How do you pray?

I either pray in my bed in the evening and before exams, or I like to take a walk in a park nearby in the late afternoon and listen to worship songs. It's good for channeling your emotion and connecting with God! :yep:

Reply 1

absolutelysprout

21

in the evening by my bed usually :smile:

Reply 2

Moonbow

20

With my mantids :ahee:

Sorry, sorry! I couldn’t help myself :ashamed:

I am somewhat in the middle of religion nowadays. I feel bad choosing one belief over another :frown:

OP

Original post by Moonbow

With my mantids :ahee:

Sorry, sorry! I couldn’t help myself :ashamed:

I am somewhat in the middle of religion nowadays. I feel bad choosing one belief over another :frown:

interesting. do you feel you are in the middle of 2 different faiths or do you feel like you are losing faith altogether?

we all go through phases with religion, sometimes they are permanent. you're not alone :yep:

Reply 4

StriderHort

21

Meh, whenever feels appropriate.

OP

Original post by StriderHort

Meh, whenever feels appropriate.

fair enough. i feel the same - though i often feel bad afterwards for only communicating with god when it suits me. it reminds me to be grateful more often and tell him more! :redface:

Reply 6

username5282268

13

Original post by yzanne

I either pray in my bed in the evening and before exams, or I like to take a walk in a park nearby in the late afternoon and listen to worship songs. It's good for channeling your emotion and connecting with God! :yep:

Mostly in my bed cos I pray when I wake up and right before I go to bed. Then sometimes I have family prayers where we're all seated. And occasionally I take a break from my usual music list and listen to worship songs. Though recently I've been struggling with faith and prayer; I haven't prayed since Friday.

Reply 7

username3130030

8

usually before bed and morning, what is ur religion?

Original post by yzanne

I either pray in my bed in the evening and before exams, or I like to take a walk in a park nearby in the late afternoon and listen to worship songs. It's good for channeling your emotion and connecting with God! :yep:

Reply 8

itscourtchicks

14

You know what, even though I identify myself as non-religious (note: not atheist) I still find myself praying - if that’s what you could call it. Maybe it’s more appropriate to call it a period of... self reflection, meditation, emotional analysis. I don’t really know. Typically do this at difficult points in life, or when I’m feeling lost.

OP

Original post by immanueligwe151

Mostly in my bed cos I pray when I wake up and right before I go to bed. Then sometimes I have family prayers where we're all seated. And occasionally I take a break from my usual music list and listen to worship songs. Though recently I've been struggling with faith and prayer; I haven't prayed since Friday.

This is totally okay and absolutely normal.

If you're feeling lost, there are plenty of ways you can reconnect with God you could read your holy book, watch videos or online services / prayers, or listen to faith music. :yep:

OP

Original post by nishyboo

usually before bed and morning, what is ur religion?

Christian! :smile:

and that's good that you have structured prayer. I keep trying to remind myself to do that!

OP

Original post by itscourtchicks

You know what, even though I identify myself as non-religious (note: not atheist) I still find myself praying - if that’s what you could call it. Maybe it’s more appropriate to call it a period of... self reflection, meditation, emotional analysis. I don’t really know. Typically do this at difficult points in life, or when I’m feeling lost.

It might just be reflection, or you trying to communicate with something that is generally a higher power or bigger than existance.
Faith is not always necessarily associated with a specific God or holy book. You can just believe, full stop. :yep:

Reply 12

Roses.Are.Red

18

Original post by yzanne

fair enough. i feel the same - though i often feel bad afterwards for only communicating with god when it suits me. it reminds me to be grateful more often and tell him more! :redface:

Prsom

I always try to remind myself to be grateful and pray at least once a day(which is what I'm working on).

Original post by yzanne

It might just be reflection, or you trying to communicate with something that is generally a higher power or bigger than existance.
Faith is not always necessarily associated with a specific God or holy book. You can just believe, full stop. :yep:

I think that is a perfect description of my belief, it's sometimes difficult to describe it, but you said it really well.

Reply 13

Moonbow

20

Original post by yzanne

interesting. do you feel you are in the middle of 2 different faiths or do you feel like you are losing faith altogether?

we all go through phases with religion, sometimes they are permanent. you're not alone :yep:

To be honest, I don’t really know. I think that if there is a god, they wouldn’t mind us being thankful for what they do, no matter which day or way we celebrate :smile:

(edited 3 years ago)

OP

Original post by Moonbow

To be honest, I don’t really know. I think that if there is a god, they wouldn’t mind us being thankful for what they do, no matter which day or way we celebrate :smile:

this is a really good way to look at it!

just like many things, there isn't a *need* to place a label on your faith. you can just believe or pray for your existence, without aiming it at one particular named god. :yep:

Reply 15

Charles III

21

Thread cleaned up and moved :smile:

Reply 16

StriderHort

21

Original post by Paracosm

Thread cleaned up and moved :smile:

I prayed it would be.

Reply 17

Joleee

19

same

well i like to take long walks and listen to worship songs and sermons, and meditate on the words. feels mentally and physically good and there's something about being in nature, i find.

pretty bad at praying otherwise. lol :angelblush:

Reply 18

The_Lonely_Goatherd

20

It's a bit hard to describe how I pray. After I developed psychosis and experienced other traumas, my prayer style radically changed :erm:

I pray in wordless thoughts and images :dontknow:

The best way to kinda give you an idea is that I toss various thoughts and prayers at God throughout the day, without dwelling too much on them. Like tossing a pancake to the sky and then God catches it :colondollar:

I guess it's quite an informal (and for me at least, feels an irreverent) form of prayer :erm:

When it comes to prayers with words, I can pray set prayers - e.g. Hail Mary, Our Father, the rosary, the Mass - alright but struggle to use words to say my own prayers :sad:

If I have a serious prayer intention, I try to say at least a decade of the rosary (Catholic prayer bead thing), if not a whole one, but I find that a struggle tbh :redface:

Reply 19

slothonist

14

so I'm a Muslim and try to pray the 5 prescribed prayers on time throughout the day
Apart from that, I do make my own supplications such as thanking God for everything he's blessed me with, asking for forgiveness and asking for things I want such as good exam results etc.
I'd usually do this at least once a day and I feel most peaceful doing this sitting on my bedroom floor 😊

(edited 3 years ago)

How do you pray?

Quick Reply

Related discussions

Latest

Trending

Trending

Articles for you