PRAYERS: How Can I Pray?

Growing up in a Catholic household, I had very well-defined ideas of what prayer was supposed to be. Most of the praying we did centered around pre-written prayers, which we recited. We had highly structured prayers like the Rosary to simple prayers like the Grace we said before a meal.

Prayer can be any time your spirit connects with God. You don't have to be on your knees or in a dark room or even a quiet place.

Before you begin a task, offer your work up to God. Ask God to bless the work you do.

This could be done when you are gardening, working on a project at your job, cleaning the house.

If you begin the task by thinking about God, you will have the LORD with you throughout the task.

Next time you have work to do, try it.

Roger Blazic
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Prayer Is Not A Project

There are some people that put prayer on their TO DO LIST. Once they have gotten through a number of other tasks, then they can pray.

Prayer is not a project. It should be a lifestyle, rather than a task. Yes, make prayer part of everything you do.

If things are going well, offer a quick prayer of thanks. If things are tough, a prayer for courage can be just what you need.

Don't push prayer into a corner of the day, make it as much a part of your day as breathing.

Over time, you'll breath easier as your faith in the LORD grows.

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