Do you have a special prayer?

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GP44

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I thought up a prayer for when I need strength from God and help with problems and I finally posted it to Facebook.
Then I thought that everybody probably prays for what ever they could use help with in their lives.
I see nothing wrong with praying established prayers but I needed something that would be more personal between God and myself and the Lord’s Prayer just didn’t cover it.
You can start out with - My Lord my God how Great Thou Art!
And finish with - God please give me strength, courage and peace of mind.
I know that all things are possible through Jesus Christ our Savior! Amen!
I hope that God gives you strength and peace of mind and everything that it takes to get you through the rough times in your life!
 

Many if not most religions have ways to ask God for help. By doing so you admit to yourself you own limitations, and ask the Creator ( of you ) to help you out. The history of beseeching God goes back a long way. 4000 years ago we have evidence the animal sacrifice was used to please God. Even human sacrifice was used. 2000 years ago, the story tells us that Jesus was the Lamb of God, and when crucified pleased God once and for all. Accept Jesus as Lord and savior and be baptized to wash away your sins and be a new person, born into Christ's kingdom.

The story that one accepts through the different religions guide the person in how to beseech God. Some people pray everyday, some pray when they go to church/synagogue/mosque. It is part of nature to ask for help, and asking the big guy can be a wonderful way to connect with a higher power. For many it is tremendously helpful, and can relieve a person's anxiety significantly.
 

I used to pray that my son would forgive me, but it's been more than 5 years and so I have given up. It'll never happen.

The former pastor of my church once apprised me of a prayer called the Te Deum. He even scribbled a few words on a prayer card for me: "In your Lord is our hope / And we shall never hope in vain." I still have it in my wallet.
 
As a child I was made to recite the Lords prayer every night. I asked why? Because you have to. Great answer, but that was the best my parents could manage. I was just reciting words, nothing more.

I think that for some, prayer is best summed up by Monty Python in 'The meaning of Life'.
"Let us praise God. Oh Lord, oooh you are so big. So absolutely huge. Gosh, we’re all really impressed down here I can tell you. Forgive us, O Lord, for this dreadful toadying and barefaced flattery. But you are so strong and, well, just so super. Fantastic. Amen."
 
Our Mother had us pray before going to sleep.
Now I lay down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I awake.
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
It must have been so important to her to try to make sure that we would go to heaven.
But those words scared me because I didn’t understand anything about death or even souls as a child.
I should start praying that prayer now that I know I am so much closer to the end of my life.
 
Capt Lightning said:
As a child I was made to recite the Lords prayer every night. I asked why? Because you have to. Great answer, but that was the best my parents could manage. I was just reciting words, nothing more.

I think that for some, prayer is best summed up by Monty Python in 'The meaning of Life'.
"Let us praise God. Oh Lord, oooh you are so big. So absolutely huge. Gosh, we’re all really impressed down here I can tell you. Forgive us, O Lord, for this dreadful toadying and barefaced flattery. But you are so strong and, well, just so super. Fantastic. Amen."
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I think that the Bible says that the Lord’s Prayer was in answer to the question how do we pray.
They were told to pray - something like this.
I don’t know if we were supposed to recite the Lords Prayer word for word as much as we were to learn how to pray.
I feel about the same way about the Lord’s Prayer. It just doesn’t seem personal enough when it is recited over and over.
I hope I’m not giving anyone the impression that I am some kind of deeply religious person because I’m not but I do believe in the power of prayer.
In 2020 when I had a hard time to even get in to see my wife she had a huge deep wound on her foot and she is diabetic.
They transferred her from the hospital to a nursing home and she told me that she didn’t think that she would come out of there alive or that she would at least lose her foot.
I told her that I hated to agree with her but that I thought that she was right.
Like she said “every time I get some kind of hope something happens and things get worse.”
I told her that maybe that is because I’m not praying hard enough.
Then the doctor at the nursing home had some tests done on her and told her that she was low on protein and that she needed protein as well as magnesium for her foot to heal.
They sent her to a real wound care doctor.
I was able to bring her home and although she still wasn’t really mobil I took care of her and made sure she saw the doctors.
The things that they did to that wound to get it to heal were hell for her -debriding- but after about five months it was all healed and after about six months or so she had built up enough strength to be able to walk reasonably well.
So I thank God a lot and I pray a lot and if nothing else it makes me feel better.
 

Do you have a special prayer?​


Seems they are all special
Mostly for our children
Loved ones
and enemies
I do have special (alone) times
Morning
and evening
prayers are on my lips most every waking moment

Prayers for you all
Prayers for whatever I post here will not offend, but uplift
 
GP44 said:
But those words scared me because I didn’t understand anything about death or even souls as a child.
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Those same words terrified me, too... so when it time to choose one for my daughter, it was changed to:
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep;
Guide me safely through the night, and wake me with the morning light."

MUCH better!
 
As a child, I was required to recite part of The Lord's Prayer in Spanish each night just before bedtime while repeatedly making the sign of the cross, moving gradually down from from forehead to chest. Then, as part of the pre bedtime ritual, I would ask my parents for their blessing, La Bendicion, and their promise that I was going to dream with the angelitos-the little angels.

