Praying in your mind and Praying out loud. What's the difference?

Hello brothers and sisters,
             What I am about to share with you is a simple thought I had while I was taking a cool mid-day nap in between classes. It pertains to prayer and the manifestation of prayer in our lives. I'll start off by saying that the Lord can hear and respond to our thoughts. He is the creator of our conscience and His Holy Spirit dwells within us, therefore, it is only natural that everything we have ever thought and ever will think is known by the All-Knowing God. :) Let's move on to prayer. What is prayer? Prayer is communication between you and God. A sometimes one-way conversation, you asking for something or it can also be a two-way conversation, God answering questions on your heart and ministering to you.  We are called to prayer without ceasing [1 Thessalonians 5:17] and sometimes that means you'll be at work, or standing at a bus stop when you're supposed to be engaged in prayer. If you were to speak out loud, people would think you were a little crazy and the last thing we want is for people to think badly of our good deeds. [Romans 14:16] So we pray in our minds because 1. God will hear us and 2. We will remain dwelling in the Lord presence.
          A slight problem occurs however, when a person ONLY prayers in their mind. The Lord still loves you and His Spirit will guide you in all truth so please do not take my word for it. Test what I say. However, the point I am trying to make is this - praying in your mind is good sometimes but there is a level of authority that is taken when you decide to prayer your prayers out loud. People who are used to praying in their mind have a many reasons for doing so. It could be that they are afraid the Devil will hear their prayers and try to stop their blessing. Or it may be that they have grown accustomed to doing so because of their religious upbringing. Or it may even be that they are very shy and prefer to speak to God in their mind. Whatever the reason, it is a habit that must be broken. Spoken prayer is extremely powerful and sometimes very necessary to bring forth blessings in the spirit realm into the natural. I'll try to break down my point as simply as possible.


What is sown in the spirit is reaped in the spirit. What is sown in the natural is reaped in the natural.

Praying in your mind = Spiritual fruit
Praying out loud = Natural fruit


You can't buy a train ticket then try to board a plane with the same ticket. Train tickets are for trains just like spiritual prayer are for spiritual things.


The power in spoken prayer lies in the power of spoken words. WORDS ARE POWERFUL. Why would the good Lord judge us on every word we have spoken if they weren't of any value? They hold the key to life and death. [Matthew 12:36]

Another example can be seen in the following. The Lord sometimes awakes His servants at night to pray for certain people or things. However, one must remember that the Lord's Spirit is over the entire earth and He witnesses all things, both good and evil. He sees when that 5 year old is getting raped or when that gang member is being murdered in an alley. So why does he awake His servants to pray if He's right there? His will and desire is that those evil things do not occur, but His will lingers in the Spirit realm until His child utters His will into the natural realm and thereby creates a manifestation of His spiritual will. Only then can help come to the child being raped or the gang member who's in critical condition at the hospital after being stabbed several times. Spoken word is critical to affecting natural change and manifestations of the Spirit of God.

However. ..

The Lord is infinitely great and He is able to do all things according to His good will which is why, even prayer prayed in the Spirit is answered. However, it is more effective and powerful to speak natural things into existence by the power of the Spirit living within us. Prayers are brought forth quicker and one gains a greater understanding of the authority we have been given by Jesus Christ to bind and loose things on earth and have the same be done in Heaven. [Matthew 16:19]