All I said in the dug outs before going out was "guys I'm gonna have a prayer if you wanna join your welcome to do so.". But it's a church team, should the team have a joint prayer session anyway?
Question, what are you speaking to God about ???? Are you asking him to make the other team loose, or are you asking for a safe no injury game for both teams ?? Our Maker does not need a spoken prayer to know your heart, a quick glance at the sky, or a mental " Thank you Lord" , God knows and cannot grant everyones wishes.
Catholic kids I was raised about would make the sign of the cross before they swam or competed in sports, it was second nature to them and most times so ingrained in them they never gave it a thought. Us Pagans would ask what they were doing and they would look at us and ask, "Doing What "???
Prayer comes in many forms, be it standing or on your knees, saying Hail Marys or reading the Beads.
Naturally you expect a church group to pray but who is going to say the prayer for the group---YOU ? Where and when is prayer approved for others. Only God knows what is in the mind of man and if the other team is also praying, if You loose does that mean God favors the other team over Yours ???
Prayer is about as personal as one can get. I have seen people in public eating places bow their head and say Grace before eating a meal and some Doofus wait staff break in to ask them if everything is OK.
I say do your own thing with God before you expect others to do Your thing as they have their own personal relationship with the Lord. Don't infringe on others rights to speak when or where to the Lord.
BTW your twins are beautiful, God has granted you a treasure, Just tell God thank you and ask for nothing from him except in a life or death emergency, God has granted you much more then most of us.