"Bendicion mamita!
Bendicion Papito!
Voy a soñar con los angelitos?"

Which translates to

"Blessings daddy.
Blessings mommy.
Am I going to dream with the little angels?"

Each one would say "Dios te bendiga mi hijo." "God bless you my son! Yes, you are going to dream with the little angels" and I was soon sound asleep. However, one time my mom refused to promise that I would dream about the little angels because I had misbehaved during the day. In fact, I think I remember her making a reference to me dreaming about little imps-diablitos instead.
So I kept refusing to go to sleep until she would assure me, and not just from my father, who kept repeating it for her.

This struggle lasted for about approx. half an hour, until she finally relented. I can't recall the ritual continuing for a long while after that incident, although it was temporarily resumed at age ten. albeit without the recitation of the Lord's Prayer.

However, I frequently recite the Lord's prayer in English out loud as an adult now because it brings me great comfort. Especially when fear of the supernatural might arise.
 
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In the time we are living our lives in I am feeling more and more that the best response to the decay that is fed to us constantly is to develop a strong sense of love and support to everyone and everything. For now that is the quickest way to solve these huge problems we are having, plus I have noticed an inspirational type of feeling that use to be part of my life, but I had forgotten about it.

I think dealing with the candidate I wanted to put in office got me interested. She is also into a new age spiritual thing that does inspire a real reason for being loving, cooperative. A strong very reasoned approach that makes sense. Instead of arguing about stuff, why not try to understand where we all are coming from. So I have in some ways been reborn...it is quite an interesting development.
 
I am not religious, don't really believe in God as any kind of entity, but pray ever night before sleep. I address my prayer to God simply because I need a focal point, doesn't seem right to say "universe hear my prayer".

I pray as a form of personal reflection, I don't have a specific prayer but my prayers are always based on the same foundation. I express gratitude for the good in my life and express my remorse for the wrong I have done.
 
As a child the prayer of Now I lay me down to sleep was a ritual. The addition of please make daddy's eyes better was said by me & me 3 brothers. Never did.
 
I like St. Francis prayer to be an instrument of peace. "Where there is hatred let me sow love". I don't pray much these days but I do think spreading peace and love are important and I try to do this everyday. So really, my life is a prayer when you think of it.
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One of the guys I worked with had fled a communist block country so he always laughed and made fun of Christmas and Easter but he was a real honest standup guy.
So I asked him how he could be such an honest person when he didn’t believe in a God.
He told me that everybody is born with a conscience and it just makes sense that if you don’t want anyone to do bad things to you then you don’t do bad things to them.
I said OH! The Golden Rule.
He said Yeah -Whatever.
 
chic said:
I like St. Francis prayer to be an instrument of peace. "Where there is hatred let me sow love". I don't pray much these days but I do think spreading peace and love are important and I try to do this everyday. So really, my life is a prayer when you think of it.
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One of these guys who was preaching all the time came back to work after his brother died.
He told about how his brother was a no good guy all his life but that he found Jesus at the last minute so he was saved.
That struck me wrong because we have always donated food for the poor and tried to live good lives.
I know that I shouldn’t have said what I did but I said “ so you think that it is okay to live a terrible and selfish life and then just find religion because you know your dying?”
I have regretted saying something that nasty to someone whose family member died.
I really hope that his brother was saved like Bill claimed that he was.
 
GP44 said:
One of these guys who was preaching all the time came back to work after his brother died.
He told about how his brother was a no good guy all his life but that he found Jesus at the last minute so he was saved.
That struck me wrong because we have always donated food for the poor and tried to live good lives.
I know that I shouldn’t have said what I did but I said “ so you think that it is okay to live a terrible and selfish life and then just find religion because you know your dying?”
I have regretted saying something that nasty to someone whose family member died.
I really hope that his brother was saved like Bill claimed that he was.
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Repentance can be at a last stage, only God is judge.
 
Most of my experiences are from things that happened while I worked because I worked in the same factory for forty years so that was a big part of my life.
We had one guy who was a Jehovah’s Witness. One of those over zealous overbearing guys who was always too happy to be spouting religion. Just aglow with it. That obnoxious kind that you try to avoid being around.
Next thing you know he looks sad and he was real quiet, his whole demeanor had changed.
Someone said that this guys wife was hooking up with one of those deacons while they were supposed to be out converting people.
I felt bad for that guy after that because he lost his wife and his religion and those were the things that were important to him.
I didn’t work directly with him and it was really hard to see how sad he looked when I happened to see him.
 
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GP44 said:
Our Mother had us pray before going to sleep.
Now I lay down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. If I should die before I awake.
I pray the Lord my soul to take.
It must have been so important to her to try to make sure that we would go to heaven.
But those words scared me because I didn’t understand anything about death or even souls as a child.
I should start praying that prayer now that I know I am so much closer to the end of my life.
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I remember that prayer from when I was a little child, and I still recite it before going to sleep. It gives me great comfort.
 
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