How often do you pray vocally?
For personal prayers?
I went years without doing this.
Honestly, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal.
Until I started hearing people mention it a lot more.
Encouragements to pray vocally.
So… I tried it.
And it felt really awkward at first.
I had to slow my thoughts down more to say the words out loud instead of just jumping through them in my mind.
I had to have intention.
I had to say things out loud that I didn’t usually say out loud, like admitting to my weaknesses and sins for the day, sincerely praying for others, and asking questions.
But by the end of that first prayer, I could already tell this was going to be transformative.
And now anytime that I’m all alone in my room…
I pray out loud.
The Lord said:
“I command thee that thou shalt pray vocally as well as in thy heart”. – (D&C 19:28)
“Our prayers ought to be vocal when we have the privacy to so offer them.” – Jeffrey R. Holland
What has your experience been with praying vocally?
Happy Studying!
-Cali Black
