I get nervous praying out loud - help
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Oh my goodness yes I still get nervous like that when praying out loud at certain times with lots of people. My personality has a lot to do with it. I go to a Spirit filled church too and the people are wonderful. I think for some of us it takes time and practice to pray with other people. Hang in there God hears you freezing up or not., long prayers or short....perfectly prayed or with a shuddering voice..
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Oh my goodness yes I still get nervous like that when praying out loud at certain times with lots of people. My personality has a lot to do with it. I go to a Spirit filled church too and the people are wonderful. I think for some of us it takes time and practice to pray with other people. Hang in there God hears you freezing up or not., long prayers or short....perfectly prayed or with a shuddering voice..
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@de-emerald i really hope that whatever happens God uses this side of my to serve him in a greater capacity. I'm really not sure i'll ever get to a level of comfort where i use a mic but thanks so much for encouraging me.
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Yes , I used to feel the same way , but then I start praying about overcome that fear and the Lord put in my heart to close my eyes and pretend that I am kneeling 🧎♂️ before him, and saying everything to him , that helped me to focus on him alone and forget about ppl around me and imagining that helped me to be sincere and experience precious moments before him . I still do that
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Again in a different setting one week after being saved I had to go to court. Prior to being saved I had taken a job as a store detective, a really well paid job but I hated it and packed it in the day after I was saved, but I had my one and only case coming up and I had to go.
My fear of public speaking is real, it is hearing the sound of my voice coming back at me ... nightmare.
I was sat at the back of the court literally in a sweat , my teeth chattering, pleading with the Lord to help. The Lord said "lift up My name and I will carry you through" now I didn't even know what that could mean, was I to stand up and tell the magistrate to get saved?
But when I was called and I stood in the witness box the clerk handed me the bible and told me to raise my right hand I said "I'm very sorry sir but I cannot take the oath" immediately the magistrate rapped on the desk "why will you not take the oath?"
"I'm a christian sir" everybody laughed
"if you are a christian that means you believe in God don't you?"
"Yes sir but Jesus said I may not swear neither by God nor by heaven but simply say yes or no"
"oh very well then you may make a civil acclamation" which is promise to serve the queen and her justice.
The rest of the proceedings just ran on oil, sweetly, the defence tore me to shreds and I made a few slips which he leaped upon like a tiger [I am not sure to this day if that lawyer was not a young Tony Blair] He questioned me about why I had left my job since I was evidently very good at it to which I responded that I had become a christian
"oh, you became a christian, what? was the work you were doing immoral then"
"No sir people must obey the law, but my heart was changed, now I want to stop people before they steal rather than wait for them to steal and stop them"
At his summing up he accused me of telling a complete tissue of lies and that was why I had refused to take the oath, but the magistrate rapped on the desk
"I cannot permit this character vilification to continue, I do not believe this man would deliberately lie he is an honest man."
I won the case.
My fear of public speaking is real, it is hearing the sound of my voice coming back at me ... nightmare.
I was sat at the back of the court literally in a sweat , my teeth chattering, pleading with the Lord to help. The Lord said "lift up My name and I will carry you through" now I didn't even know what that could mean, was I to stand up and tell the magistrate to get saved?
But when I was called and I stood in the witness box the clerk handed me the bible and told me to raise my right hand I said "I'm very sorry sir but I cannot take the oath" immediately the magistrate rapped on the desk "why will you not take the oath?"
"I'm a christian sir" everybody laughed
"if you are a christian that means you believe in God don't you?"
"Yes sir but Jesus said I may not swear neither by God nor by heaven but simply say yes or no"
"oh very well then you may make a civil acclamation" which is promise to serve the queen and her justice.
The rest of the proceedings just ran on oil, sweetly, the defence tore me to shreds and I made a few slips which he leaped upon like a tiger [I am not sure to this day if that lawyer was not a young Tony Blair] He questioned me about why I had left my job since I was evidently very good at it to which I responded that I had become a christian
"oh, you became a christian, what? was the work you were doing immoral then"
"No sir people must obey the law, but my heart was changed, now I want to stop people before they steal rather than wait for them to steal and stop them"
At his summing up he accused me of telling a complete tissue of lies and that was why I had refused to take the oath, but the magistrate rapped on the desk
"I cannot permit this character vilification to continue, I do not believe this man would deliberately lie he is an honest man."
I won the case.
Firstly, Welcome! And may Jesus be at your side always.
What you're describing is classic human behaviour. Don't stress and don't dwell on it, because the more you do, the worse it will seem.
