for the first time, as an atheist hoping to find god and let jesus into my heart.

what is a good first prayer? i don't even know where to start. sin confession? or just saying anything? how does it work.
thanks

Since you are an atheist, simply opening your mind to the possibility that someone is listening to your prayers is a plus. Keep it simple. You don't have to have elaborate prayers. To start with.. just have conversation. Tell God how your day went and what you are looking forward to. When (if) you begin to open up more about the existence of a God.. add more to your prayers. Begin to acknowledge your faults and your desire to do better. The more you grow, the more you will understand what you are to pray about.

Prayer is a form of worship. My own personal prayers begin with acknowledging who God is and what he has done in my life or the lives of others. Then I lift up other people in my prayers. Then I ask God for my own desires and needs.

This post was edited by Dune1 on Aug 2 2012 12:14pm

If God came and stood in front of you, what would you say?

Do the same for prayer

these guys gave you great advice

just remember you dont have to be in need of help or want something to pray

you can pray whenever =]

Do nothing. Believe that God is close to you and that he love you forever. Just believe in this and agree to it, that the best prayer man..

First, we must be willing to ask God for help (Jeremiah 33:3). Some people are too proud of their own abilities to think to go to someone else for help. When we pray, we must truly believe that God will answer. In fact, God expects us to look for the answer to our prayer (Luke 11:9-10). To look for God's answers shows we are truly needing God's aid and not just repeating some ritualistic phrases.

If we do not believe that God will answer our prayers, then why ask. It would be like the teenage boy who says to the girl of his dreams, "Well, I know you will say no, but will you go out with me?" Why should the girl bother? In Mark 11:24, we read that we must believe that we will receive an answer from God. James says we must ask of God without doubting (James 1:5-8).

Another condition is that we must be followers of God. "We know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and do His Will, him He heareth" (John 9:31). When His children pray, God answers: "For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears unto their supplication" (I Peter 3:12). The apostle John writes, "And whatsoever we ask we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight" (I John 3:22). For one who believes God, there can be no question that He hears and answers our prayers.

Whatever we ask from God, it has to be according to His will. Balaam once learned this the hard way. He tried to ask God to curse the Israelites, but God would not allow him to even say the words (Numbers 22-23). If we ask in accordance with God's will, we know we will be answered (I John 5:14).

But to believe that God answers prayer does not mean believing that God will give us whatever we ask of Him! Do parents always give the child what he or she wants? God answers our prayers in a variety of ways --"Yes," "No," "Later," or "Here is something else." There are numerous examples of all of these in the Scriptures. You see, God gives us what we NEED. And that is quite often different from what we think we need. Too many think of prayer as some kind of divine "faucet" that we can use to obtain blessings from God. It is not. Inherent in every prayer must be the attitude shown in the prayer of Jesus, "Not my will, but thine, be done" (Luke 22:42). As James wrote, "For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall both live, and do this or that" (James 4:15). Will prayer always heal the sick? The apostle Paul wrote of the illness of Epaphroditus, his fellow-worker, "For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him" (Philippians 2:27). On the other hand, the same apostle wrote, "Trophimus I left at Miletus sick" (II Timothy 4:20).

God also expects us to ask with the proper intentions (James 4:3). A man may ask, "Hey, Lord, give me a million dollars!" However, he is only interested in selfish gain. In my prayers, I must keep in mind that God is always first, everyone else is second, and I am a distant last.

i started 2 read that, but then i farted and it started to smell so i had 2 get up and grab my towel.

Any updates?

I tried it, twice, and didn't feel anything. :/



Tried this one.