To me prayer is talking to God one on one, about anything that should happen to be on my heart at the time. In my opinion prayer is a vital necessity in building a relationship with Christ. Okay so now that I’ve gotten the standard ideas of prayer out of the way, I think God does listen to our prayers, but I don’t think he takes all of them seriously. Okay that’s a bold statement to make but here is where I’m coming from. Sometimes at a worship service or at a table grace or even praying before bed, I’m not really into praying, but I do it anyway just because I think I should or it’s expected. I was always taught that

It always makes me laugh when people pray, how they become so formal in their speech, like God cares if you use words like “Thee” and “Thy”. As for me I just can’t do that. Why change my vocabulary just for God he knows how I talk. It’s not like I need to put on a show for him he’s got me on primetime up in heaven anyway. God knows how I act. So I don’t begin my prayers with “Dear God” or “As I come before thee heavenly father”. I talk to God as if he was physically before me. Sometimes my prayers start with my telling God how I’m doing today because you know what, he’s my heavenly father and he, like any father who loves their daughter wants to know how they are doing. Then if there is something troubling me I tell God about it, or if I have a special request for others or myself I tell him about it. Sometimes though in a moment of doubt I feel silly praying. I think what if there isn’t a God and I’m sitting here talking to myself about what happened today and how I feel. What if I’ve placed all my faith in a God that doesn’t exist? I struggle with that daily.

“We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is, seen and unseen.” That is the first sentence from the Nicene Creed a prayer commonly used in the Catholic and Episcopal worship service. The Nicene Creed is a collaboration of statements of belief. I’ve been able to recite this prayer or creed since I was a young child, along with several other standardized prayers such as The Lord’s Prayer, the Confession of Sin, and several forms of the Prayers of the People. I don’t like standardized prayers at all. I mean I’m not sure if I do believe in everything they say, and I know for sure that I don’t understand fully what it all means. I can’t stand such strict conformity (in any situation) especially in worship service. I always just want to break away from the words I know by heart and shout the words that actually are in my heart. But its not like I’m Baptist and could just shout things out in the middle of prayer or the sermon (*wink wink*, just kidding).

In all honesty, to pray daily is a struggle for me. I forget. I used to try to pray before I went to bed, but then I would fall asleep. Then I tried to pray in the morning, but I’m always in such a rush. I could have made time though I suppose. I haven’t found a method yet that works for me to pray. Throughout th

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