I pray anywhere at anytime...Doing the dishes, driving or whatever. Im not religious but its a personal connection between myself and him, her, it, universe or whatever the higher power is. Whether your feeling its going anywhere or not i think is just trust that it is being heard, and believe it to be answered and delivery will come at the proper time.

I dont pray in groups or anything organized like that..Its personal to me. When i pray it as if im speaking (in my mind) to a friend sitting next to me..Its not formal or repetitive..Someone could walk in on me and not have a clue i am in prayer.

I think we all find our own way that works for us and they all do work, because i believe its based on beliefs, trust and faith.

God has a toll free hotline open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

I do prayers everyday..Prayers in my home are done twice a day.

Sometimes I feel the same way Ordinarygirl. One thing that helps me is to write my prayers down, especially if I am having trouble focusing and staying on track. Jesus prayed what is known to us as the Lord's prayer when the disciples asked Him to teach them to pray. So, using it as an example, I usually start with acknowledging God for who He is (Our Father, who art in heaven) then move into praise/worship thinking about His attributes (hallowed be thy name). Then I make some requests and pray that His will would be done in the situations (thy kingdom come, thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven) Then I ask Him to meet my daily needs (give us this day or daily bread). Next I ask Him if there is anyone I need to forgive and ask Him to bring to my mind any unconfessed sin I've committed. (forgive us of our debts as we forgive our debtors). Then I ask for His help and guidance. (and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.) Then I focus on His attributes again and praise and worship Him. (For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever). Amen. This kind of helps me if I'm having problems praying. I hope you find it helpful too.

Now about praying in groups, I used to be scared to death to have to pray in front of people then I started trying to pray the Scriptures often to familiarize myself with them more. I also learned to focus on God and what I want to say to Him and ignore the fact that there are people around me listening. Pray to an audience of One. It takes practice but it will come.

May the Lord bless you and keep you,

Gina

Try to remember that it is important to BELIEVE that your prayers will be answered, but remember also, that sometimes our Lord will say NO , for reasons he only knows. This is why we have to remember that he knows what is best for us , and trust that he does. Bless you , Always.

I pray to myself alot, if my husband were stronger I would love to have an altar set up in my house and have prayer on my knees there, I know any thing can be your altar but I feel like God wants a special one for visitors to see when they come to my house.