Sunday, April 20, 2008
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i really don't know anymore.
some people say that praying is just you talking to God and telling him about your day and just everything that you're having trouble with because he's like you're best friend and even though he knows everything already he would still love it if you tell it to him yourself.
then there's this other thing about how praying has to be structured first by going through thanksgiving, then praise, then repentance, and then praying for your own needs, then lastly for other people.
and then there's one where you're quiet before God and let him speak to you. and i guess you have an actual conversation with him?
etc etc.........
i don't know if it's all combined or not
oh gosh i can't believe i'm even asking this question...
how do you pray???
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Comments (3)
I think the most important aspect of prayer is honesty--being honest before God. I think if you are honest you will find yourself adoring ad thanking God as well as seeking repentance and making requests. But I'm no minister.
What is prayer? My Zen-ish answer: If I tell you what it is, then I've told you exactly what it is not.
Ok, that was just kidding.
The reply above spoke well of what prayer is all about.
I also like how Henri Nouwen looks at prayer as a way of life: "To pray, I think, does not mean to think about God in contrast to thinking about other things, or to spend time with God instead of spending time with other people. Rather, it means to think and live in the presence of God. As soon as we begin to divide our thoughts about God and thoughts about people and events, we remove God from our daily life and put him into a pious little niche where we can think pious thoughts and experience pious feelings. ... Although it is important and even indispensable for the spiritual life to set apart time for God and God alone, prayer can only become unceasing prayer when all our thoughts -- beautiful or ugly, high or low, proud or shameful, sorrowful or joyful -- can be thought in the presence of God. ... Thus, converting our unceasing thinking into unceasing prayer moves us from a self-centred monologue to a God-centred dialogue." (from Clowning in Rome)