Can anything you hope for be the same as prayer?

Question

All hope is prayer, but not all prayer is hope (since a lot of prayers are just conversing and not wishing/hoping for anything)? Thoughts?

Peace, Love, and Blessings
Greenwood

Answer 1

I really think they are the same...Except,
Prayer involves GOD...

Blessings to you, my friend.

Answer 2

You pretty much answered it best.

I think it is kind of sad though that many people see God as some kind of genie that they "wish" to. God is a real person who desires a real relationship with us. Sure He wants us to ask him for stuff and He enjoys taking care of us and giving us the desires of our hearts. On the other hand, like the perfect Father that He is, there are also times when He says "No" or "Wait." We may not always understand the reasoning, but He knows best. But anyway, the point I was getting at is that God is a person, not an object and prayer includes hope, but there's far more to it than just that.

Big hugs and
Many blessings

Answer 3

Hope: to cherish a desire with anticipation
Prayer: an address (as a petition) to God or a god in word or thought

hope and prayer are NOT the same thing.

Answer 4

No, I think God actually wants us to exercise ourselves in the work of prayer. God knows what we want, and he knows what we need... but he wants us to exercise our wills and our faith and ASK.

See Luke 2:36-37... http://scriptures.lds.org/en/luke/2/36-37#36

I believe it is a law of the universe that in most circumstances no energy exchange can occur without one first exercising their will to give permission to that energy. Belief and faith are the most powerful ways to give permission to a particular energy/entity..... whether the beliefs are in a negative or positive thing.

An affirmation... an audible act of faith (such as a prayer or a statement of belief) is even more energetically powerful than a thought affirmation or prayer.

Added: A hope can sometimes be a wishy-washy kind of thing, with little power. Sometimes a hope may be coupled with a belief of non-receipt. Such a hope would be a kind of anti-prayer. Eg. I hope our house application doesn't get rejected again.... is suffused with a painful belief (and affirmation) that our house application will be rejected.

And hope can also be a strength that keeps us holding on...

Answer 5

I don't necessarily agree. I think you can hope for something without asking God about it. For instance, one might hope that they win the lottery, but not be so audacious as to ask God to let them pick the winning numbers. I think in hope vs. prayer, hope is more of a want. I know that we hope people are healed or we hope God shows us the right path to take, but that to me is prayer. My distinction is that prayer is anything righteous that we need or want and hope is any other catagories that we want. But there is definately overlap, and the lines are very gray.

Answer 6

hope is the desire that through the normal progress of
events that something will occur. Prayer is thanking,worshipping
God Almighty -- and yes it's used mostly for requesting
desires be fulfilled.

Answer 7

while hoping is an action of the mind and spirit ,asking the creator is the answer of the solution.we hope for many things yet,the good maker decides which is right for us.peace brother.

Answer 8

Hoping is expressing your wishes to yourself.

Prayer is talking to your fingers because you think a sky wizard can hear you.

Not exactly the same.

CD

Answer 9

Prayer would be more focussed externally, i.e. you pray TO someone/something...

Hope is more internally focussed on what you as the individual wants...

So, no I would not place them as the same...

Soli Deo Gloria

Answer 10

Prayer is communication with God (whoever that may be to you personally). I may give thanks to God, or a hundred other things not related to hope at all.
Hope is something else entirely. It is one of the theological virtues, or gifts from God.