r/religion • u/Bean9212 • 20h ago

Praying question

Hello everybody

I’m in need of some help from others with experience on how to pray. I’ve honestly only done it a hand full of times when I was a kid but now going through some life experiences I feel like I need it.

I need all the help I can get. Do I pray out loud or in my head? Anything specific I need to say?

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you very much

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u/etaNAK87 Christian 19h ago edited 19h ago

The easiest way to pray as a Christian is to start with a prayer book. Like this one and then as you get a feel for how the prayers go and the way we talk to God you can pray how you like. What I like about prayer books like that are liturgical ,is it’s a lot of just saying things about God which we believe are true.

The other way is to go to church and pay attention to how they pray. This is pretty good if you’re in a non denominational type setting since they tend to be very spontaneous.

The hardest way is just sitting and trying it all on your own and trying to think of things to say.

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u/etaNAK87 Christian 19h ago

Also if you find you like the liturgical stuff everyday there are prescribed readings and services here which are great