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Thank you to everyone that posts in this thread. I have been feeling very disconnected to God 
I tried to pray yesterday and today and couldnt even find the words. I dont feel anything and i want to get back to that deep connection with God. Any advice?
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I’m sorry you are feeling like this. Ive been there 
when i feel that way I try to throw myself into the word. Whether by reading or watching videos online. I also try to remember, it may not FEEL like he is there, but he always is. Reflect back to the times when you thought he wasn’t, and in hindsight you realize he was there all along guiding you through. I just watched this video and it kind of applies. 
Praying for you.
I feel you, my friend. Although I’m in crisis with Christianity, my faith in God is stronger than ever. For me God is not related to spesific religion or set of faith. God is a Creator, a Life Giver and the Living Force behind everything and in everything.
Praying has been always difficult for me even when I was an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran church. As you probably know, the good ol’ chap Mr. Luther was pretty strong with his opinions regarding his thoughts about praying. He prayed a lot. But for me praying is of course an essential daily practice, but not an compulsive one.
To be honest, I have never been able to pray long and textbook prayers. My prayers are just simple like “Thank you God this day and taking care of me and my loved ones.” Usually I just say “May Your thy will be done”, because I know that doing my best in my daily life, God is already working through me. And when I got into this psych ward, I simply thanked God for taking care of me like He always does. “Let Your thy will be done.”
My prayers are more like spontaneous whispers throughout the day. I just say God thank you and I ask for His guidance. I rarely pray any long prayers, because they just feels like my mind’s rambling. I know God is in my life and for me praying is a tool to thank Him for that through short prayers. For me at the moment the most powerful one is “Ler Your thy will be done” because what ever happens in my life, it’s God’s will.
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Praise report
My step father gave his life to God on Easter. Ever since getting sober and changing my life around, it has caused disturbance in that man’s life. For the better! But I tell you it was a long year ahead of prayer and faith. By living my life for God and not my own, it’s made a difference in my family. God touched that man’s heart and he opened up. Even when he stopped drinking, he was still a nasty man. Too much hurt and loss in his heart. He finally broke down crying and apologized to me for the way he treated me and my mom. Even when we just wanted to have a relationship with him. It’s never our time, but Gods only. Stay walking with him through every storm and lean on your faith. Blessings and movement upon all of you 
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I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It’s just that the translations have gone wrong.
- John Lennon
