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Originally Posted by LDSVALLEY

Had an Investigator ask this a couple of weeks ago. What we told her was this....

A formal prayer in class, or sacrament is usually done with arms folded and head lowered. We should end with .....in the name of Jesus Christ amen. Within the content we try and use old more reverent terms such as thee, thou etc. But as long as we are praying to Heavenly Father with a sincere heart it does not really matter much. When I first joined it took me an hour before hand to think through what to say at a sacrament prayer. Now I can do it on the spot, it comes with practice.

informal or personal prayers can be done standing, on your knee, upside down what ever you are comfortable with. Most of mine are really conversations with Heavenly Father while I am working. I discuss my needs and those of my family, concerns with life or my calling, asking for help or direction, telling him about my day, thanking him for the good in my life, what I hope to do this week etc.

Don't get caught up in the formality and just worry about the basics. Prayer is our phone line with our Father in Heaven, he doesn't care how we do it as much as he does that we pick up the prayer and call.

"Upside down"