How to Pray

As a convert to christianity. I have learnt & received answers to my prayers many a times. Perhaps the most miraculous for me, was marrying my wife whom I met 4 years ago at celestialglory.com Joan is 22 years my junior & came to New Zealand at her own expense on June 29, 2007. Even tho it was the first time we had met in person, we were married the next day in the Hamilton New Zealand Temple of the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints.

All the above for us both came by way of spiritual confirmation from a real & loving Heavenly father, so we knew & still know that what we did was best for us, as God know's better & more than we his creations do.

In answer to the title question:

There are 4 steps:

Step 1: Start your prayer by addressing God as follows:

Dear Heavenly father - as Jesus taught pray unto the Father in my name.

Step 2: Then thank him for anything & everything you can think of as follows:

I thank thee - As you're not addressing any old Tom, Dick or Harry & for reverence purposes, use the old english pronouns such as thee (you), thou (you), thine (your) etc.

To familiarise yourself with this sacred language get a copy of the original King James Version Of The Bible (& not the new KJV). This is also accessible online @ lds.org in the top left corner, hover your mouse over Gospel Library, in the drop down menu, scroll down to Scriptures, then choose the Old or New Testament (both these books are found in the Bible). I recommend that you read the Book Of Mormon (see Moroni 10:3-5 & test the promise therein) as it is a more simpler book to understand. In fact all the Lds Scriptures are written in the Old English.

Step 3: I ask thee - ask him for whatever it is that you stand in need of. For me before I converted to the gospel, I wanted to know whether God was real or not, the obvious place for me to start looking for him was in the Bible. Over a period of several months & consistently supping from it's pages, my Heavenly Father in answer to my prayers began pouring out his spirit (see Acts 2:17 in the New Testment) upon me, testifying to me, "yes my son I am real & what you're reading about my beloved son Jesus Christ is true".

But for me to get that response from my Heavenly Father, I had to actively engage in repenting of unrighteous ways, doing good things & knocking on heaven's door (till it fell off) with all my heart, might, mind & strength. It was a beautiful experience that I can never deny, neither dear I.

Step 4: Close your prayer in the name of Jesus Christ. It is the only name under heaven whereby man can be saved. As follows:

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

To conclude my prayers are with you.

God bless,

Patu