How Do You Pray?

I began thinking of this yesterday when I was talking to my Pastor. I explained to him our current home selling situation, which is very difficult to explain, and I asked him how I should pray to the Father about my desires.

You see, I have always approached the Father, and Christ, with reverence. Speaking to them with respect and trying to remember my place in this situation with them high above me. However, I believe that there are certain times that I cannot be so proper all the time trying to speak with the Father because I dont know the right words to say.

A few years ago a person that I repsect very much told me to talk to God like I would talk to a friend because he already knows the desires of my heart. I love that because it is so true... Right? I mean, why try to talk to him in perfect, fancy speach when he knows what your heart feels... So, I began to pray to God the other day about the housing situation very frankly.

Mind you, I pray about many things, and I pray frequently through out the day as thoughts come to mind that I believe deserve to be shot up to the Lord's ears. This time it is different because it has been waying very heavy on my husband and I and even on our son. I know this is not the most pressing issue in the world, and by far not in my life. Yet, it is important enough for me to think of each day and worry about.

My question for you is, How do you Pray? Do you pray everyday? Do you pray multiple times a day? Is it down to earth, is it in reverence, is it a relationship?

As I was talking to my Pastor about this he told me that it is more about the relationship that I have with God, just like I would have a relationship with any person. Am I stopping to listen to his response after I ask for things? Am I leaving in his hands instead of taking it back everytime I ask for him to direct me?

These are things that I believe are struggles that every Christian goes through when building a relationship with our Father. It is a life long process of building and learning and listening and reading that makes it a true relationship.

I dont want to wait until the last day to find out that my relationship with him is not what I thought it was. I dont want to find out to late that I was not being faithful enough and trusting in his powers as I should. I want to say that I believe the Lord is coming back, and on the day that he comes back I dont want to find out that I am not one of those who followed the wide path instead of the narrow.

If it was easy everyone would do it, right?