Do You Always Pray Before You Eat?

yes it is good to pray before you eat, but prayer shouldnot have any time. you can pray anytime you want & what is most important is whether it is from inside your heart or not!

Yes I do pray before I eat and all in our family. Whether its in our house or in public, I take time to pray BEFORE I eat but most often, I forget to pray AFTER I eat. In hurried times I pray the usual, "Bless us of Lord for the grace that we are about to eat from thy bounty..." but when I have the luxury of time, I pray a personal prayer coming from my heart. I do it in silence thanking for blessing of the food that will nourish me/us and thanking God also for the people and bless them who prepared the food. I beleive that having the food to eat at any time of the day is a very blessing itself so we should have to thank God for it.

My family and I pray before we eat all meals. We also have taught the kids to pray when they get up and before they go to bed.

Honestly, I am not praying before I do anything. I pray only at the church service. I know I'm not a very good Christian but praying did not became a part of my daily routine. Though I'm active in the church service, I'm not always praying. I hope it would eventually get into my routine so that I could change and become a better person.

yes i alwys pray everytime i ate food..thtas the sign of gods blessings

I also pray before I eat, I pray before I sleep, and I pray whenever I have some problems, I share them with God, and He is so good and wonderful because he answers my prayers, forgives me whenever I fall in sin, and I thank HIM for giving His life for me on the cross.

I always pray before I eat. I neer pray outloud, always silently. It is between me, and God, not between me and the rest of the world. It's enough for me to pray and for God to hear it, not for everyone else to hear it.

ya angeljenn i do pray to god every time i eat. Even while praying i say thanks to all the man, material and equipment which has helped in preparing this food. And i even pray b4 sleeping and after waking also as we are living our lives by god's grace only.. Happy Earnings!!

I always pray to God for each and every moment of my life, which I have got due to HIS grace and kindliness only. It is because of great God that we are here in this world and we are breathing every moment.......so I shall ever remain greatful to great God.

Hi there. I pray by word of mouth and pray by text. I know that's a strange way to pray but that's just my way. It's my choice of how I pray and if someone don't like this way then it's their choice to not like it cos it's just the way I can feel a connection and so I do it this way sometimes. I don't do it all the time but I do sometimes. Catch ya later.

I am sure that I do not always pray before eating but I am also sure that sometimes I do so without even realizing. Like you I learnt to automatically pray about things from the days of childhood. The troubling thing is that sometimes I find myself just leaving that part of me on auto instead of pausing to do it from the heart. Too often I find myself repeating the same prayer with no new dimensions to it. To me that makes no sense at all as everyday brings with it a new experience. I really ought to get down to business here. Still I have learnt to love and respect that attitude I developed of praying automatically. Sometimes when I catch myself praying I cant help but smile.

to be more frank and more precise i do not pray before eating.. its bcs im not practiced to it...

oh i have never done,maybe because i dont think i should pary.

Yes, in fact I do. In the family, we do it. A short prayer actually. It goes: "Thank you Lord for this _____ (breakfast, lunch or dinner), Amen." That's it. Short phrase. Big words. I know God hears it. It's our way of thanking him not only for the food I guess, but for the company in the table.

yes, I do! I don't think we can ever thank him enough for the things he provides each day. I've been doing this since I can remember it's something that is just a part of my life. My kids have been doing it since they were just tiny.. we don't do long, loud prayers and really try not to be noticed when eating out but sometimes we are noticed... one gentleman came to our table at a restaurant and said "It's so good to see a whole family who still prays together.. and I just wanted to let you know that it blessed me to see you praying before digging in to your food." and then he walked away. I suppose people notice more than ya think. My sister is notorious for bringing strangers (her friends) to our family get together's... and my parents know that my family prays before a meal, as they do too.. no matter who is there.. and I have sensed that some of my sister's friends seemed to be bothered by our praying. oh well.. can't please everyone.. I guess! lol!

Actually i should be praying everday before eating food,but i pray sometimes before eating food.We need to pray to god for the food he has given us.and pray that the food gives health to the body.From now on i'll make it a habit to pray everyday before food.

i do always pray when ever i find time to do it even when i am traveling...all our moves should be we are always thankful to god...time is not the problem because anywhere at anytime you can do praying...

That is the right thing to do and it's a commandment from God that you are following. Being grateful to the lord is a way of true Christians. Psalms 92:1; As an example, the prophet, Daniel prayed 3 times a day. Daniel 6:10,13. Whether we are happy or sad, we have to pray and remember the Lord in everything we do. 1 Corinthians 10:31. I am happy to see that among the many posts here that do not think about God and some of those are even against God, a few people still post good stuff like what you did. Yes I also pray before I eat and before and after I sleep.

Yes, I pray before every meals. I've been doing that since I was a kid. I don't know how young I was then. My parents thought all of us (my siblings & I) to pray. Though I can say that I'm not so religious, I still don't forget to always pray. It's my way of talking to God, thanking Him for all the blessings He's been giving to me, for all the things I have, for my friends and for anything I can think of.

Yes I do, actually my family and I pray before we eat. And I also train my children to pray before we eat as well as before they go to bed. As a believer of Christ, it's very important practice to pray to God for everything that He has given us as well as the things that He has done to our lives. Honestly,there are times that I get lazy to pray, so please for me. But I always thank God for the good things and not so good things that happened into my life, because I believe that He has reasons for everything.