The Spiritual Wisdom Behind Prayer | 4-6 January 2026
Prayer nourishes the soul, and gives you the strength to do what is right, thus leading to Peace. Thank you to all who walked with us as we explored the spiritual wisdom behind prayer.
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The day God becomes your best friend, that day your idea of prayer will change forever.
Delays are God's way of testing and stretching your faith.
Talk to God as you would talk to a close friend.
Pray as hard as you can, but leave room for God's plan.
In simplest terms, prayer means talking to God who is not just our Creator, but also our friend.
God likes short, sweet and sincere prayers. It is said that such prayers pierce the clouds to reach Heaven.
When you pray, God is actively working behind the scenes, gradually unfolding your future to you.
Prayer is an unbelievable force of light, and it has the power to change lives. But, prayers are answered:
If what you pray is good for you
Is aligned with Divine timing
Does not interfere with your karma
Is genuine and sincere
Is selfless and non-materialistic
If you are on the right path
The best prayer is asking God to do what is best for all of us.
Below are some true stories that reveal how prayer works beyond desires.
Pray to God to give you the one meant for you
A close friend of mine had a habit of praying obsessively for one specific person in her life. A few years ago, I visited Vailankanni, where there is a custom of tying a yellow thread with a piece of haldi while praying for marriage.
My friend insisted that I tie the thread on her behalf, clearly naming that one particular man. I advised her not to name anyone, because we never truly know who is right for us. She became upset and insisted I do exactly as she said.
Reluctantly, I agreed. As I tied the thread at Our Lady’s Tank with her specific intention, the haldi suddenly fell off from the thread.
My brother was with me, and instinctively I said, “This is not a good sign.” I then retied the thread, this time by simply praying: “God, give her the man who is right for her.”
When I returned and narrated the incident to her, she was furious. She dismissed the falling haldi as superstition, and was angry that I hadn’t followed her instructions exactly.
After that, I stopped receiving her calls. Months later, I received a late-evening call from her. She told me that the man she had hoped to marry had married someone else that very day.
She apologized for not understanding the answer she had been given at that moment in Vailankanni. She also confessed that she had been so angry with me earlier that she had decided to end our friendship.
In another incident, a girl desperately wanted to marry a man who was emotionally unavailable and non-committal. She fasted, prayed relentlessly, and pleaded with God—determined to make it happen. Eventually, she did marry him.
She thought he would change after marriage. But within three months, she realized it was a complete mismatch, despite knowing him for six years. Her prayer gave her a 20-year marriage devoid of love, intimacy, and fulfillment.
The Deeper Truth About Prayer
Prayer is not meant to control outcomes. It is meant to align our will with Divine will, so that what unfolds serves our highest good, even when it is not immediately understood.
Thank God not only for answered prayers, but also for unanswered ones, and for everything God has withheld. There is always a higher purpose, reason and timing.
How My Prayer Life Evolved
Sharing my personal experience in humility with the quiet hope that someone may see prayer in a new light stripped of its worldly form.
In my twenties, my prayer life was deeply religion-oriented—novenas, structured prayers, attending Mass. As life unfolded, my prayer slowly shed this form.
I moved from praying before statues to praying in my gallery to an open sky. From recited novenas to writing my own prayers.
Today, prayer for me is GRATITUDE, Acceptance, Awareness of His Presence, soft music, stillness, silence, song and dance!
I love blessing God in my morning prayers, but since God is omnipresent, I find greater joy in blessing God in the most unexpected random moments even while travelling in an auto.
I smile when I see eye shaped patterns in the sky or around me while I am praying as if God is watching me. 🙂 I love thanking God all the time, and I love saying I Love You to God just as you would say to your beloved!
This does not mean that structured prayers have lost their value or place in my life. It only means that as a soul evolves, prayer evolves with it—taking new shape and form.
-- Julia Noble
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