If You DO, When do You Pray?
By berlynn1975
@berlynn1975 (737)
United States
January 21, 2009 2:22pm CST
I've heard "pray w/o ceasing". I know certain religions teach praying at specific times in specific manners. I'm just curious how others chose to pray.
For me, I do have a particular faith. My beliefs are based on my faith. I believe in a personal relationship w/my God. And, for me, I think my line of communication is always open. Like I begin a prayer in the morning, and close it out @ night.
As I'm driving, walking, working, whatever, if a need, or a praise is thought of, I just offer it up to Him. To me this is easy and natural.
What works for you?
2 responses
@mothershaveneedstoo (21)
• United States
21 Jan 09
I am Jewish and we have a prayer book to pray from which I do regularly morning and before bed. It takes me about 20 minutes each. In the morning, it takes me through (among other things) the first thing I say when getting out of bed, what to say when washing my hands, and even what to say after using the toilet (which is a gratitude prayer for the body working as it should). At night, it takes me through (among other things) asking forgiveness for anyone who has angered or hurt me - that they not be punished on my account. I also pray spontaneously (using my own words) when the need arises. In addition, I pray from the Tehillim (Psalms). When praying from Tehillim, I sometimes pick out the number of the Psalm that's the year older than the age of the person I'm praying for. There's also a Psalm #119 which is used for any difficult problem, including health. With this one, we spell out the Hebrew name of the person who's needing prayer. Each of the paragraphs of that one Psalm starts with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet. My rabbi told me once that these prayers were compiled for us particularly because when you are standing before G-d, it's handy to have the perfect words to say. Still another time I pray is when I light the Shabbos candles on Friday night which is a particularly important mitzvah for a Jewish woman - so G-d is open at that time to hear any prayer you want to offer.
@berlynn1975 (737)
• United States
23 Jan 09
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, I do not know a lot about Judiasm and really enjoyed hearing (reading) how you pray. I have a best friend that is Jewish and am always interested in learning more. : )