"I've been blessed with a wonderful life, yet I see others who are just as worthy of Thy blessings live in terrible suffering. They are tortured and maimed; stricken with all manner of afflictions, depressed, and continually at war. It's not fair. I know, I know, they'll have a reward after they're dead or finished passing through the refiner's fire. But is it too much to ask that their suffering be alleviated just a little?"\n\n[[I have more complaints.|His inscrutability]]\n\n[[Change topics|address]]\n
That's one of the best things you can feel from a prayer. \n\nEND
"I know that I have sinned. I ask Thee for forgiveness, and I promise to never sin that way again, if I can help it. Deliver me from temptation and evil, that I may walk thy paths of righteousness and glory."\n\n[[Change Topic|address]]\n<<set $saidsomething = true>>
Well, it's okay to be angry at God. \n\nEND
Okay, what do you want to talk about with God?\n\n[[His greatness]]\n[[Things I don't understand about Him|His inscrutability]]\n[[My blessings]]\n[[My sins]]\n[[Getting help]]\n<<if $saidsomething>>\n[[End the prayer]]\n<<endif>>
"I thank thee for my many blessings, God."\n\nWhat exactly are you thankful for?\n\n[[Good health]]\n[[A place to live]]\n[[Sustenance]]\n[[Technology]]\n\n\n[[Friends]]\n[[Family]]\n\n[[The Gospel]]\n<<set $saidsomething = true>>
You're going to pray. \n\n[[Our Father in Heaven...|address]]\n[[Creator of the Universe...|address]]\n[[Dear celestial Daddy...|address]]\n[[Dear God...|address]]
"I'm thankful for The Gospel in my life. I'm thankful that I know right from wrong and that I can choose the right and increase the chances that I'll be happy. I'm so glad that Christ loved all of us enough to die for our sins, and that we can return to live with Thee."\n\n[[I want to thank God for other things.|My blessings]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"God, I just don't feel like anyone loves me right now. Can you comfort me with your love? You've said that the worth of souls is great, but I don't feel worthy of that greatness. I feel stupid and ugly and like no one will ever like me. I know that theologically I'm wrong, but can you help me feel, emotionally, that I'm loved?"\n\n\n[[I'd like some more help|Getting help]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"I am afflicted with all manner of sufferings."\n\n[[My health is terrible.]]\n[[I don't have enough money.]]\n[[I don't have any friends.]]\n[[My family is lousy.]]
Well, sometimes that's how prayer goes I guess.\n\nEND
"God, I'm having a really tough time today. I just want to curl back into bed. Please give me the strength to do what I need to do today. Give me the patience to deal with those people I have to face. Bless me with charity so I can love myself and others."\n\n[[I'd like some more help|Getting help]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
Well, you prayed. How do you feel?\n\n[[At peace|love]]\n[[Angry]]\n[[Loved|love]]\n[[Manipulated]]\n[[Apathetic]]
[[I say these things through the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.|end]]\n[[Amen and Amen.|end]]
"I've saved money, only to have it sucked into some accident. I work hard at what I do, but there's barely enough to keep me alive, let alone have a little fun now and then."\n\n[[I have more sufferings.|suffer]]\n\n[[I have more complaints.|His inscrutability]]\n\n[[Change topics|address]]\n
"I've tried again and again to love and befriend my family, but no matter what I do they stab me in the back or just brush me off. Everyone's always talking about how they're such good friends with their brother or mother or cousin, but it's hard for me to find a friend in my family."\n\n[[I have more sufferings.|suffer]]\n\n[[I have more complaints.|His inscrutability]]\n\n[[Change topics|address]]\n
So you want to include Heavenly Mother in this?\n\n[[Um, yes, that's what I said.]]
Your own prayer.
