How to pray?
There has always been a conflict between the people
who pray loudly and those who pray silently, the contemplative method of
prayer. Each one has looked at the other with suspicion, one accusing the
other.
Those who pray silently say God is not deaf. And
those who pray loudly say those ‘simply sitting’ are wasting their time. I felt the Lord prompting me to
address this issue, because ignorance does not glorify God.
It is not necessary to pray aloud for God to hear
and answer our prayers, because, the thoughts that we think, resounds in Heaven
louder than our voice sounds on earth. To make God known about your needs, you
need not make any sound; you need to only tell it within yourself. You just need to think about it and God will
hear your prayer.
In the book of Genesis we find something very
interesting, that teaches that our thoughts resounds in Heaven loader than we
think. “The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the
earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil
continually,” (Genesis 6:5).
The inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was
well known to God. When the Israelites were grumbling within them, God knew it.
“the sound of grumbling does not go unheard,” (Wisdom 1:11).
Praying with our thoughts is fruitful and sitting
in silence helps to know the voice of God, to know His Presence intimately.
But
it is necessary to pray aloud on earth.
Praying aloud will quickly loosen the burdens within us,
Praying aloud will cleanse the atmosphere we live in.
Praying aloud will quickly quicken us.
It is said about Jesus “In the days of his
flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and
tears....,”(Hebrews 5:7).
Praying aloud releases the creative power. When God
created the world, He did not think, and the world was created. Bible tells us
He spoke, and the world came into being. The world was created by the sound of
God. Praying aloud releases the authority we have. Praying aloud releases the
glory in our voice.
Just before Jesus was betrayed, he was in the Mount
of Olives praying, “In his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat
became like great drops of blood falling down on the ground,” (Luke 22:44).
The intense prayer of Jesus made him sweat blood;
there will be moments in life when you need to pray like that. No matter how we
pray, we need to know the circumstances we are in, especially when you are
praying loudly in your personal prayer. Try praying out loud, though not loud
enough to agitate others. Being able to hear yourself pray, really helps. You
will find that your mind doesn't wander that easily and that you can pray more
fervently.
Antony Thomas, Author, Holy Spirit:The Reality of His Presence,
Holy Spirit, I love You.
When We Pray: Be renewed by the Power of Prayer,
Holy Spirit, I love You.
When We Pray: Be renewed by the Power of Prayer,
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