Do you have a favorite prayer?

Hi bjc66bjc and stowyk, yes I think prayer comes from our hearts and that would be the best prayer of all. I guess I was thinking about some composed prayers by saints and holy people, like for example the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi: "Make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred let me bring you love. Where there is injury your pardon Lord. And where there is doubt true faith in you. O Master grant that I may never seek, so much to be consoled as to console. To be understood as to understand. To be loved as to love with all my soul. For it is in giving that we receive and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life." This was one prayer I was fond of when I was young. There are many other composed prayers like the "Our Father" which is composed by Jesus himself.

sorry had you indicated a composed prayer the only difference in my response would have been that 'THE LORDS PRAYER", but normally my prayers are just from the heart as previously stated,,, But I do understand your inquiry now....

Yes, I believe it's also important to be kind to animals because God has given us these animals to take care of and to love. Well, love of self is natural so we also need to pray for our own needs :)

Yes, it's amazing that God allows us mere creatures to have that kind of relationship with him...like talking to a friend or a loving father, and the great thing about it is that he is really concerned with every single details of our lives..."the numbers in your hair are all numbered..."

I also think gratitude to God is such a strong prayer and one that God considers to be an important characteristic of a religious person. I remember in the Bible when Jesus healed several blind men and only one of them came back to give thanks, Jesus asked "where are the others who got healed?" It's as if Jesus praise the one blind man who has gratitude and had the effort to come back and give the healer his deserved "thanks". I think God honors the grateful heart. It is sometimes easier said than done because we sometimes see ourselves complaining often about the difficulties of our lives. It is then important to remember to give more time giving thanks and looking for God's goodness everywhere...even in difficult moments.

Part of being human is admitting our sinfulness before God, and he is more than willing to forgive us. Talking to God like a son to a father is always touching and I felt he will always be that loving father, although life doesn't spare us of suffering and pain and it is due to our original sin. Anyway, it's great that God's mercy is so great that no sin could not be forgiven by him.

Yes, I remember the song "In his time, he makes all things beautiful in his time..." It is really his will that is going to be followed so it becomes important for us to surrender to his will with love. What a nice figure...God as our father, I think it's amazing that creatures like us have God as our father.

Being wiser...just like the prayer of King Solomon. Yes, they said it's a better prayer than asking for all the riches of the world. For your last prayer, I do hope too that your prayers of getting married happens to you soon :)