Do you say your prayer before going to sleep?

Prayer - Do you say your prayers before going to sleep
@TheDevil (840)
India
June 24, 2008 12:16pm CST
Hey Mylotters, Do you say your prayers before going to sleep?do you have a particular prayer ...formal prayers..prayers that you memorized or that you read from the book. Every night i do say thanks for the day that has passed..its not a prayer its like a talk that i am having with my friend ...like i tell HIM what going in on my life..anyways h e knows it..I also manage to ask him for a few favours..but sometimes when i am too exhausted i just thank him and go to sleep...I know he is not going to get angry if i missed the prayers...
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@Sinbadd (126)
• United States
25 Jun 08
Hahaha...Sorry for laughing, but your topic seems rather ironic coming from someone with a nick like The Devil...But yes I try and remember to say my prayers before I sleep, but I also pray during the day, whenever I feel like it. What I pray about varies, in all things I try and thank Him and Praise Him, even when times are bad, because God is good ALL the time! Not just when we need Him or when times are good. It's WE who are not good all the time.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
26 Jun 08
I know...I am a devil in sheep's skin..I am cute,sweet an angelic devil...don't know how i landed into hell... Bless you ....I known hearing it from a devil's mouth is in irony itself...but still...Hope all your dreams come true. Thanks for responding and have a good day.
@Barb42 (4214)
• United States
25 Jun 08
I always pray before I go to sleep. It's more like talking to the Lord, thanking him for the day and the many blessings he's given us. I always pray for the President and the country. I pray for my children, grandchildren,and my Mother. I pray a hedge of protection around them all. Sometimes I wake up, realizing I fell asleep while praying. But, during the day, I usually am thanking him anyway or praising him. Prayer should be a continual thing, not just something said at bed time or waking up. The line to Jesus should be open constantly.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
26 Jun 08
Really?? I thought it just happens in movies ..falling asleep to sleep... Bless you..
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
24 Jun 08
Hello,devil! Before sleeping ,perhaps,every body does his/her prayer to God .so also soon after getting up in the morning welcome the new day with a prayer to God.remembering God and praying for his mercy, is a good habit.you will get peace in mind.thanx.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
25 Jun 08
Do you have formal prayers ....that you have memorised or its in the form of the talk...the way we talk with our friends
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@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
19 Jul 08
Hello,devil!we have memorised the prayers written by the saints in sanskrit language.this we read aloud before our deity and offer flowers and foods which we eat later.thanx.
@shilpa_p (198)
• India
25 Jun 08
I don't consider my day over till i pray and only then do i feel sleepy.I do pray before sleeping.I say a prayer thanking Him for all the blessings and finish it with the 'Our Father'.I would just hate to be one of those people who only pray when they need something from God or are in some kind of trouble.So i make it a point to keep in touch with Him and just speak my mind and place all my plans before him,with the hope that He'll guide me.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
1 Jul 08
thats good girl....i have come across many people who forget to thank god when they achieve something..they just forget it....
• Philippines
24 Jun 08
Yes. I talk to God on the things that happened to me during the day, ask for His forgiveness, and wish for things that I want. I don't write these things in a paper or memorize it. I just talk to Him like I'm talking to another person.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
25 Jun 08
same here i cannot memorize prayers n i don't even feel good about it ...i love to talk in my prayers exactly the way i would be talking to my friends....
• United States
25 Jun 08
I try to talk to HIM whenever the moment arises. To thank him ,ask him for strenght, questions, etc... Sometimes that happens to be before sleep but usually I do it whenever I feel the need or want.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
6 Jul 08
Thanks for your valuable comments
@subha12 (18441)
• India
25 Jun 08
yes i say my prayers. it is not the same prayer each day. sometimes its about the daily things taht has happened or keeping me worried. now i say prayer each night for my dad's recovery.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
27 Jun 08
Hi Subha, Thanks for responding,Hope your DAD gets better..will surely pray for him.
@mimico (3617)
• Philippines
25 Jun 08
I'm Catholic but I don't pray anymore. I figured that God will know what's in my heart without me needing to articulate my thoughts in a prayer. Anyway, the reason why I don't pray anymore is because long ago, I felt that my prayers weren't being answered. Even though it's supposed to be a conversation between me and God, I feel like I don't know him so much so there's nothing to say. I pray fro the same things every day until I just stopped praying...
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
1 Jul 08
Yeah sometimes i do get angry or as if I have been neglected by god...the things that i truly want sometimes i never get it....but then i just feel maybe it was not intended for me..something better awaits for me....
