Why don't we recite prayers ?

[lizzy12]

Any scriptures to back this up ?

[mikbone]

Get your temple recommend and go to a session. Youll find out. :)

See also Matthew 6:7

[pam]

Kind of hard to do when she is only 15.

[lizzy12]

Kind of hard to do when she is only 15.

How did you know ?? My birthdays on the 23 of June..just in case

It's true..so eventually i will get their.......i guess i will have to be content.

[pam]

Is that a serious question about how I knew? haha

[lizzy12]

Is that a serious question about how I knew? haha

sure...or maybe you just guessed by my maturity level

[john doe]

Maybe because your age is listed on your profile page?

[mnn727]

Matt. 6: 7

7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

[mnn727]

When you talk to your earthly father do you say the same thing time after time?

If not, why not?

If God is literally our Father (which we believe) why would you say the same thing to Him over and over?

[Hemidakota]

Some LDS articles on prayer:

Why the Lord Ordained Prayer

in Bruce R. McConkie, Ensign, 1976, Jan.

... them in all the varied tests of this mortal probation. Prayers are occasions of confession—occasions when in humility and contrition, having ... are prayer and works that having recited the law of prayer in detail, Amulek then concludes: “After ye have ...

Prayer: The Heart of the Sabbath

in Karen Lynn, Ensign, 1978, Jan.

... probabilities, and uncertain hopes. What a contrast this kind of prayer is with the beautiful experience recorded in Third Nephi! During the ... But sometimes we comply with our “prayer obligations” by reciting phrases that are so trite and repetitious that ...

Teaching Children about Prayer

in , Ensign, 1989, Jan.

LDS.org - Ensign Article -

Patterns of Prayer: Humility or Pride

in Steven L. Olsen, Ensign, 1992, Aug.

... specifically addresses is that the Zoramites did not “continue in prayer and supplication to God daily, that they might ... a powerful contrast to the vain recitations of the Zoramites. Alma’s prayer was consistent with the “performances of the church,” ...

Improving Our Prayers

in Joseph B. Wirthlin, Ensign, 2004, Mar.

... - Ensign Article - Improving Our Prayers Skip to Content Skip to Navigation Search... Matt. 6:7 ). Such prayers, He said, will not be heard. Our ...

[Gwen]

When you talk to your earthly father do you say the same thing time after time?

when i talk to my children (and sometimes my husband) it feels like i'm saying the same thing time after time......... does that count? lol

[mnn727]

when i talk to my children (and sometimes my husband) it feels like i'm saying the same thing time after time......... does that count? lol

Did you say something?

, no doesn't count cause Heavenly Father actually listens, something kids rarely do.

[Saguaro]

Why don't we recite prayers?

We do every Sunday in sacrament meeting with the sacrament prayers.

[Hemidakota]

Baptismal Prayer