I see exactly the same behaviour in our workplace when I employ new people. You're fairly new and you just haven't broken the ice yet., once you gain a level of comfort with people this will pass. Prayer is a very personal thing and to be just blurting it out in front of people you don't really know can be daunting. Maybe you could ask them to help you out and say some group prayers together first - I'm sure they would have some classics. If nothing else, the Lord's prayer is scriptural and saying it with them first might help take the edge off.
What you're describing is classic human behaviour. Don't stress and don't dwell on it, because the more you do, the worse it will seem.
I see exactly the same behaviour in our workplace when I employ new people. You're fairly new and you just haven't broken the ice yet., once you gain a level of comfort with people this will pass. Prayer is a very personal thing and to be just blurting it out in front of people you don't really know can be daunting. Maybe you could ask them to help you out and say some group prayers together first - I'm sure they would have some classics. If nothing else, the Lord's prayer is scriptural and saying it with them first might help take the edge off.
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Again in a different setting one week after being saved I had to go to court. Prior to being saved I had taken a job as a store detective, a really well paid job but I hated it and packed it in the day after I was saved, but I had my one and only case coming up and I had to go.
My fear of public speaking is real, it is hearing the sound of my voice coming back at me ... nightmare.
I was sat at the back of the court literally in a sweat , my teeth chattering, pleading with the Lord to help. The Lord said "lift up My name and I will carry you through" now I didn't even know what that could mean, was I to stand up and tell the magistrate to get saved?
But when I was called and I stood in the witness box the clerk handed me the bible and told me to raise my right hand I said "I'm very sorry sir but I cannot take the oath" immediately the magistrate rapped on the desk "why will you not take the oath?"
"I'm a christian sir" everybody laughed
"if you are a christian that means you believe in God don't you?"
"Yes sir but Jesus said I may not swear neither by God nor by heaven but simply say yes or no"
"oh very well then you may make a civil acclamation" which is promise to serve the queen and her justice.
The rest of the proceedings just ran on oil, sweetly, the defence tore me to shreds and I made a few slips which he leaped upon like a tiger [I am not sure to this day if that lawyer was not a young Tony Blair] He questioned me about why I had left my job since I was evidently very good at it to which I responded that I had become a christian
"oh, you became a christian, what? was the work you were doing immoral then"
"No sir people must obey the law, but my heart was changed, now I want to stop people before they steal rather than wait for them to steal and stop them"
At his summing up he accused me of telling a complete tissue of lies and that was why I had refused to take the oath, but the magistrate rapped on the desk
"I cannot permit this character vilification to continue, I do not believe this man would deliberately lie he is an honest man."
I won the case.
My fear of public speaking is real, it is hearing the sound of my voice coming back at me ... nightmare.
I was sat at the back of the court literally in a sweat , my teeth chattering, pleading with the Lord to help. The Lord said "lift up My name and I will carry you through" now I didn't even know what that could mean, was I to stand up and tell the magistrate to get saved?
But when I was called and I stood in the witness box the clerk handed me the bible and told me to raise my right hand I said "I'm very sorry sir but I cannot take the oath" immediately the magistrate rapped on the desk "why will you not take the oath?"
"I'm a christian sir" everybody laughed
"if you are a christian that means you believe in God don't you?"
"Yes sir but Jesus said I may not swear neither by God nor by heaven but simply say yes or no"
"oh very well then you may make a civil acclamation" which is promise to serve the queen and her justice.
The rest of the proceedings just ran on oil, sweetly, the defence tore me to shreds and I made a few slips which he leaped upon like a tiger [I am not sure to this day if that lawyer was not a young Tony Blair] He questioned me about why I had left my job since I was evidently very good at it to which I responded that I had become a christian
"oh, you became a christian, what? was the work you were doing immoral then"
"No sir people must obey the law, but my heart was changed, now I want to stop people before they steal rather than wait for them to steal and stop them"
At his summing up he accused me of telling a complete tissue of lies and that was why I had refused to take the oath, but the magistrate rapped on the desk
"I cannot permit this character vilification to continue, I do not believe this man would deliberately lie he is an honest man."
I won the case.
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Hello @IfGodis4Me, there are some books that, at least in part, address this topic, and there now appears to be a brand new book (to be released in July this year) that is all about praying in public. Perhaps it would be worth checking out? (and it looks to be discounted if you pre-order it .. just click on the picture of the book if you'd like to learn more).
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Hello @IfGodis4Me, there are some books that, at least in part, address this topic, and there now appears to be a brand new book (to be released in July this year) that is all about praying in public. Perhaps it would be worth checking out? (and it looks to be discounted if you pre-order it .. just click on the picture of the book if you'd like to learn more).
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God bless you!
~Deut
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