Talking to God . . .

[Brittany108]

Another post made me think about this . . .

How do you like to talk to/communicate with God??

Currently, I write a lot of 'Dear God' e-mails, letters (journaling), and pray aloud. It helps me to stay more focused if I'm actually doing something -- when I pray silently my mind has a habit of sometimes wondering off . . .

 

[Tink]

I pray in my journal, and out loud. However, I was reading in the Bible that we shouldn't pray where other people can hear us. I can't remember where it was, so we may be covered differently under grace. I'm not sure. Anyhow...yeah....

In Christ,
Tink

 

[Jaegang72]

tinkers,

In regards to praying aloud, I suspect what you meant was what Jesus was saying as in not to be praying on a street corner for all to see so people will think we are so super religious. He said to pray in closet where no one can see us meaning to pray in a manner where ppl dont see you and think highly of you.

Praying aloud is ok. In fact lots of the people in scripture were recorded praying aloud. Jesus , Moses, OT kings prayed aloud.

cheers

J

 

[Tink]

tinkers,

In regards to praying aloud, I suspect what you meant was what Jesus was saying as in not to be praying on a street corner for all to see so people will think we are so super religious. He said to pray in closet where no one can see us meaning to pray in a manner where ppl dont see you and think highly of you.

Praying aloud is ok. In fact lots of the people in scripture were recorded praying aloud. Jesus , Moses, OT kings prayed aloud.

cheers

J

Thanks, J! I went on to read, and realized that you're right. He (Jesus) was talking about people who only prayed aloud for attention.

Thanks again!

In Christ,
Tink

 

[MadeInOz]

I tend to pray very quietly to myself even in private... I dunno, it just seems best to me.

I'm not all that big on praying aloud... except in small group, when I can ramble on and say stuff in a long-winded way if necessary.

 

[fishstix]

I pray silently in my head. I've tried writing stuff down, but I find that I think so much faster than I can write that it's really frustrating.