I swear when I'm praying

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Ok I know it’s totally wrong but during mental prayer I seem to curse whilst sharing my deepest thoughts with God and sometimes I curse and i know it’s disrespectful I really do but sometimes I get so furstrated. That’s when it just happens. I love God and try my best but do you think I have lost respect for God. I have noticed my prayers have become more friendly and less reverent my confessions seem more self pity than repentant. What do you think is happening, have lost the fear of God? Any advice on what I should do?
By curse I mean using foul language
I also believe there needs to be an element of fear when it comes to God that’s not to say we can’t love God (if I’m wrong please tell me and explain I’m slow)
 
fellow_servant said:
Ok I know it’s totally wrong but during mental prayer I seem to curse whilst sharing my deepest thoughts with God and sometimes I curse and i know it’s disrespectful I really do but sometimes I get so furstrated. That’s when it just happens. I love God and try my best but do you think I have lost respect for God. I have noticed my prayers have become more friendly and less reverent my confessions seem more self pity than repentant. What do you think is happening, have lost the fear of God? Any advice on what I should do?
By curse I mean using foul language
I also believe there needs to be an element of fear when it comes to God that’s not to say we can’t love God (if I’m wrong please tell me and explain I’m slow)
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What you have explained here might not be as unusual as you think. I’m sure quite a few of us have done this from time to time as we are sharing with Him our struggles in daily life and confessing our anger towards/about others honestly to our God.

I could only suggest that you might stick to saying a specific prayer without too much elaboration until this problem, after some time of course, has past away.

It’s not a good thing to just let it continue, clearly you have lost the feeling you use to have while praying in the past? Could just be that you are having more struggles in life now than before.
 
i do that too. i never really thought it was a big deal until i started realizing it was happening when i didn’t want it to and around people i really didnt want to curse in front of. i think it’s just a habit like anything else. about a year ago i almost lost my front desk job for accidentally cursing pretty bad just as a customer was coming in. they complained to my boss and it was embarrassing to have to apologize for something so stupid, so i get where you’re coming from. most of the time i still do it when i pray - i just apologize quickly and figure that god knows i didnt mean any harm by it and that im working on being more aware of what im saying and trying to find words that better describe whatever it is im trying to express.
 
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i do that too. i never really thought it was a big deal until i started realizing it was happening when i didn’t want it to and around people i really didnt want to curse in front of. i think it’s just a habit like anything else. about a year ago i almost lost my front desk job for accidentally cursing pretty bad just as a customer was coming in. they complained to my boss and it was embarrassing to have to apologize for something so stupid, so i get where you’re coming from. most of the time i still do it when i pray - i just apologize quickly and figure that…
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god knows i didnt mean any harm by it and that im working on being more aware of what im saying and trying to find words that better describe whatever it is im trying to express.
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This is a most valid point.
 
expand your vocabulary. learn to express yourself more fully. this will open you to advance beyond this common rut. we all spend some time there. lent is a great time to see to this,
speak with your confessor.

peace
 
fellow_servant said:
Ok I know it’s totally wrong but during mental prayer I seem to curse whilst sharing my deepest thoughts with God and sometimes I curse and i know it’s disrespectful I really do but sometimes I get so furstrated. That’s when it just happens. I love God and try my best but do you think I have lost respect for God. I have noticed my prayers have become more friendly and less reverent my confessions seem more self pity than repentant. What do you think is happening, have lost the fear of God? Any advice on what I should do?
By curse I mean using foul language
I also believe there needs to be an element of fear when it comes to God that’s not to say we can’t love God (if I’m wrong please tell me and explain I’m slow)
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You should apologize to God then continue your prayer. And try not to do it again. Repeat as necessary until not swearing becomes a habit. Try to avoid these words at other times too.
 
I’ve prayed when full of anger and rage before and have used some very offensive language when doing so. Sometimes you just need to let it go, get it all out of your system. When you hold stuff back and try to bury it, well at some time in the future it will surface and you’ll be miserable because of it.

Look, our Lord can handle anything you offer up to him. While I don’t encourage anyone to have a loose tongue all time time, let alone during prayer, don’t get wrapped up in saying a few choice words every once in a while. Just make sure to apologize in prayer with a contrite heart and I’m certain that our Lord will forgive you.

The worst of your sins are but a drop of water in an ocean of God’s mercy for you 👍
 
fellow_servant said:
I also believe there needs to be an element of fear when it comes to God that’s not to say we can’t love God (if I’m wrong please tell me and explain I’m slow)
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you already got good advice on the cursing issue, so i’d just like to address this,

fear of the Lord is a virtue, a gift of the Holy Ghost, and is not being afraid *OF *God, but a healthy fear that fills you with a sovereign respect for Him, and a fear of offending Him above all things, which, although is infused in you by the Holy Ghost, grows and matures by a love of God, so unless you love God, you won’t fear Him this way,
so to say “i believe we need to fear God, but that doesn’t mean we can’t love Him” is a contradictory statement when you understand what fear of the Lord actually is.

i think this might help you - gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=15358315
the trick to overcoming anything, is strength of will, to have control of your own will and use it to do only Gods will, is the easiest way to heaven…but even if only to overcome a bad habit, you will find it most useful,
mortification is the means to gaining control of yourself, and for more specific info on that, read this - gaiaonline.com/guilds/viewtopic.php?t=13047443
 
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