The meaning of prayer

During a college semester a student may face various obstacles and encounter hindrances, which could cause stress, anxiety and depression.
While looking for guidance, peace, strength, wisdom, spiritual growth and solutions to problems some Southern University students find consolation in prayer.
“After I pray I feel a great release and I know, I don’t have to stress and I don’t have to worry, which is a sin,” said Tiffany Johnson, a junior nursing major from Baton Rouge.
While prayer is a way to talk to God, it is also a way to get questions answered.
“When I pray, I ask for answers to questions. I also ask Him for help, guidance and protection from danger. Some of my prayers are answered immediately and if they aren’t answered or if don’t know they are answered, I know they were heard,” Johnson said.
While having a job, maintaining relationships and ultimately trying to succeed in college, students should include prayer in their day to day life.
“When a student studies he or she should ask God for the spirit of wisdom to help them know what to study so, they will do well on the test,” said Jack Vessel, chaplain of the Martin Luther King Catholic Student Center.
Saying a prayer is more than just a few words before you go to bed. It should be taken seriously.
“Prayer is communion with the higher being. It is the union of our spirit to His. Anyone who prays believes in a higher power and wants to be in tune with that power,” Vessel said.
Some students include others in their prayers and now know the power of prayer.
“When I prayed, my mother was cured from breast cancer. I also prayed for my aunt and her heart problem improved greatly,” said Ryan Waits, a senior mass communications major from Baton Rouge.