines over 1200 sermons in thier entirety. You must read and improve or deleate areas you disagree with For a man wrote them and as such no one is perfect. But you can find some awesome sermons there .\nI will share this one with you .after some changes to fit the church here I gave this as a series of three lessons.the following is where I found this awesome work on prayer.   http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=846\n\nPrayer and Unconfessed Sin\nIn my travels, I usually try to read the church ads appearing in Saturday's newspaper. On one occasion, a minister announced as his sermon title, "When Praying Is Sinful."\n\nI started to do some serious thinking about that topic. I asked myself the question, Is it ever wrong to pray? Now, I have no idea how that minister dealt with his subject, but I am convinced that there might be occasions when praying at least does not make sense.\n\nIt does not make sense to pray for anything if there is unconfessed sin in the heart.\n\nIf I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me (Ps 66:18).\n\nSin unconfessed and unforgiven hinders prayer. Many a prayer bounces off the roof of the mouth, never rising any higher, for this reason. It is impossible for any Christian to experience a successful and fruitful prayer ministry if the sin question is not faced squarely.\n\nThis is not to suggest that God demands sinless perfection before He will answer our prayers. If that were the case, none of us would have our requests granted. But we do know that sin in a believer's life breaks that sweet fellowship between himself and God.\n\nHe that covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy (Pr 28:13).\n\nAmong the children of Israel, there were those who believed that God no longer answered prayer. They were saying "He answered prayer in Elijah's day, but He isn't doing it now. His arm is no longer mighty; His ear has become dull of hearing." But the prophet Isaiah said,\n\nBehold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you that he will not hear (Is 59:1-2).\n\nThe prophet was saying, "Don't blame God because He refuses to give you your requests. His power to save has not lessened; He is not losing his hearing. God never changes. He still wills that all men be saved, and His hearing is as keen as ever. He can hear the faintest cry of His weakest child. You are responsible for God's silence. The blame rests with you, not with God. Those sins you have not repented of have cut the lifeline of prayer. You raised the barrier between God and yourselves, and He will not answer you until you confess and forsake your sins."\n\nOur churches could do with prophets like Isaiah, men who will tell it like it is, not fearing to expose sin. Not often do we hear men of God tell us that God hates worship and praying which are phony. It is brazen presumption which dares to ask anything of God while sin is in the heart. And if anyone feels I am putting it too strongly, then read the following verses:\n\nBring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood (Is 1:13-15).\n\nThose are God's words, directed to His own people. Has it ever occurred to you that God hates sham in worship and prayers? That is right, God can and does hate. He tells His people they are wasting their time going through religious forms and ceremonies when the
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Go to www.prayforlacey.org you decide
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The thing you need to remember is that God is perfect, but his followers aren't. I suggest praying about it. The big thing is if you believe your church is true. The Lord will let you know. If you feel it is, then it's more important to do as the Savior did and forgive, if it isn't, then it won't be hard to leave.