Text-HOW TO PRAY- ANGLICAN
HOW TO PRAY
The Purpose Of Prayer Is To Establish A Relationship With God.
How to Pray
The purpose of prayer is to establish a relationship with God. There are many formats of prayer, but that have a few common things.
1) Acknowledge who God is (Saying hello)
2) Confession: We have not live up to God’s hope for us (and often our hope for ourselves)
3) Thanks for what we do have (even it is a little)
4) Ask God to help us.
Prayer is not Denominational: No matter what your background, this is an excellent place to start. We use the Book of Common Prayer as our source. This is a reliable place to begin.
How long will it take? Daily Prayer takes between 15-20 minutes.
Where do I Start? Try to Pray the first thing in the morning, in a place with a minimum of distractions, and before you check email, look at texts, etc., but after a cup of coffee.
How is it organized? The daily Prayer rotates the prayers through the seasons of the church (Christmas, Lent, Easter, etc.). Each day has readings from the Old Testament, Psalms, New Testament, and the Gospels.
Why should I read Prayers, instead of just talking to God? Serious, trustworthy men and women wrote these prayers in the Psalms and Daily Prayer of God; their lives are a testimony. These deep and well develop prayers are from a lifetime of Prayer. When we Prayer these prayers, they ‘stretch us.’ They pull us into a deeper understanding of God’s Kingship, Love for us. Pray shapes us, best to be shaped by the best and tested. We grow by learning from others who have gone before us.
As you pray, you can rest in knowing that tens of thousands of men and women reading the same words you are. You join a symphony of Prayer.
How does this work? Start with the links above. Simple guidelines included in the light grey text. Many sections give you choices “or this,” and you can choose between the options. You can pray to yourself or out loud, as you feel comfortable. After a reading from the Bible, pause for a moment, and see if there is something in that reading that seems to resonate with you; it often helps to write these thoughts down. You can read all the bible readings or any two(people who pray a night often split the readings).
At the Section “A Time for Personal Prayers,” stop for a moment, and ask for Prayer for others and yourself. This is a great time to still your heart and begin to learn God’s Still Quiet voice. 1 King 19: 12. Try to keep something nearby to write anything down, you hear or feel.
What the difference between the links? Daily Prayer is a traditional format of the Book of Common Prayer. In contrast, individual Prayer is the same readings and prayers; it substitutes the “we” with “I,” which many people feel more comfortable.
Remember: You are praying, you can’t do it wrong, and you are reading “How to Pray,” you are already more than halfway done. You did something, you pressed in, well done.
Shortcuts: You can make a shortcut to these prayers on your phone by adding them to your home screen. They will display an Android or Apply icon. The web page will update automatically to the correct day.
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