I get nervous praying out loud - help

Hi again everyone,
I'm wondering if anyone else has the same experience? If so what can I do to calm my nervs?
I was raised in a brethens church where the only person praying out loud was the pastor/ministers, since then i've become a member of a pentecostal church which I really love but everytime i'm asked to pray at a prayer meeting etc I get really nervous and freeze up, my prayers become very short and sometime because I'm so nervous I have forgotten the prayer points I was suppose to address. I really want to do better, any advice.... anyone?

A lot of that pressure comes from the Pentecostal mindset. I used to be a Pentecostal, and felt the same pressure. And thought I wanted to do better at it.
In the long run I realized it was an unnecessary stress, like most of their teachings. The only reason I cared was because of how I wanted to be perceived and not for any spiritual reason.

Some people are simply not designed to be so outspoken. And despite what seems to he taught, that's not a bad thing.
My advice, ditch trying to fit into that idea and learn to recognize the things you Are good at, and to utilize those and appreciate them.

Hello....again🙂.

Without read all the other responses, the two I have is this.
To ask Him to say what He would have said through you, that the things He would have others know would be said. Also, as we all know, none of us that came out of a womb came out walking. We all had to practice, fall here and there and keep plugging along until we were walking around driving our parents crazy getting into things🙂. There are some places that work on speaking in front of others with you so that you can become more proficient at it. But prayer is one of the best things we can so for any problems we have and jumping into things can do wonders for it. Don't worry about what others things, do things for God and you can't go wrong🤗.

I pray this helps.

It's a bit naughty of them to ask you to pray so the fault is not yours, Just pray short prayers, Thank God, for His grace to you and others, ask Him to bless your meeting together ... there it is, that's all you need.

You'll find almost without realising it that with time your prayers will expand.

When I was newly saved the Pastor pounced on me and asked me to read psalm 19 ... only I thought it was psalm 119. I nearly legged it.

Believe it or not, I actually wasn't able to physically speak when I was born . i also went through a time of having great social anxiety.
Evmur is correct, the best thing you can do is focus on what you CAN do and as time goes on, you'll find that goes a long way.

Just picture yourself always talking just to the lord, the one person who knows you better than yourself. He understands already your limitations.

Infact, doing something even though you have trouble doing it, not only makes you get better at it, but also, it means a lot more .

I just talk to God and don't care what anyone else thinks anymore (now that I am old). At my Church (Mennonite) we take notes on what the request are and divide them up. When I was young, I was just like you. In my personal experience, older --> bolder. You are on the right track. You are doing fine. Stay the course. Bless you, dear, and welcome to CC.

Psalm 119? Not... A... Problem...

Psalm
119:1 ALEPH. Blessed [are] the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD.
119:2 Blessed [are] they that keep his testimonies, [and that] seek him with the whole heart.
119:3 They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
119:4 Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.
119:5 O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!
119:6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments.
119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
119:8 I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
119:9 BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed [thereto] according to thy word.
119:10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
119:11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
119:12 Blessed [art] thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.
119:13 With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth.
119:14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as [much as] in all riches.
119:15 I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways.
119:16 I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
119:17 GIMEL. Deal bountifully with thy servant, [that] I may live, and keep thy word.
119:18 Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law.
119:19 I [am] a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me.
119:20 My soul breaketh for the longing [that it hath] unto thy judgments at all times.
119:21 Thou hast rebuked the proud [that are] cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
119:22 Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.
119:23 Princes also did sit [and] speak against me: [but] thy servant did meditate in thy statutes.
119:24 Thy testimonies also [are] my delight [and] my counsellors.
119:25 DALETH. My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word.
119:26 I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes.
119:27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.
119:28 My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
119:29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously.
119:30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid [before me].
119:31 I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame.
119:32 I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart.
119:33 HE. Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it [unto] the end.
119:34 Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with [my] whole heart.
119:35 Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight.
119:36 Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness.
119:37 Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; [and] quicken thou me in thy way.
119:38 Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who [is devoted] to thy fear.
119:39 Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments [are] good.
119:40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.
119:41 VAU. Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, [even] thy salvation, according to thy word.
119:42 So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word.
119:43 And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments.
119:44 So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever.
119:45 And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts.
119:46 I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed.
119:47 And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved.
119:48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
119:49 ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.
119:50 This [is] my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me.
119:51 The proud have had me greatly in derision: [yet] have I not declined from thy law.
119:52 I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself.
119:53 Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law.
119:54 Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
119:56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
119:57 CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
119:58 I intreated thy favour with [my] whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
119:59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
119:61 The bands of the wicked have robbed me: [but] I have not forgotten thy law.
119:62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
119:63 I [am] a companion of all [them] that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
119:64 The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes.
119:65 TETH. Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word.
119:66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
119:67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
119:68 Thou [art] good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes.
119:69 The proud have forged a lie against me: [but] I will keep thy precepts with [my] whole heart.
119:70 Their heart is as fat as grease; [but] I delight in thy law.
119:71 [It is] good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
119:72 The law of thy mouth [is] better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
119:73 JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
119:75 I know, O LORD, that thy judgments [are] right, and [that] thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
119:76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant.
119:77 Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law [is] my delight.
119:78 Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: [but] I will meditate in thy precepts.
119:79 Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies.
119:80 Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
119:81 CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.
119:82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
119:83 For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
119:84 How many [are] the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me?
119:85 The proud have digged pits for me, which [are] not after thy law.
119:86 All thy commandments [are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
119:87 They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts.
119:88 Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth.
119:89 LAMED. For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven.
119:90 Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.

