By Mina Podgaisky
It was the second time I was attending a Hispanic home Bible study group from our church. People were sharing their prayer requests, and the leader was asking for volunteers to pray specifically for one prayer request. Most of the members had received some prayer request from another member of the group. When one young man was asked to pray for a young lady looking for a job, he said “no, I cannot. I do not know who to pray.”
The leaders of the group were trying to explain that it was very simple. Praying was just like regular talking but one addressed it to God. The young man was insisted that he did not know how to pray. I intervened and understanding that the young man was probably embarrassed that he had never prayed in pubic, so I mentioned the option of praying in our heads. He had never heard about that possibility. I explained that God can hear our prayers when not spoken but thought in our heads. He liked the idea. I encouraged all to pray and I would close the prayer time after giving time for this young man to pray in silence/on his head.
When done, one person stated that she had not heard the prayer. I explained that God had and that I had even felt it. The young man thanked me for teaching him to say prayers on his head. There are times that prayers cannot be spoken, they need to be said in our heads.