How to Pray

My advice about praying and believing:

Take the "ask and you shall receive" challenge. This verse in the bible is the one that I find most useful and practical. So if you are skeptical about the benefits of praying and talking to God, go ahead and sincerely pray or ask for something, and see what the results are. I believe you will be surprised and delighted by what you get!
Pray about any and everything. Start small, and gradually you will realize how powerful and effective and efficient is it to pray to God and ask for help and advice. It works so I keep using it for more and more parts of my life!
Believe that you will get what you ask for and or what you need! and Believe that you deserve to get what you want and need! this is called FAITH. you won't get any results from your prayers if you don't have even at least an inkling of faith. This is also something I've learned from studying the Law of Attraction
Pray about the people in your life and your relationships. You will find them more satisfying and many of your fears , insecurities, and conflicts will be resolved. You will still experience all these things, but you will be fighting and reaching for a better life and better relationships, instead of going through the same cycles to no avail.
Be casual and genuine in your prayers. I talk to God like he's my best friend, one whom I respect of course, but that's not to say I don't have a sense of humor, and sometimes pray in playful and silly ways like "God, you've GOT to give me this. I REALLY want and NEED IT. thanks" and I know he will do with my prayer what He wants. I mean no disrespect because I have no disrespect for him in my heart, and god knows your heart. DON'T FEAR God! If he wanted to punish you for something you said or did, he probably already has, but you may be in denial of these consequences. You can't hide from his sight, you might as well get comfortable with it, and enjoy it!
Pray even about things that you think God might not want to hear or answer! I know I've prayed to lose 10 lbs and to be thin, and for my skin to clear up. I didn’t really think God would care about my superficial desires, but I thought I would try him out because I was not worried about offending Him. My prayers were answered, however, to my surprise, in the form of results AND empowerment. I've gained discipline in taking better care of my skin, and I've also learned that I don't have eat if I'm not hungry, or just because I'm out at a restaurant and I feel pressure to order food off the menu. It's like the saying about God teaching you how to fish when you ask for food. So the results were exactly what I've asked for and more, because I feel empowered to stay thin and to have beautiful skin, and I am no longer insecure or ashamed of myself if I gain a few pounds if I lose my discipline for a weekend, or about my skin breaking out if I get lazy about washing my face, because I know I have the power to get back the results I want! and I think God wants me to boast to all my friends about how he has given me clear skin and a thin figure - and I'm more than happy to advertise for him!
Don't try to hide anything from God. He sees all whether or not you want to face him with it. I used to put God aside when I went on vacation or when I went out with my friends to the bars. But I felt a tension and disconnect in my spiritual life and my weekend activities, so I decided to see what would happen if I took God to the bars with me in my heart, instead of shutting him out for the weekends. This is a recent development in my life, so stay tuned for updates in my blog! Right now I want to go out and have fun and get drunk and flirt with the opposite sex, but I've ask him to change my heart if he believes I'd be better of doing something else, and to show me what that something else is, because right now I'm not sure what else there is to do that is as fun! so I leave it up to him to show me what he wants, and to change my desires and my heart, because I've found out that it's easier to let him change me than to try to change myself!
Be grateful for everything you have and everything you get. I have found that the more I thank God for, the more he gives me! it's a snowball effect and things keep getting better. I believe that God will give more to those who praise him for everything He has given them, because they will advertise for him and help spread his message. that's exactly what I'm doing because I am truly grateful for the work he has done in my life and for all that he has given me. If I got everything I wanted without lifting a finger or asking for it, I know I wouldn't be as humble or grateful when receiving it!
Your relationship with God should be as unique as your personality! You don't have to pray or worship the way anyone else or any other religion suggests. Do what makes you happy, and that's all that matters. Because the bottom line is that God is there for YOU.
If you aren't sure if you're living the best life or doing the right things, try to think of what God would want you to do. I believe that God's principles will make you the MOST HAPPY. don't be disillusioned with the many distractions, illusions, and addictions in life. You might believe that money or looks or fame will make you happy, but what will make you the MOST and TRULY happy are HIS principles because he programmed us with these principles. And those principles are the ones that most religions preach, so they are pretty common-sensical and are no mystery to anyone. But because each person is made and wired with these basic principles in our hearts, lying and cheating, for example, will make you unhappy. And I believe these principles are as sure and real as the law of gravity. So although we might have our own ideas about what will make us happy, and we may not want to give in to the "boring" and "lame" principles that we know to be God's, we are better off living in harmony with them. If we really to let go of all those worldly distractions and illusions, we will be on our way to be MORE happy. this is more practical than being stuck in the chains of illusion and dependence and addictions to the worldly things
God will set you FREE if you let him show you how to live! Everyone wants freedom, but most people think that living with God will put more burdens, responsibilities, and chains on their life because they have to do things HIS way, and not their way. This is how I have felt about partying and drinking for a long time, but I'm starting to realize that my freedom to go out to bars every weekend is not exactly fruitful and isn't getting my anywhere in life. Sure it's fun, but the consequences and the feeling like there's nothing else out there is holding me hostage. So I've decided to ask God to show me how he wants me to live and entertain myself, and it's a choice that I'm making. he's not twisting my arm to do anything I don't want to do, I'm just asking him to show me if there is something else that will make me more happy and satisfied with my life. If there is, I will gladly take it! and I can't wait to share my insights and experiences with the world! I might believe that I'm going to avoid God because I want to freedom to lust and go out and get drunk every weekend, but the Truth is that these distractions are holding me Captive. I'm dependent and unable to do without them. If I could let go I would be truly free. thus you can see how God's choices for you are what's best for you and what will make you HAPPIEST and most FREE to live your life to the fullest
With the above acts, you will gradually get into the habit (from success and positive reinforcement) to include God in more and more parts of your life, and coming to rely and trust in him to meet more and more of your needs and wants. You will eventually want to align yourself with "his" principles and values and plans for your life, not out of obligation or guilt, but because you will hopefully realize that they are in your best interest

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