How much time do you spend in prayer?

[DividedThigh]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

As a pastor, I never tell anyone how much "time" I spend in prayer. The main reason is that to do so would be to set people up for failure on either spectrum. Some would say, "I could never spend that much time" and others would say, "That's all you pray?"

We get far too hung up on the amount of time spent than on who we spend it with. Do many of you remember the "Complete Prayer Clock?" We were all basically told that unless we spent an hour daily in prayer, that we really weren't praying as we were supposed to. I vividly remember poor saints who were agonizing just trying to get their time in so as to please the Lord. To most, it was pure misery due to the fact that the emphasis was on the hour.

Prayer is communication with God. That can be on my knees, in my car, at my desk, sitting in a chair, sitting on the bank of a river, etc.

I know St. Matt's intentions are pure, but I wont' share with anyone, for the reasons I stated, how much time I spend in prayer. I find it less productive and possibly more damaging than fruitful.

i agree with you mow for the reasons you stated i dont mind generalizing, but i have encountered way to many see how much i pray people to get specific, what a shame, i pray all the time, at my desk, on the golf course, lol, really, dt

[Rico]

Originally Posted by DividedThigh

i agree with you mow for the reasons you stated i dont mind generalizing, but i have encountered way to many see how much i pray people to get specific, what a shame, i pray all the time, at my desk, on the golf course, lol, really, dt

I think it's safe to say we all do. I pray in the shower, in my car, while reading some of these posts around here (), when I lay down to go to sleep, as I watch tv programs that stir me, etc. In my opinion, prayer is more about keeping an open line of communication between myself and God at all times. I see the benefit of a specific set time for on my knees kinda prayer too, so I don't want anyone to take my comment the wrong way. I just think we place too much pressure and emphasis on performance when it comes to prayer. It's easy to believe this lie that we don't pray when all along we've been talking to God during the day.

[DividedThigh]

Originally Posted by Rico

I think it's safe to say we all do. I pray in the shower, in my car, while reading some of these posts around here (), when I lay down to go to sleep, as I watch tv programs that stir me, etc. In my opinion, prayer is more about keeping an open line of communication between myself and God at all times. I see the benefit of a specific set time for on my knees kinda prayer too, so I don't want anyone to take my comment the wrong way. I just think we place too much pressure and emphasis on performance when it comes to prayer. It's easy to believe this lie that we don't pray when all along we've been talking to God during the day.

very true rico, i have always believed it to be a lifestyle rather than an event, dt