Help with prayer , is it safe?

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So for some reason wenether i want to pray i think about the devil i don’t know why espacialy when I say or think lord, now i’m kinda afraid to pray because i don’t want to call the devil lord nor do i want to pray for him, is it safe to pray for me or what should i do ? thanks in advance God bless you all
 
i have spoken about it with my confessor about related issues he said stop mulling ( i hope thats the right word like my user name sugests english isn’t my first language) and read a bit in the Bible evry day it helpt but i think it has partly to do with my ADHD I think if i were able to concentrate better it would help
 
You are having intrusive thoughts during prayer.

Ignore them. You aren’t praying to the devil if you don’t intend to. You can’t “accidentally” worship satan.
 
See a priest and doctor, but in the meantime, consider this: every time you pray and this happens, have you stopped praying?

The thing to do is to continue to pray, and in fact, pray harder. Pray to St Michael the Archangel for help with this problem and treat the intrusive thoughts as annoying background noise. This may help, as might offering up your suffering this to Jesus.

Most certainly, praying through intrusive thoughts is very good, and thoughts which you do not agree to are not sinful in any way. It is not until you are aware of the sinful line of thought and decide to keep going that you get into the area of sin.
 
ADHD is a really challenging condition and I would guess this may be part of what is happening. See your doctor and carers and remember that unwanted unpleasant thoughts are not sinful just because they are there. god bless
 
I keep on praying most of the time i use the line of reasoning the mouth flows over with that witsh (srry for butchring that word i for some reason can’t ever spell it right ) the heart is full of it but i want to be sure and i will mention it to my confessor thanks for the advice
 
I hope that helps.

Your English is great: I thought you were a teenager 😉
 
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