{"id":24421,"date":"2026-03-11T16:04:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T16:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/ways-to-practice-the-golden-rule-when-you-pray\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:18:12","slug":"ways-to-practice-the-golden-rule-when-you-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/ways-to-practice-the-golden-rule-when-you-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Practice the Golden Rule When You Pray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows the Golden Rule, right? It\u2019s the command Jesus gave to His followers, as recorded in Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31: <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/power-of-prayer\/guideposts-classics-eddie-rickenbacker-on-helping-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cDo to others<\/a> as you would have them do to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Something interesting (to me, at least) happened as I encountered those memorable words in my evening Bible reading. Because I not only read the Bible regularly, but <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/pray-as-you-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">try also to pray as I read,<\/a> it dawned on me that the Golden Rule applies to the way I pray as well. That may not seem surprising to you\u2014after all, the Golden Rule applies to all of life, right? Thoughts, words and actions. But it was a revelation to me.<\/p>\n<p>I pondered whether I sometimes break the Golden Rule when I pray for others. Or don\u2019t pray for them. So, <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/10-best-evening-prayers-from-the-bible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in my prayers that night,<\/a> I had a little talk with God. It went something like this:<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  Lord, do I pray for others as I would have others pray for me?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  How do you want others to pray for <em>you<\/em>? (He often answers my questions with questions). <\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  Well, I want people to pray regularly for me. Especially when I\u2019m in <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/how-to-pray-for-others-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some kind of crisis or special need.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  So, do you think that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/6-biblical-qualities-of-god-to-use-in-your-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how you should pray?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  Yes, of course. And when I ask for prayer, I hope they don\u2019t just say \u201cI\u2019ll pray for you,\u201d and then forget about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  So, you should be faithful to pray when you say you will?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  Yes. Although I do forget sometimes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  So, should you <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/reach-out-to-god-with-post-it-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pray immediately, whenever possible?<\/a> And do whatever you can to remind yourself of those who\u2019ve asked for prayer?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  Yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  How else do you want others to pray for <em>you<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  I think I want them to ask for more information, so they can pray more specifically for me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  So, is that <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/how-to-pray\/five-ways-to-pray-for-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how you might pray for others?<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  Yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  Anything else?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  I want people to pray <em>good<\/em> things for me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  Of course you do.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  But <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-strength\/pray-to-avoid-judging-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sometimes I feel like people are judging<\/a> or criticizing me when they pray. You know, a sort of, \u201cGod, make him a better person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  You don\u2019t want to be a better person?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  You know I do. I just don\u2019t like it when others\u2019 prayers feel like gossip or criticism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  So you\u2019re saying you shouldn\u2019t do that when you pray for others?<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  Right.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  Keep that in mind, then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">Me:  I will. And thank you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rteindent1\">God:  Anytime.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not an exact transcription, of course. And I should stress that my side of the conversation was mostly audible, but God\u2019s wasn\u2019t. Still, it was, as I said, a revelation for me to contemplate praying for others as I would have others pray for me. I\u2019m sure <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/deepen-your-faith\/6-prayers-god-most-wants-to-hear-from-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God isn\u2019t done refining me<\/a> in that area (among many others), but it\u2019s already having an effect.  <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone knows the Golden Rule, right? It\u2019s the command Jesus gave to His followers, as recorded in Matthew 7:12 and Luke 6:31: \u201cDo to others as you would have them do to you.\u201d Something interesting (to me, at least) happened as I encountered those memorable words in my evening Bible reading. 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