I'm thinking of your more concentrated prayer time --- not the 'one offs' that most of us say throughout the day but when you spend more serious time talking with God.
Do you speak your prayers or think them?
What do you find the advantages to be of speaking them or thinking them?
Thanks!
2007-11-27 02:53:28 · 23 answers · asked by KL 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
both, but mostly silent, because i end up praying with feelings and images, not words.
2007-11-27 09:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by scoop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Sometimes I pray out loud if no one is around, and there are no distractions. Like when I pray these certain verses over my kids, I pray them out loud every morning. But then at night I will pray in my head, or during the day whenever I think of something or even praise reports I will say them in my head or sometimes out loud. Just depends....whatever comes to me.
2007-11-27 04:57:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mandolyn Monkey Munch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like to pray out loud,but like Kait said,satan hears outspoken prayers and not the unspoken prayers. So,I also pray in my head. When I pray out loud, I plead the precious blood of Jesus over that prayer because then satan has no power over anything I say.
2007-11-27 03:25:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Both. During my "prayer time" at the house, I do alot of out-loud speaking, singing, crying, worship and devotions. I also do this in a special room to myself. Concentrate totally on Him.
2007-11-27 03:15:43 · answer #4 · answered by hugskisses4707 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I usually pray aloud. It helps me focus on actually praying and nothing the laundry list of distractions I have floating in my brain...and it also serves to drown out the world around me. It seems the hardest thing to do is to really concentrate on that intimate conversation with God. So praying aloud affords me the opportunity to put my heart where it needs to be.
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2007-11-27 04:19:03 · answer #5 · answered by Kiker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree completely with Jin. Sometimes, speaking an earnest prayer enables me to focus better. Other times, a silent prayer feels best, particularly if I'm not alone.
2007-11-27 03:40:49 · answer #6 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference which one you choose. The Lord has delivered me from the hands of death in both situations. He knows your thoughts, motivations and what is truly in your heart anyway. Like one time I was being held at knife point, I prayed in my thoughts, and with strong faith, he saved me.
Either way the results are still the same. Another thing is that he might not answer them the way you want him to.
God Bless you always
2007-11-27 07:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well me: i pray any time i can weather i`m @ school or in tha store.
&& 4-me it kinda depends like if ur ashamed 2-pray in public cuz i kno a-lot of ppl that will just burst out l O U D w/a prayer!
honestly i rather bow my head && say it in silence wen i`m in public!
&& if u believe God tlk`s back 2-u then i think both [silent && loud] would be just fine!
&& don`t worry about what others say!
2007-11-27 03:00:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anti Twilight [X] 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I do both. I also pray in my personal prayer language with God. Whatever seems right for the situation and location.
2007-11-27 08:34:43 · answer #9 · answered by Dani Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically both. Most prayers are spoken out loud presently though.
2007-11-27 03:47:31 · answer #10 · answered by jefferyspringer57@sbcglobal.net 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tend to speak them aloud -- thinking them, it's easier for my mind to go elsewhere. When I hear myself, I guess it's easier to remember what I'm doing. When I think them, it's easier to go "Well, I might be only thinking about what I want to pray about later," and then down the road I go.
Good question.
Have a great day!
2007-11-27 04:23:27 · answer #11 · answered by herfinator 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