Thinking Prayer

 Some people have the sense that prayer is “thinking about God.”  Prayer ultimately begins to change us when we pray as “resting in the presence of God.”  Vocal prayer with all its images and ideas can end up in Illusion and self-absorption.  So what is vocal prayer for?  It is to lead us into resting in the Presence, beyond our images, words and thoughts.  So at some point in your prayer time you stop talking to and thinking about, and just be.  God can do the heavy lifting from there.  Changing you is heavy lifting!