Prayer life Stink? A short guide on how to talk with God, not to God.

Two questions I get the most are, "how to pray?", and, "how do I get closer to God?": The first is the answer to the second, but often our prayer can get a little stale and/or we were never taught how to pray - deeper. This is a short guide of thoughts and techniques that have helped me pray deeper, better, and from the heart.

00:00 intro
01:04 What is prayer?
01:37 Three ingredients
01:53 Presence
02:20 Heart
03:18 Trust
04:52 Prep
05:56 How To
08:00 Sorry
08:58 Others
09:49 Myself
11:39 Thanks
12:02 Conclusion

[iamaliveyoucantstopnow]

The ego wants to understand God. The heart wants to feel God. ❤

[JAV]

Bro, last night (April 6th, 2024), I watched this video because I've been wanting to actually feel like God is with me when I'm praying. So, I watch the video, and when it ended, I immediately try it. Now, it's past midnight, and cuz it was a Saturday I could stay up, but I was getting tired so I tried this praying technique where you are talking WITH God, and not TO God. So, after the deep breath step, I was relaxed, and just praying about what I'm sorry for. When I was in deep prayer, I felt a tight squeeze on my arm. I said "Lord, if that's you, please stop squeezing me." 5 seconds later, the squeezing stopped. Then, I said, "Lord, if that's you, please squeeze me again." 5 seconds later, the squeezing on my arm happened again. In the same place. God was with me. That's all I wanted. I'm 14 years old and I just experienced THE LORD HIMSELF squeeze my arm. I felt amazed. I just wanna say thank you, IMBeggar, for this amazing video. You just beautifully impacted my catholic life.

[evalornebarrientos]

I've never cried harder in my life. I tried out this method and it worked. I cried through the video, and as soon as I started trying to pray it felt like he was there and i burst into tears. I'm trying not to be lukewarm, I'm still young but i want to keep my relationship with God and be a woman of God, but its been hard lately. This video helped so much. My heart feels so much lighter. God bless you all❤

[albertinaendjala-xdyc]

I'm 17 and I've been literally struggling with loneliness, internal anger and suicidal thoughts. I've been feeling so alone and ice hate hate targeted to God as I would always ask "why am I here ? I never asked to be born". I always blamed him for all the pain and suffering I witnessed until my classmate gave me her old bible and I just started reading . Now I feel grateful for being here where I am . Im still trying to get through my thoughts and problems but from now on I'm gonna be talking to GOD . Thank you for the video

[cherrywine]

The way your videos are edited, the pauses, the way it doesn’t assault your senses with quick takes, the purposeful “quietness” and the sincerity in your voice…. Man these are special. You have a gift

[Shoild]

Believe it or not but playing video games truly is the cause for me becoming Christian, I used to say horrible things about god and had doubts about his existence. But I began talking to a man on Minecraft about these things, and he gave me lots of information. I’ve overcame lust and anger with prayer and it has truly been a huge shift in my life.

[woejwdk]

I just finished a session WITH God and not to God. I was feeling so stressed and afraid and I felt like there were demons in the room with me. But after I talked with God, I just felt so good. I felt God’s presence in my room. Thank you so much for helping me to renew my bond with The Lord God and our saviour Jesus Christ. I will now begin reading my bible more and praying more. I have faith in Jesus’ name that we may all grow closer in God and we can cleanse ourselves from evil! Have an incredible week y’all.

[sandra-mxgm]

“if we can speak heart, we are speaking God’s language”

[dlos]

This gave me a perspective on prayer I’ve never had before. What I’ve been searching for. Thank you

[YourChristianJeepGirl]

he hugged me. Jesus hugged me just now. I prayed and I was scared and sad and worried an sorry and he hugged me

[claudiacano]

This is AMAZING!!! No music. No noise. Just simple and clear instructions. Thank you

[almasakic]

I did this last night while I lay on my back in bed just before sleep. I didn't even bother to assume a posture of prayer. Just started talking to God saying how terribly sorry I was for never being there for him all my life, for being ignorant of him, and for letting my ignorance of him affect how I treated others. I asked him to forgive me and then asked him to bless all the people in my life who were suffering. I cried, a lot. Then I fell asleep.

[Oli_MW]

I am currently only 13 and previously I was raised without a religion but recently, I'm not sure what brought me to him but I suddenly started to believe in God. I'm not sure what brought me closer to God and Jesus but I am grateful for this happening.

[ethanalthoff]

I felt God during this video. Whenever I was sitting by myself in the dark room his presence rushed over me. I felt a sense of power and love and everything. All glory to God

[jujuoof]

THIS WORKED!!
I tried it last night, it was a truly amazing feeling, really. I’ve never had so good of a prayer! I’ve never felt so close to Him! I actually felt His presence! Thank you!!

[Tacoman-gnth]

Just started my walk spiritually, I got Baptized Today, February 11, 2024. I started ACTUALLY reading the Bible and not just scanning through it, I have been suffering through lust and depression and I want to ask God for forgiveness and help and I feel like this video has helped me learn how to talk to God more clearly, and I just wanted to thank you for showing me how to talk WITH God.

[cre]

“If you can speak “heart, ” you can speak God’s language.”

[treypoling]

This prayer helped. I can’t say I’ve totally felt God’s presence, but as I prayed I knew I was speaking to him. My word was sent to God more directly than it ever had before. I could be a long path until God speaks to me in prayer, but I will keep trying and follow down this path

[_ivandatrappa_]

i want to share my experience trying this and i don’t wanna make this sound too good to be true or like as if im lying because im not i genuinely believe in god and once i tried to pray with my heart i felt his presence in my body and my heart. my body felt heavy and my head started to tilt up towards the ceiling and it was so peaceful like as if he was embracing me while i talked with him and after my prayer i saw a light of my speaker turned on but after i noticed it, it turned off. i went to go check it out and it wasn’t plugged in or switched on. god was there with me and resonated with me. all the stress and negativity i felt throughout the entire day yesterday was gone and i felt brand new. maybe you won’t experience something like this maybe you will but i did so for everyone struggling to make a relationship with the lord please keep trying because he loves you he is alive and real.

[slicutul]

Wow, I cried 2 times during this video. I'm 16 and I can say I am lost through life. I feel like I have no friends even though I do, I lost my girlfriend but the most important thing I feel like I lost God through what I did. You did a great job reminding me that God loves me. I will begin putting more attention in my prayers thanks to you. May God be with everyone❤️

Edit: Thank you all for the nice comments! I read them from time to time. I started reading the bible recently and I try to pray everyday with God.Of course, I also try to be a better person everyday. Once again, thank you all for the comments, they helped alot. It's incredible how a random stranger on the internet can send so much positivity to you. God bless you all! ❤️