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

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