Some people think that prayer just means asking for things, and if they fail to receive exactly what they asked for, they think the whole thing is a fraud.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind.
Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.
Prayer is talking with God. God knows your heart and is not so concerned with your words as He is with the attitude of your heart.
Prayer is commitment. We don't merely co-operate with God with certain things held back within. We, the total person, co-operate. This means that co-operation equals committment.
Prayer is a thought, a belief, a feeling, arising within the mind of the one praying.
Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God.
A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you.
Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day.
Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.