Definition of prayer

a devout petition to God or an object of worship.

a spiritual communion with God or an object of worship, as in supplication, thanksgiving, adoration, or confession.

the act or practice of praying to God or an object of worship.

a formula or sequence of words used in or appointed for praying:the Lord's Prayer.

prayers, a religious observance, either public or private, consisting wholly or mainly of prayer.

that which is prayed for.

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thank you for tuning in to victoria's in

recovery

these last couple weeks i've been

praying in different ways

than i usually do and

i wanted to do an episode just

i don't know kind of

to talk about prayers a little bit to

talk about which ones have helped me and

how

the thing about prayer is that

we have to go to god in prayer

we have to go to our higher power

and

the thing about that is that

there can be no manipulation

there can be no

pretending

and

i mean

i guess you could try if you wanted to

but

the uh

the whole premise of it is

is vulnerability it's

being wide open to

an entity a creator that is

non-corruptible

you can't pretend when you're in prayer

and so prayers become

very personal they have to be to be

successful they have to be very very

personal

they have to mean something to me

or else i'm just talking you know i have

to find that personal connection

that personal definition maybe

the little change in words

to fit my

situation

take each prayer that i'm trying to do

whether it be

a 12-step prayer or just

a personal prayer

it needs to be

something that means something to me

i wanted to read something that kind of

spurred this

whole thing for me

it's out of a book that i'm reading it

says

the good thing about prayer or the

problem with prayer depending on

perspective

is that we have to go to god to do it

this means we can't get away with

anything

it means

any negative thoughts bad attitudes

hardness of heart

or selfish motives

are going to be revealed by the lord

fervent and honest prayer causes depths

of our hearts to be exposed

that can be uncomfortable

even downright miserable

and that's the simple truth of the

matter

you know i can go

to god in a very shallow way

but it's not really going to take me

anywhere

i wouldn't imagine it would be enjoyable

for god it's definitely not going to be

comfortable for me

and it's going to do me no good not only

is

the prayer basically useless it's not

going to change me

it's not going to put me

in a frame of mind that i need to be in

for changes to be made in my life

and you know prayer is meant to be

us talking to god right or at least

that's what they tell us

but it's not

a regular conversation with a regular

human being

it's not something that i can

edit you know i i can edit this podcast

i can

edit the video you know i can edit what

i say or don't say to other people

i can manipulate a situation i can turn

around a conversation to lead down the

road that i want it to lead down

but i cannot do that in prayer i must

not do that in prayer

so how do i rectify that

personally lately i've been getting on

my knees and

that's not because i think god requires

it it's not because i think

it's necessary for my prayers to be

answered it's not even comfortable for

me to do it

or easy sometimes

but what it what it does is it gets me

down to a level of humility that i need

to be to open up about the things that

matter

it puts me in that frame of mind that

helps alleviate all those problems of me

trying to manipulate me trying to

pretend

all those things just kind of melt away

when i put myself in

a physical

representation of submission

and you know that might not be necessary

for you

it hasn't always been necessary for me

but right now it is

because

the more things that come my way the

more entitled i tend to get

the more i slip into that little bit of

thinking that maybe

maybe i deserve

all the blessings

maybe i deserve

all these good things maybe i should

expect

more good things because of just how

great i've been doi