Which one of the following is correct usage "I Pray to God" or "I pray God"?
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As Diplocase has suggested, a lot of this is a matter of older and newer usage --and so you will almost always want to say "I pray TO God...". \n\nBut the difference also seems to be connected to an older (more original) and newer meaning of "pray".  "Pray"  originally simply meant to ask, to implore and "prayer" means "request".  In this sense, "pray you" or "pray God" is natural.  But pray/prayer takes a broader meaning, referring to ALL communication with a superior, esp. God.  (This is why when people "pray" they are not ALWAYS referring just to making requests, even though that is still central.)  "Pray" then, may be the equivalent of "say a prayer".   For this "Pray TO God" is more natural.  But again, there is not a hard distinction between the two expressions.\n\n\nA couple of other things that may be of interest:\n\nFirst, you may still run across the 'older form' in a couple of situtations:\n1) Some traditional prayers, esp. a traditional bedtime prayer: \nNow I lay me down to sleep,\nI PRAY THE LORD my soul to keep;\nIf I should die before I wake,\nI PRAY THE LORD my soul to take.\n\n2) Occasionally as a loose wish "I pray God he's safe!"  (This is actually close to the use you see in the NIV reference above -- most translations express the wish as "I would that..")\n\nSecond, that use "I pray you" appears MANY times in the Elizabethan English of the King James Version.   But since that version uses the archaic pronouns "thou/thee" for the singular (instead of modern "you") you will mostly find "I pray THEE" (in the sense of "I ask you" or "I implore you" or, more loosely, "please!" [which itself is short for "If it please thee/you"].)\n\nThis form "(I) pray thee" is the origin of "prithee" (meaning "please").    From this we derive the informal or slang expression "pretty please!" when asking for something.
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That is the sentence...Jesus was making a point about his diety. God was often refered to as I am... When moses was sent to free gods people he was told to tell pharoh i am said to let my people go. He was also letting the people know that he was around many years before he was born a man.
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I   E   N  A   S\nA  G  D  N   I\nM O  L   G  M\nT  D  E  E   M\nH  A  T  L   E\n\n\nI am the god and let angels imme
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Something Specially\n        For  You                       \n\nI said a prayer for you today \n    And know God must have heard-\nI felt the answer in my heart\n    Although He spoke no word!\nI didn't ask for wealth or fame\n   (I knew you wouldn't mind)-\nI asked Him to send you treasures\n   Of a far more lasting kind!\nI asked that He'd be near you\n     At the start of each new day\nTo grant you health and blessings\n    And my friendship to share your way\nI asked for happiness for you\n    In all things great and small-\nBut it was for His loving care\n    I prayed the most of all.\n\n               By:     Kenny P. aka-Cobra
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The first one implies God needs to love you even if you are to dumb to know it. The second implies he already does and you are being informed of the fact.\n\n\nSub-teacher for many years. Not any more cause God love me I quit.
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I can't believe all these people saying "Mark and I"  !!!  "Mark and me" is correct!\n\nSimply take "Mark" out of the sentence and see if it sounds right.\n\n"Could you please copy I on these communications?"  It doesn't work!\n\nAnd the first one is correct.  The second sentence uses the reflexive pronoun "myself," which doesn't make any sense.  Could you please copy myself on these communications?  You would not ask somebody to do it, if you were going to do it yourself.
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So we know when to use the number '2' and the word 'to'.\nThey are different, and have different meanings. If someone read your question as you wrote it, it would make no sense. So, go to school, and pay attention in English class.
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good morning to you too or good morning to you also.\n\nthat's how the phrase is translated in english.\n\nthe "din naman sa iyo" part is equivalent to the "to you also" part.
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an infinitive phrase is 'to' + a verb.\nA to the (any word followed directly by the is a noun, so that's a preposition phrase--to is used as a preposition)\nB no 'to', elminiate\nC no 'to', eliminate\nD  to + verb (go)
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I pray every day, many times.  I'm not usually on my knees with my hands folded and my head bowed, but I talk to God just the same.  I tell him everything.  I thank him for things large and small.  I ask for blessings on those who have made my life easier (like the guy who invented air conditioning! LOL) and for help for those in need.  The best part is he is always there and listening.  How very cool is that?!?
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I pray to GOD and Jesus at the same time due to I use both names in my preyers
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This is easy. Look at the subjects of the sentence. Which sounds better? Jenny n me went to the store or Jenny n I went to the store. or ask youself this: me went to the store or I went to the store?
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yes...praying is talking to God...while building ur relationship with him and doing ur daily walk, u will want to pray and talk to him as much as possible...when i pray, i make sure to thank him...in everything, give thanks, then i tell him i love him and then lift prayer requests to him...u can pray anywhere...anywhere at all!  at school, before you eat (to bless the food), going down the road, while reading ur bible, in ur bed before you go to sleep, when you wake up, in the shower...absolutli anywhere, absolutli anytime!  my favorite place to pray is the alter...it's supposed to be meeting with God and u can feel his pressence the strongest there...prayer is amazing and you should definatli do it!  good luck and i'll be sure to pray for you!  :]]
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- Sometime to get sleep.\n- sometime to get off from sleep.\n- Sometimes when i have compelled to eat unsavoury food.\n- Sometime i have forced to something which not right for the mind and sould.\n- When i lost my Father.\n- When i see someone screaming because of physical/mental hurt.\n- lets pray for GOD for peaceful life for everyone....!\n----------------
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I would use the comma.  In my opinion, it makes more sense to use it to separate God and I.  Also, when being read, the comma can serve as a cue to pause before finishing the sentence.
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just get rid of the John and if the sentence makes sense use it\nfor example\nJohn and me went to the store.\nnot right\nbecause me went to the store makes no sense.\nJohn and I went to the store is correct.\n\nbut you would say me if it was the direct object of a verb. for example, the car hit john and i is incorrect,\nbecause the car hit i is gibberish.  the car hit me is correct. so the car hit john and me is correct.
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People mostly pray when asking for something. Praying to a saint is meaningless. Asking God for anything but protection is disrespectful. God is not our servant. We are His. People pray for the wrong reasons.