What advice would you give to someone who wants to learn how to pray?
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What advice would you give to someone who wants to learn how to pray?
Willie Dean on September 4, 2009 at 7:54 am
Just talk to God as you would your very best friend. Then take time to listen.
chickamonga2002 on September 4, 2009 at 1:04 pm
I’ll start by saying the Bible has so many refrences to prayer that it can be a difficult and overwhelming,
yet very important, subject. I recently heard a story that sums it all up pretty well: An elderly, bed-ridden
gentleman had just recently accepted Christ and asked his daughter how to pray. He had never read the Bible nor gone to church and now he couldn’t go. She took an empty straight chair and sat it by his bed and told him to just imagine Jesus
sitting in the chair and talk to Him as the same way he was talking to her right now. Jesus wants to be our friend, she told him, so this is how he prayed.
A few weeks later the man passed away, and when he was discovered, his body was in the bed, but his head was in the chair and he was smiling!!!
elisau on September 4, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Praying is our way of talking to God and reading the Bible is how He talks back to us.
God hears us, He loves us and wants to have a relationship with us. He doesn’t force Himself on anyone.
It may seems as though we seek Him out first, but He created us because He loves us… it is we who have forsaken our God, our first love.
He promises that if we seek Him He will answer us!
Just do it!
alaina on September 6, 2009 at 10:06 am
i would read the book of psalms….then follow thru into prayer by speaking & listening to the lord as if he was sittin right beside me…
godskid on September 6, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I had to start simply. I approached prayer as a conversation with my best friend. I learned not to try to hide what I was really feeling and to be honest. I asked trusted friends how they started and tried to follow their example and suggestions. I learned that my feeble attempts were enough, because the Holy Spirit would speak to God for me, when I didn’t know how to say what I was feeling. Jesus only wants a relationship with us and will meet us exactly where we are. If I still thought I had to clean up my act before I could pray to God, I would be waiting here forever. Just try….He has been waiting to hear from you. He misses you.
Island Girl Dee on September 7, 2009 at 10:09 am
Just speak to God as you would your closest confidant. He is not interested in lots of pretentious rhetoric. Trust Him enough to say what’s really on your heart.
mfpabijan on September 9, 2009 at 6:28 am
yes natural as afriend
GEEHAW on September 7, 2009 at 7:18 pm
Just start by praying for the problems and people of the this world, that need the Lord in their lives and of course praise and thank him for his mercy and our salvation. Tell him your needs, because you are his and he cares for you.
Shelly T. on September 7, 2009 at 9:52 pm
You could just talk to the Lord just by being yourself and just think of it like talking to an old friend.
evelyn on September 8, 2009 at 12:25 am
I’ve always had problems praying whether individually during quiet time, in small group discussions or corporately as a church. The best advice received was prayer can take place anytime anywhere.
For example, when I pass by people praying to their gods, I can pray that God would open their eyes to know the true God. When I see a parent scolding their child in public I can pray that God gives them wisdom to bring up a godly child. As I interact with friends and colleagues, I can pray that I would reflect Christ in all I say and do that they too would want Him in their lives.
Jael on September 8, 2009 at 3:12 am
tell God all your concerns.. in Jesus name. 🙂
mfpabijan on September 9, 2009 at 6:27 am
should be spontanous like taking to a good friend
orual212 on September 9, 2009 at 8:48 am
Over the years I’ve found it important to set aside a specific time to pray. For me, that’s in the morning. It sets the tone of my day with Christ as a priority. I read the word and note what He seems to be speaking to me through it. Then I pray. I also talk to the Lord throughout the day as experiences pop up.
maranatha09 on September 9, 2009 at 10:38 am
Prayer without working is a hypocrisy
Working without prayer is a pride