119:90 Thy faithfulness [is] unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth.
119:91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all [are] thy servants.
119:92 Unless thy law [had been] my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction.
119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
119:94 I [am] thine, save me; for I have sought thy precepts.
119:95 The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: [but] I will consider thy testimonies.
119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [is] exceeding broad.
119:97 MEM. O how love I thy law! it [is] my meditation all the day.
119:98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they [are] ever with me.
119:99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
119:100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
119:101 I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.
119:102 I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me.
119:103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! [yea, sweeter] than honey to my mouth!
119:104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
119:105 NUN. Thy word [is] a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
119:106 I have sworn, and I will perform [it], that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
119:107 I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word.
119:108 Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments.
119:109 My soul [is] continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law.
119:110 The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts.
119:111 Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they [are] the rejoicing of my heart.
119:112 I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, [even unto] the end.
119:113 SAMECH. I hate [vain] thoughts: but thy law do I love.
119:114 Thou [art] my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.
119:115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
119:116 Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope.
119:117 Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually.
119:118 Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit [is] falsehood.
119:119 Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth [like] dross: therefore I love thy testimonies.
119:120 My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments.
119:121 AIN. I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors.
119:122 Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me.
119:123 Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
119:124 Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes.
119:125 I [am] thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.
119:126 [It is] time for [thee], LORD, to work: [for] they have made void thy law.
119:127 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.
119:128 Therefore I esteem all [thy] precepts [concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
119:129 PE. Thy testimonies [are] wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them.
119:130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
119:131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
119:132 Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name.
119:133 Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
119:134 Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts.
119:135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes.
119:136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
119:137 TZADDI. Righteous [art] thou, O LORD, and upright [are] thy judgments.
119:138 Thy testimonies [that] thou hast commanded [are] righteous and very faithful.
119:139 My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.
119:140 Thy word [is] very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it.
119:141 I [am] small and despised: [yet] do not I forget thy precepts.
119:142 Thy righteousness [is] an everlasting righteousness, and thy law [is] the truth.
119:143 Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: [yet] thy commandments [are] my delights.
119:144 The righteousness of thy testimonies [is] everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live.
119:145 KOPH. I cried with [my] whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes.
119:146 I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies.
119:147 I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.
119:148 Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
119:149 Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment.
119:150 They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law.
119:151 Thou [art] near, O LORD; and all thy commandments [are] truth.
119:152 Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever.
119:153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law.
119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word.
119:155 Salvation [is] far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
119:156 Great [are] thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments.
119:157 Many [are] my persecutors and mine enemies; [yet] do I not decline from thy testimonies.
119:158 I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word.
119:159 Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness.
119:160 Thy word [is] true [from] the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments [endureth] for ever.
119:161 SCHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word.
119:162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.
119:163 I hate and abhor lying: [but] thy law do I love.
119:164 Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
119:165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
119:166 LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.
119:167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly.
119:168 I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways [are] before thee.
119:169 TAU. Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word.
119:170 Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word.
119:171 My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes.
119:172 My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments [are] righteousness.
119:173 Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.
119:174 I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law [is] my delight.
119:175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me.
119:176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Lol great question. i bought this only 30 dollars, you could get it cheaper on ebay.

