Prayer From the Heart
Prayer becomes powerful when it comes from the heart. God listens not to polished words, but to sincerity, trust, and the quiet honesty of a soul reaching toward Him.
What Prayer From the Heart Is
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Speaking to God with honesty, sincerity, and trust
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Opening your inner life to Him without pretense
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Letting your real thoughts, fears, and hopes rise before God
Why Heart‑Prayer Has Power
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God responds to sincerity more than polished words
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Heart‑prayer deepens relationship, not just routine
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It aligns your will with God’s presence and guidance
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It brings peace because it is rooted in truth, not performance
How Heart‑Prayer Transforms Us
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Softens the heart and increases compassion
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Strengthens faith through personal encounter
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Brings clarity in confusion and calm in anxiety
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Helps us surrender burdens we cannot carry alone
How to Pray From the Heart
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Speak to God as you are, not as you think you “should” be
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Share your real emotions — joy, fear, anger, gratitude
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Pause in silence to let God speak to your heart
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Pray consistently, even when you don’t “feel” anything
What God Looks For
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Humility
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Honesty
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Trust
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A desire to draw close
The Bible
"God’s love letter to you."
It is not just a book. It is God’s love letter to you. The Bible is God’s Revelation. It is His mind working within your mind.
As you read it your mind will start to align with His mind. This is the basis for reaching your wholeness and happiness on this earth. More important than your job, family, chores or even your health, reading even a short passage from the Bible will bring you the fullness of life. Reading the Bible like prayer is a way to listen to God. By reading the Bible you receive God’s grace. By opening your mind to God’s will, God’s kingdom comes to you on earth.
Lectio Divina
(Divine Reading)
Lectio Divina (divine reading)
Scriptural reading intended to promote communion with God and to increase in the knowledge of God‘s Word
Preparation
Pick a time in the regular time in the day (morning, evening or both) and a place free from distractions. Prior to reading, it is important to engage in a transitional activity that takes one from the normal state of mind to a more contemplative and prayerful state. Take a few deep, regular breathing and a short prayer inviting the Holy Spirit to guide the prayer time helps to set the tone and improve the effectiveness of the Lectio.
Once the stage is set it is time to begin the prayer. There are four phases of the prayer, which do not necessarily progress in an ordered fashion. One may move between different phases of the prayer very freely as the Holy Spirit guides.
Lectio (Reading)
This first moment consists in reading the scriptural passage slowly, attentively several times. Many write down words in the scripture that stick out to them or grasp their attention during this moment. Start anywhere in the Bible.
Meditatio (Meditate)
The Christian, focusing on the passage as a whole or one of its words, takes it and meditate about it, thinking in God’s presence about the text. He or she benefits from the Holy Spirit’s ministry of illumination, i.e. the work of the Holy Spirit that imparts spiritual understanding of the sacred text. It is not a special revelation from God, but the inward working of the Holy Spirit, which enables the Christian to grasp the revelation contained in the Scripture.
Oratio (Prayer)
This is prayer: In this prayer we allow the word that we have taken in and on which we are pondering to touch and change our deepest selves. …God invites us in lectio divina to hold up our most difficult and pain-filled experiences to Him, and to gently recite over them the healing word or phrase He has given us in our lectio and meditatio. In this oratio, we allow our real selves to be touched and changed by the word of God.
Contemplatio (Contemplate)
This moment is characterized by a simple, loving focus on God. In other words, it is a beautiful, wordless contemplation of God, a joyful rest in His presence.