How To Pray As a Christian
- August 21, 2008
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In Christianity, prayer can be both a thanksgiving for God’s goodness and a cry for God’s help. Method and language matter less than openness and honesty, since prayer should be a conversation between you and God.
You Will Need
- Five minutes to yourself
- An open mind and heart
- Quiet and solitude (helpful, but not necessary) (optional)
Step 1: Ask God to be with you
Start by asking God to be with you.
Step 2: Give thanks
Recall those things for which you are most grateful.
You may express thanks for your family and health or much smaller things, like the meal you just shared with a friend or the joy you felt at seeing the sun after a rainstorm.
Step 3: Replay events
Replay the events of the day or past several days, almost like a movie, taking note of where you accepted Jesus’s invitation and where you didn’t.
A good time to pray is often at night, when things are usually calmer and you can look back on the day that’s just come to a close.
Step 4: Pray for others
Think of other people you want to pray for.
Step 5: Pray for yourself
Do not hesitate to pray for yourself by requesting help from Jesus.
Step 6: Ask for forgiveness
Ask for forgiveness for your sins.
Step 7: Ask for the grace of God
Ask for the grace of God to accompany you the next day.
In a poll conducted by U.S. News and World Report and Beliefnet.com, 75.8 percent of Christians said they feel it helps when someone prays for them.
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Comments (21)
Im not Christian but The video says, Ask forgive for God...well, I thought Jesus died for Christians and they were forgiven....
over 3 years ago by duranali
Hey duranali, that is a really good question. First of all, I did not write the script for this video. I just filmed it, but I can answer your question. When Jesus died we did not automatically receive our forgiveness. God has given every man the right to his own free will. However, if you choose to follow the will of God, the only way to God is through Jesus Christ. John 14:6 says, Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. Jesus is the New Testament standard, if we were judge by Old Testament standards we would died as soon as we committed any sins. Because of Jesus laying down his life for us we now have the choice to ask God to forgive us. This is what is know as the Grace of God, and Jesus now sits at the right hand of the Father (God) making intercession for us until the day He returns. As you can see, although Jesus died for the sins of men, it is still up to men whether or not he or she wants to serve God.
over 3 years ago by jbojc04
So if i am christian and i sin, i will not go to paradise? and how can jesus sit right hand of God when you guys say he is God himself?
over 3 years ago by duranali
I am a Chinese christian, and I think I can answer your question. If you are a christian and you sin, you shall ask forgiveness. Or you will not be chosen by Jesus.
Further more, according to Re 5:9,10, only 144,000 go to heaven, the other real christian will resurrect and happily live on earth, you can check Re 21:3,4.
Jesus is not God(Jehovah), he is the only begotten Son of Jehovah, he is the appointed king.
over 2 years ago by the1wang
If you are a christian and sin, you can only go to HEAVEN not paradise if you believe in G-d and ask for forgiveness. Jesus is G-d's son, he came down to help the people and ended up dying for all people's sins.
G-d is the L-rd, Jesus is the son. You should ask for forgiveness to Jesus directly, but it is OK to ask for forgiveness directly to G-d.
over 2 years ago by Whirlpool_Galaxy_Films
Heaven, not paradise? Where do you base that? Jesus is spoken of as LORD throughout the New Testament. For instance, after initially doubting the resurrection of Christ, upon seeing Him, ";Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God (John 20:28)!”";
about 1 year ago by adam_garrett
Romans 3:20-28 should answer your first question:
20 Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God’s sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin.
21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in[h] Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[i] through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished— 26 he did it to demonstrate his righteousness at the present time, so as to be just and the one who justifies those who have faith in Jesus.
27 Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded. Because of what law? The law that requires works? No, because of the law that requires faith. 28 For we maintain that a person is justified by faith apart from the works of the law.
As to your second question, not even God's creation is fully comprehensible to man, so why would the Creator ever be