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
25 Jun 08
Yes, I don't go to bed without praying to God to thank him for all his guidance, for all the blessings, for all the blessings and a lot more. I don't utter memorized prayers because I believe prayers must come from the heart.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
28 Jun 08
I agree with you,I cannot rote prayers feels like they are fake ..like you are just saying it for the sake of it..unless you follow it with a talk to god ..then its okay ... Thanks for responding.
@baileycows (3665)
• United States
25 Jun 08
Not as much as I should. I rarely every do. I am more of a midday person. I wish i thought about it all the time. Maybe before bed that should be when i do it.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
1 Jul 08
maybe you could just start with just saying Thank you lord..when something good happens to u there n there itself...slowly and steadily u will start praying.
@fatima07 (169)
• Philippines
25 Jun 08
yes ofcourse. I can't sleep without saying my prayes to our dear Lord. Everynight i do say thanks for so many blessings he given to me and to my family, for always taking care us, for making us safe all the time. I always tell that I love to have him and thankful that I know him.Thank you for the life you have given to us Lord
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
1 Jul 08
Is it formal prayer something that you memorised or just a talk the kind that yo have with your friend..
@melo_828 (427)
• Philippines
25 Jun 08
yeah, i say a little prayer before going to sleep. i thank Him for the past day and hoping for a better day. i ask him also to always bless and guide me so that i can all my dreams in my life. then i ask for the forgiveness of all my sins and deliver us away from any temptation of evil. i pray also for my love ones, that they may always healthy and away from any harm. prayer is a very powerful, so we must not forget to always ask for His guidance...
@TheDevil (840)
• India
1 Jul 08
Thanks for responding
• India
25 Jun 08
Yes I pray every night before I go to sleep. Its good for our mind to get relaxed before going to sleep to get better sleep which soothes our mind all the night and makes our next day good. Its better to hear some music at low volume while you were sleeping to get a pleasant sleep and you can set a sleep time to your music machine for about 20 minutes so that it gets turned off after you sleep.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
27 Jun 08
hello there , Praying is often said to relieve stress ..But does it means that you just pray before going to sleep ..so tht you can sleep soundly ..... Thanks for responding....
• United States
25 Jun 08
I sometimes wonder if I should pray before I go to sleep. I'm not actually religious, I don't know what I want to believe in when it comes to religion, but I know that prayer has been proven to work. MY only question though would be whether or not a person's prayers that isn't religious would have the same power as a person who is.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
29 Jun 08
I feel theres no harm in praying if you feel it works ....saying thanks for the day that has passed.....try it and see....whether it has the same power as a person who is religious....
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
24 Jun 08
yep, i dont only pray at night time, but in the morning and throughout my day. i don't do life without talking to God on a daily basis!
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
25 Jun 08
Bless you ..( I know its weird to hear that from a devil, But i 'm a devilish angel) Thanks for responding.
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@shinta (22)
• Indonesia
25 Jun 08
Well, i do spent some time at night to pray. For the day that i have passed, for the things im goin through, its like a private time for me to talk to the one that know me better than anyone else.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
26 Jun 08
Yes I think he knows us better than we know about us....He knows our limitations and he knows till what heights we can go for...Bless you ...May all your dreams Come true. Thanks For Responding.
• Egypt
24 Jun 08
I pray throughout the day, not only before going to sleep.
@TheDevil (840)
• India
25 Jun 08
Thanks for responding
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@gloreymay (882)
• Philippines
25 Jun 08
Yes I do but sometime I forgot because of tiredness. But I really try even to thank Him for the day.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
25 Jun 08
its okay ..he knows that you are tired...He is not going to get angry if you forgot to thank him... Thanks for responding
• Philippines
24 Jun 08
Yes I do. I alwasy talk to God in prayer before going to bed, thanking him for the blessings he has for me during the day, his protection and love for me. I talk to him like a friend sharing to him all my burdens and problems. Also when I wake up in the morning, The first thing I do is to give thanks to him for the good night's rest and submitting myself for another day of labor to Him. It is always good to talk to the Lord in prayer every day.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
25 Jun 08
yeah same here moment i get up..i thank him for letting me enjoy a new day ....After praying I feel light,as if someone has just taken out all the problems away ...It feels good.. Thanks for responding
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@agihcam (1914)
• Philippines
25 Jun 08
Yes.This is my daily routine but I didn't memorize my prayer contents,it is depend on the activities I have done and the activities to be done tomorrow.There is a pattern that I follow,thanks to God,ask forgiveness,offer my personal prayer.
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@TheDevil (840)
• India
26 Jun 08
I don't follow any pattern..I just open my mouth and the words just starts flowing... Thanks for responding