afraid to pray out loud…
Sometimes I’m scared to pray out loud. When in groups at church or work, I get more and more nervous as it gets closer to becoming my turn to pray out loud! I find myself worrying more about how to launch my prayer, how to sound awesome throughout the whole thing, and oh, maybe I’ll pray for something special that everyone else left out!! What is wrong with me?
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March 28th, 2008 at 7:42 pm
Just now as you mentioned about not feeling comfortable praying aloud
or
in front of others………I could relate to you so much,because I’m
the
same way. Everything you said was as if I were saying it. I always
dread
the day that they ask me to lead in a prayer. I don’t know if I’ll have
the words to pray while feeling the pressure of everyone expecting me
to
say an awesome powerful prayer.
I’m soooo thankful for KSBJ and for all of you that work there. You
guys
have no idea how many times the words of encouragement you guys have
given have helped me so much. I Love you guys!
God Bless,
Marlene
May 4th, 2008 at 1:25 am
You have always been my favorite radio talk show host because you are SO much like me that it’s very easy for me to relate! I love your speaking voice because you sound REAL — not like a talk show host with their voice moving up and down to where I’m like, “Wait…who are they talking to?” It always feels intimate when you are on the air and it feels like you are talking directly to everyone! I love how you’re not afraid to admit your mistakes — I love when your words get all flustered because it’s so relatable and that’s exactly how I am! You definitely get your point and message across for sure, but I just mean, you’ll go on tangents (which is how I talk) and you’ll be like, “Wait…Sorry y’all…I didn’t mean to get off topic…Okay! Moving on…” And it just really is nice to hear someone admit their mistakes and faults and QUIRKS!
About praying out loud, that’s something I’ve had to deal with as well — I think most people do. I am a perfectionist by NATURE (but not a practicing perfectionist, thanks to God!), so I used to really WORRY about how I’d come across. But whatever…I now just speak everything from the heart and I say LIKE within my prayers and I talk to Him in front of other people just like I do by myself…which is totally scattered and very non-proper! But whatever, I am REAL and God loves when the prayers are from YOUR heart. Before dinner, instead of “Bless this food to the nourishment of our bodies” I”ll be like, “Wow…God…I am just so thankful that I’m not a starving kid in Africa. We are so lucky here in America to be blessed with such abundance! Gosh…thank you so much that I don’t have to worry about where my next meal comes from. I love you so much, Lord!!” And it’s not “bless thy food to nurture thy bones” but it’s MY PRAYER. That’s what God wants!!!