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Its great because it has an echo chamber on it and boy is it loud. it can carry your voice for miles lol in the open air. Ive had a few complaints from the neighbours but on a whole some lovely praise too. it fits nice in the hand to and has a built in speaker which is just so loud lol. anyway after youve practice on your own with just a friend it soon become a passion lol.. well worth the ride because praying out loud can really take you to such a great place.
I sometimes wake up the whole community at 8 am with a sermon on the mount lol.

Hello again IfGodis4Me, welcome to Christian Chat.

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@Subhumanoidal thanks for your advice, i do take your point that some people arent designed for being really vocal, think i fit that catagory.

@Deade thanks hope your having a good day.

@de-emerald mmmmm not quite the advice i was expecting. Lol

@oyster67 thanks so much for your advice.

@Pengwyn your advice is greatly appreciated, i'll definitely try to focus more on the conversation with God, i'm ok when praying by myself. I just really would like to get to a place where i'm not having anxiety, i know nobody is judging me but i guess i need to continue working on it.

@Evmur, good to know i'm not alone, i get nervous reading out loud in public to. Will continue with small steps as suggested. Thanks for your advice.

@BlessedByGod , again thanks so much for the support and advice. Your right, it wont come without practice and i wont avoid the challenge because i know my walk with God will get stronger for it.

Wow of course you are not alone, I'm going to give you something precious.

God wants you to be the way you are, your weakness in the area of public speaking is the very vacuum God desires to fill, it is your strength. Nobody can teach you how to do this but you have to learn not to panic but to simply stand up trusting in the Lord and open your mouth.

The analogy is diving into the deep end when you are learning to swim, at first you flounder around and get into trouble, but you learn not to do that, you learn to relax in the water and let it lift you up.

Interpretation of tongues is the same thing. It doesn't come but at one sentence at a time, and line by line. By faith you utter the first sentence and the second sentence will come. So with prayer. Go a sentence at a time trusting the Lord, the next sentence will certainly come. The trick is [and what so many never ever learn] to stop when the sentences stop ... instead they go on too long.

This is great advice totaly respect what your saying. She could have a gift and not realise God could be helping her to get
over her nerves

I just wonder if she was able to get over her nerves and start praying out loud what would happen if she stood up in church. maybe start with hi its lovely to be here and ask you all to take part in prayer with me,
God could speak through her at that moment. and give her the next words to say.
Maybe if she practiced at home first on a mic to a friend she could develop a passion and she could see a gift she never knew she had. you never know right.

It may not be her calling but unless she practises it she will never know, thats what happend to me lol. I was shocked one day i was speaking out loud and out came a prophecy that the world was going into lock down. i was like wow when we went into lockdown.

I wonder if I may take a liberty and tell a story.

When I got saved and heard that christians go preaching in Hyde Park London of a Sunday, I grabbed my bible and doubled down the Edgeware Rd full to bursting with excitement.

When I arrived at the park I froze like Sylvester cat in front of the steamroller. I suddenly remembered I have never been able to speak publicly, my mind goes total blank, I can't even remember my name. So there I was among the heaving crowds with a wooden tongue crying to the Lord inwardly, how on earth was I to get a crowd?

About 50 yards away a drill sergeant was doubling with half a dozen squaddies and he spotted my bible, he came at me like an angry wasp with his squaddies in tow.

He turned the air blue cussing me out, "so and so christians, so and so know it alls can you tell me why I gotta go and get shot at tomorrow in Ireland?" It was the time of the N. Irish troubles. Suddenly I had a crowd, nobody wants to miss a preacher being decked right?.

I said "sir have you ever been angry?" what a laugh he was ready to spit bullets, a big blue vein stood out on his brow. "Angry? of course I've been angry"
"well the same seething hate that's in you when you are angry is in those people over there, I've come here to tell folks how God can take all that rage out of people's heart and how He put it all on Jesus on the cross ... and here God gave me knowledge to see that this man was really. really frightened ... did you know that God has promised that there is no weapon formed that can harm you if you will trust Him"

He was the typical drill sergeant, big barrel chested and heavy moustache but suddenly his chest deflated and I saw the eyes of a small boy as he took hold of my arm "please sir will you pray for me?" he suddenly remembered his squaddies who were gathered around and drew himself up, "hep" he cried and the squaddies jumped to attention, "hep" he cried once more and they resumed doubling towards the gate with me doubling behind them with my bible "Jesus loves you, only believe, He will be with you."

That was the start of my outdoor preaching.