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Yes I see what you are saying but if you find yourself thinking or burdened for someone else and you come before God to pray but then stumble with a prayer.Prayer doesn't always have to be about requesting something from God. How about just talking to Him, praising Him, etc?
What drove you to pray in the first place?
Maybe God put the need in your heart to just be with Him.
I like this answer a lot. I pray the Lord's Prayer all the time, but also there's times when I just talk to God in my head, and other times when I don't have an internal dialogue at all. I sometimes wonder if the "wordless" dialogues are counted as prayers.Great answers Wrigley,
Here's what came to mind.
Romans 8:26-27
We just need to turn to God. He already knows what we need.
I like to praise God and thank him for all I have and concentrate on that.
Prayer, as I understand it, is for us to know the will of God and pray accordingly. For what
He wishes, for His strength to accept what may come our way.
Nothing happens without God permitting it, so we have to accept what He allows.
Many times our prayers are the other way around. That's fine too. Like a good Father would
want to hear His child's needs, so it is with our God, the desire to hear from us as a child would speak to his father.
Wondering
God counts everything as prayer. When we live and think of Him, it's a continual prayer. Reading our Bible in either contemplation or meditation is a prayer. God is greater than we can imagine. When we think and turn to Him, it's all prayer.I like this answer a lot. I pray the Lord's Prayer all the time, but also there's times when I just talk to God in my head, and other times when I don't have an internal dialogue at all. I sometimes wonder if the "wordless" dialogues are counted as prayers.
This is interesting. Do you believe God wants you to do that? I'd say He wants you to tell Him everything that's on your heart and not neglect your own wants & needs. His love is big enough for it all.I learned to try and pray for others as much as possible and downplay my own needs.
"Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words." Romans 8:26 NKJVYes I see what you are saying but if you find yourself thinking or burdened for someone else and you come before God to pray but then stumble with a prayer.
A very good point that I fall short with. One of my shortcomings that I often have to confess is missing or balking on opportunities to share His Truth. This is a call to action for me to ask Him to show me where I can stand in the gap. Thank you.How many people ever ask God how they can be of service to Him. We always tell Him how He can serve us but few of us ask how we can serve Him.
Very true.How many people ever ask God how they can be of service to Him. We always tell Him how He can serve us but few of us ask how we can serve Him.