What exactly about God is puzzling you?\n\n[[God, Thou art merciful to me, but why must others suffer?|others suffer]]\n[[God, why must I suffer?|suffer]]\n[[I keep asking You for answers, but I feel like You are silent.]]\n[[My faith and kindness have not been rewarded.]]\n[[I am not worthy of Thee, yet I am allowed to pray to Thee.]]\n\n[[change topics|address]]\n<<set $saidsomething = true>>
"I'm grateful for my roof's safe shelter overhead, to shield me from the heat and the cold. I'm thankful for my warm bed and indoor plumbing."\n\n[[I want to thank God for other things.|My blessings]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"I'm thankful for health in my navel and marrow in my bones. I'm thankful that I can run and not be weary right away, and that I can sleep well at night. I'm thankful that I'm not sick right now, and that I can help others who are."\n\n[[I want to thank God for other things.|My blessings]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"I have been obedient, faithful, and served others, yet I feel no relief from my suffering. You have promised rewards for obedience, but haven't followed through with them. I don't know why I keep trying to please You when You won't even hold up your end of the bargain."\n\n[[whine some more about something else|His inscrutability]]\n[[change topics|address]]\n
Okay. \n\n[[Continue|address]]\n
"I know Thou art perfect and cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance. Yet through Christ I am able to communicate with Thee. Having even one conversation with God is amazing, yet Thou hast commanded that we pray to Thee daily."\n\n[[I have more questions.|His inscrutability]]\n\n[[Change topics|address]]
"I haven't always been careful with my habits. Sometimes I don't get enough sleep or I don't eat well. But I've been trying to improve, and even when I'm trying to do everything right, I still get sick and feel awful. Why can't I just be healthy like normal people?"\n\n[[I have more sufferings.|suffer]]\n\n[[I have more complaints.|His inscrutability]]\n\n[[Change topics|address]]\n
"All the friends I've had have moved away or I've moved away from them. I've tried to talk to my neighbors and other people around me, but they all seem too busy to make more friends. I don't have anyone I can just hang out with anymore, and it makes me lonely."\n\n[[I have more sufferings.|suffer]]\n\n[[I have more complaints.|His inscrutability]]\n\n[[Change topics|address]]\n
Yeah, sometimes it feels like God can get me to do anything, if He makes me feel a certain way.\n\nAlso, praying through hyperlinks isn't really the best way to choose exactly what you want to say, so if you're unsatisfied with the options I wrote maybe you should offer your own prayer!\n\nEND
"I'm thankful for my parents, for forming me, and for the guardians who raised me. I know that I wasn't always an angel of a child, and they managed to keep me alive and teach me about how to treat others. I'm thankful for my grandparents and cousins and aunts and uncles. I'm thankful for my siblings for helping me through hard times and laughing with me with good ones. I'm grateful that I have a family and that I always have some place where I belong."\n\n[[I want to thank God for other things.|My blessings]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"I'm thankful for my friends. I'm thankful that I have friends and that they understand a few parts of me. I'm thankful that we can have fun together and talk about things that are important to me. I'm also thankful for the friends I had when I was younger, who are no longer close, and the friends I'll make in the future."\n\n[[I want to thank God for other things.|My blessings]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
What do you need help with?\n\n[[Just getting through my day.]]\n[[Knowing if an important decision I'm making is right.]]\n[[Feeling loved.]]\n<<set $saidsomething = true>>
"I'm thankful for food and how it sustains my body. I'm thankful for microwaves and stoves and ovens so I can make food that tastes good, or at least other people can make food for me that tastes good. I'm thankful for farmers and the effort they put into growing and raising my food. And if I have a garden I'm grateful for it as well."\n\n[[I want to thank God for other things.|My blessings]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"Thou art the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, my God and King. Thou art great and awesome and shall reign forever."\n\n[[Okay, let's switch topics|address]]\n[[Keep going|praise]]\n<<set $saidsomething = true>>
"Sing praise to Thee, O Lord of hosts. The whole Earth is filled with Thy glory, to bring to pass our eternal life. Thy glory defies description. I praise thy name all the day long."\n\n[[Change topics|address]]\n
"God, right now I'm trying to figure out if I should keep doing A or do B. I feel like what I'm doing now is pretty good, but I think B could help me become a more profitable servant in some ways, and maybe make me happier. I'm probably going to go ahead and do B, unless I get a terrible feeling about it, okay?"\n\n[[I'd like some more help|Getting help]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"I'm thankful for today's technology, God. I'm thankful that when I'm hurt or sick we have doctors to help cure me. I'm thankful for the Internet and how it lets me connect with people who are far away and access all kinds of information. I'm grateful that we have a system of writing so that we can have a record of things that came before us. I'm thankful for our imaginations so we can share entertaining ideas through television, radio, and computers."\n\n[[I want to thank God for other things.|My blessings]]\n\n[[Change topic|address]]\n
"I have asked again and again for answers to my questions. While at times I feel comfort, most of the time I feel nothing at all. You have promised 'Ask and ye shall receive.' I have given my contrite heart, and am still waiting to receive my answers."\n\n[[I have more complaints.|His inscrutability]]\n\n[[Change topics|address]]\n