How to pray

Prayer is talking to God like a child talks to a good Father. You don't need special words. You don't need to fix your posture. You don't need to have your life together first. You just need to start.

A simple shape: ACTS

1. Adoration — tell God what you love about him. He is holy. He is faithful. He made you.
2. Confession — name the things you've done and left undone. He already knows; he just wants you honest.
3. Thanksgiving — name what you're grateful for, even one small thing.
4. Supplication — bring him your asks. For yourself, for the people you love, for the world.

If you don't know what to say

Pray the Lord's Prayer. Jesus gave it to his disciples when they asked the same question.

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Matthew 6:9-13 · Berean Standard Bible

And pray with the Bible open. Let what you read shape what you say. The Psalms are 150 prayers already written for you — start there.