The Shocking Truth about Praying

Kaetana · 2025-03-31T07:49:39-04:00

Praying - The Shocking Truth about Praying (26 replies).

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Do you pray consistently every day?

Do you only pray whenever it’s convenient to you?

Do you rarely Pray?

Do you not pray at all?

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BlueSkyKing · M

Prayer
A recited incantation designed to force or cajole a deity or deities into changing the normal, existing, or probable course of events in the universe, obtain an advantage, or avoid a divine penalty. Also an expression of gratitude or adulation, or an affirmation of continual fear, made to a deity.

A prayer is often accompanied by a promise or a sacrifice (the firstborn, money, giving up a favorite vice, not lying, a select bit of food the priests can eat) to seal or satisfy the agreement. A spell.

Kaetana · 61-69, F

@BlueSkyKing some people can find the concept of prayer, to be so much more than it needs to be .
I would say first one would need to ask themselves do they wish to not buy into the myriad of perceptions ( you’ve kindly mentioned a few) of what a relationship with God should look like .
& instead focus on what ‘They Themselves ‘ need the relationship to be.

That way they will be nearer the truth,
God bless & thanks for sharing

BlueSkyKing · M

@Kaetana How else would you define what is a prayer?

Kaetana · 61-69, F

@BlueSkyKing there are a several ways one can prayer
: Speaking a person message to God it might be a message of thanks for the blessings you are enjoying in your life.

: you may have a personal, worry concerning your life or that of a family member,
: you may a select a scripture from the bible to read silently and offer an additional request pertaining to the scripture.

Then you might pray collectively as part of a Church or online congregation .

Point is how you choose to pray is personal and up to you , fact is the more that you do the easier it becomes .
Some folk hold back because they feel self conscious. Others just aren’t sure of what words the words they should use.

A prayer offered sincerely is all that really matters , eloquent words do not come into it. Amen