He is listening

Dear Soul, I pray for you often and I feel you wonder how to pray. 

 It took me some time to really learn to pray after hating God for so long.  

People will tell you that you can say anything and in any way, and although that is right, God will still hear you, it won't feed your soul the same way as scared prayer does.

Scared prayer really isn't a thing, per say, it is just my words that best describe how I feel when I communicate with God.  

It is more than just talking, it is being aware of the feelings in my heart as I seek to find the words to express them and how I feel after I have prayed.

So the basics for prayer is to remember you are communicating with the God who created all of -  well everything!!!!  

How great that is and to be able to call him our Father.  

Because he is our real father, the father of our eternal spirits.

I share this with you because it really matters to me to know this, and I hope it matters to you too.

OK, so you begin your prayer with that thought in mind and feel honored to have him hear you, because he will.  

And after you thank him for anything and everything you are grateful for, 
then you ask him for what your really need, not for what you think you need.  

There is a scripture that says to be careful for what you pray for, that it will not lead you the wrong way, because with faith you can get what you ask for but will it be for the most benefit for you? 

 Remember we are here to make choices, ones that will show him that we want to return to him.  

Or maybe you haven't gotten that far yet, so praying to know his love for you is the place to start.  

Every prayer should be ended with 'in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.'

Because it is through Jesus Christ, that our Heavenly Father has shown us how much he loves us because Jesus Christ has paid the price for things we have done wrong, that we could not help, as well as for when we have chosen to do wrong to hurt another person.

If you don't feel a connection to him, pray to understand his role in your personal life.

I promise you that life will take on a whole new meaning and light when you do this.

Then listen and oh, I forgot to say that if you can, bend your knees and kneel on the floor, because I believe there is something very energetic about that pose.  

I have yet to find out what it is, but I feel it when I have done it.  

When should you pray?  All day long.  

Let him be your best friend, it really isn't hard.

I don't always pray on my knees but about twice a day, but as I do the dishes I pray to thank him for what I am grateful for.  

I find I feel peace when I do that and it has become delicious to me.

Here's a video on prayer that I love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfUgVWnTA34

So, one day, when I had first begun to learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ, I was hurt by my birth mother and I felt impressed to pray about it.
In my anger and not knowing who God is to me, I said to the impression in my mind, "Why should I pray to you, you killed your only begotten son, why should you even care about me?"
And the impression came back really clearly, I sacrificed my only begotten son because you are precious to me and if I hadn't done that I could never have you return to live with me again."

That really stopped my anger and opened up my eyes to the love he has for me and for you.  I know that if we were the only ones who needed Christ's atonement, that he would have done it just for us.

It brings to mind that scripture that says, "I will not forget you for I have engraven you upon the palms of my hands."

As I sit here and write this I can't help but cry, and thank God for loving me to make sense of all my sufferings.

I write 4 blogs total, but one of them is the letters I receive from my daughter who is on a mission in the Netherlands.

You can read her blog here:
www.lettersfromjen2015-16.blogspot.com

And my other blogs are found on my website here:
www.ruoiled.org/blogs.html

Praying for you always!
Linda