Praying without Speaking

As part of our conversation on prayer last Sunday evening, we were mentioning praying "outside the box" of speaking using language. Since God is All-knowing, All-present, and All-powerful, He can read our minds, feel the emotions of our hearts, and communicate with us in ways that transcend language.

For instance, if we simply visualize whoever our concern is for, feeling the emotions of that concern with all its complications, and then continue the visualization of laying this person at the feet of God's throne, the prayer is offered in a powerful way that is not limited to finding the right words to explain the whole situation. Yet, our Almighty Father understands every nuance of what we are communicating and beyond.

Another idea was to take the stresses and concerns that are on our hearts and minds, visualize a gently flowing stream that leads to the ocean of God's power and take each indivual concern and mentally lay it on a leaf as it floats by in your mind on it's way to God. Release the care to God as it floats away toward Him.

Offering our lives as a form of prayer was also discussed enthusiastically. Every aspect of who we are and what we do is to be for God's glory. Therefore, all that we think, do, don't do, or say is a form of prayer and active communication with God.

In obeying the command to "pray without ceasing," we can offer every dimension of our lives in a form of stream of consciousness thinking and acting that keeps the communiction pathway to God open and constant.

Blessings to you all as we live and communicate with our loving Heavenly Father.