How much time do you spend in prayer?

[stmatthew]

HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU SPEND IN PRAYER EACH DAY?


Not really looking for any specifics to be posted as much as just voting in the poll.

BTW - The Poll is private, so we cannot see who votes what.

[Rico]

Define prayer.

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by Rico

Define prayer.

Yeah. What he said.

[stmatthew]

Originally Posted by Rico

Define prayer.

Prayer defined as follows:

Mat 6:6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Mat 6:7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Mat 6:8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Mat 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Mat 6:10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.
Mat 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread.
Mat 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Mat 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.


I am basically talking about a definite time that you set aside to pray, not just talking to God throughout the day.

[DividedThigh]

i pray cause i need him and his help, it keeps me prayin, dt

[stmatthew]

59 views, and only 6 votes. Come on folks. No one can see how you vote. I believe this would be an eye opening statistic to show us where we are as a group.

[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.

[stmatthew]

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.

IF this was a public poll, I could understand your response. But it is not, thus you would just be a statistic......a number......a tally......hehehe

[stmatthew]

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.

Let me also state this. Though I understand God didn't mean watch the clock when he said to "watch and pray", the men who have been the mightiest for God have been men of much prayer. The fact that we spend less time in prayer than we do eating one meal a day says a lot about our priorities.

And you are correct, my intentions are not to condemn, but to challenge us to find more time to spend alone with God. Our spiritual life depends upon it.

[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