Prayer - does it matter if you yell?

[sherri]

It depends. There is a time for yelling and a time for peace and whispering. It depends.

Agree. When I visited korea that time, I stayed at prayer mt (a prayer retreat) for a couple of weeks. In that time a pastors wife who lived there would sit with me and we'd both prayer in tongues. But we wouldn't just pray, we'd pray intensly (and loudly) and I really started getting breakthrough and feeling the spirit moving in a way I'd never felt before. This was all totally new to me but it reminded me that prayer is 'talking' to God. It's also crying out to God. Always being still and quite in prayer is just cultural and quite frankly, repressive. You couldn't even really call it 'talking' to God sometimes because talking requires emotion.

 

[RaddMadd]

This morning as I prayed, I became emotional, and my prayers became more intense. When I was done, I thought about how I pray. I wondered how much was really me, and how much was learned by observing other Christians pray.

So, here's a question for ya'. Does intensity in prayer mean anything? Is there a place for yelling out your prayers or should we be more quiet? Does it really matter?

praise God! i know the intensity you are talking about when you pray. nothing is wrong with it. when im praying and i feel the love of God i have to shout praises to Him!