How do you imagine God when praying?

[Fez]

At the prayer meeting at my house last night one of our members asked how I imagined God when I prayed. Interesting because I don't, I just assume He is sort of everywhere. She feels He is sitting on His throne listening to her.

Just out of curiosity, because it is not a salvation or even scriptural thing, how do you imagine God to be while you are praying?

[silviawang]

yes ,sometimes i imagine he is a loving father with white hair,but not every time,is that idol worshipping?

 

i can not pray to JESUS,bcs he is a young man,if i feel there are only he and i talking sth,i feel a little ......

[alphaparticle]

That's an interesting question, and I suppose I'm like you in that I don't have a visual in mind. But, I am also used to things being invisible to our eyes being incredibly real.

[missmuffet]

White robe,kind face.Sometimes I have imagined him putting His arms around me.

[kwikphilly]

God bless you,brother Fez!

      I often wonder myself what I am imagining because it changes all the time for me(lol)....I can't even explain myself....sometimes I have no picture in my mind and other times I picture Jesus smiling and holding my hand ,there are times I just burst into tears because I see my Savior wrenched in agony,bleeding and brutally battered on the cross.......I see a throne surrounded by heavenly hosts sometimes but I cannot even see because His Glory is so bright and my eyes cannot withstand it....then there is a Loving,Regal King in all His Majesty with gold draped across His chest with a magnificent crown on His Head.....Jesus with eyes aflame and a two edgedv sword coming out of His mouth.....the list goes on on on....

    I wish I knew how to put photos in my computer because I am an artist and all these pictures within my mind I put on paper and canvas....but it always leads me to a song ringing in my head..."I can only imagine"

    Thank you brother for the opportunity to share a few of the visions imagined in my mind!

                                                                                        With love ,in Christ-Kwik

[cozmoe]

I always imagine him being every where , with me when i pray , with the body world wide in services , with the one's accepting him , with those struggling , those in a quiet time with him , I imagine him working behind the scene's to bring answer's to prayer , for me it more what  he is doing  every where , I never really thought of a visual picture of him , just that he is hearing us all at the same time ,

[Fez]

I think my answer to her is being borne out by the replies so far.

 

The Lord presents Himself to each of us in an individual and unique way. He meets us where we are.

 

But in that we also know that He is unchanging and constant, as is His Word.

[oldzimm]

As a youngster I imagined God as a Grandfather figure (Loving, white hair, beard, robe, etc), but now I can't imagine what God looks like. I know God loves us because of the sacrifice of his only son for our sins, but all I really know now is he is big, I mean bigger then big. To see how big God is, just go out into a field some night or the shore and look at all of his creation around you and then look up into the Heavens. Folks God created all of what you're seeing (and not seeing) just by speaking it, now that is big, if that doesn't humble you, makes you drop to your knees in the middle of the field and pray to our Father in Heaven, I don't know what will.

 

Oldzimm  

[sourberry]

Just out of curiosity, because it is not a salvation or even scriptural thing, how do you imagine God to be while you are praying?

 

It is more important to feel, rather than imagining.

 

Particularly if the prayer comes from the heart, and not from the mind.

[conservator]

 

Just out of curiosity, because it is not a salvation or even scriptural thing, how do you imagine God to be while you are praying?

 

It is more important to feel, rather than imagining.

 

Particularly if the prayer comes from the heart, and not from the mind.

 

I never thought about it before but I don't have a particular image in mind.  When I was younger I thought of the paintings or sculptures depicting Jesus Christ.  But now it's more of a feeling. I think more about my thoughts and what I am praying than on any images.