No, it's generally not wrong to pray loudly, as God hears both loud and silent prayers, and the Bible shows Jesus and others praying aloud, but the motive matters—it's discouraged only if done to show off or with a bad heart, not for genuine connection or focus. Whether you pray aloud or silently depends on your personal comfort, faith tradition, and the situation, with benefits to loud prayer including clarity, while silent prayer offers discretion and deep focus.
In fact, in His eyes, our thoughts and our voiced words are one and the same. Some situations call for praying out loud; others call for praying silently—secretly even. Regardless, we can be confident that, as Psalm 139:4 reminds us, “Before a word is on my tongue you, Lord, know it completely.”
We do want to understand that there are examples of people praying aloud in scripture – even Jesus praying on the cross (presumably) aloud (Luke 6:19, Luke 22:34, Acts 1:14, Acts 4:24-30). So, Matthew 6 is not a prohibition against praying aloud but rather it is prohibiting praying as the hypocrites do.
The effectiveness of prayer is tied to living a holy and a righteous life. The answer is already in the Bible, the fervent prayer of the RIGHTEOUS. God doesn't answer prayers because of how long or how loud you pray. If you obey Him, he will listen to you also.
In the discussion of praying out loud vs praying silently, the meaning of audible (loud) prayer is the prayer in which the worshipper recites aloud, whether he is leading as an imam or praying alone. In the obligatory prayers, this applies to: Both rak'ahs of fajr.
Matthew 6:6-7 New International Version (NIV)
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
Forbidden prayer times
As mentioned, Muslims are banned from praying during 3 main times: sunrise, sunset, and Zawwal. The prostration of recitation (sajda al tilawa) is permissible to be offered during these times though it is disliked (tanzihan).
To his disciples, drawn by their Master's silent prayer, Jesus teaches a vocal prayer, the Our Father. He not only prayed aloud the liturgical prayers of the synagogue but, as the Gospels show, he raised his voice to express his personal prayer, from exultant blessing of the Father to the agony of Gesthemani.
Praying aloud helps you focus.
Sure, God hears your silent prayers. He examines your heart; He knows your thoughts no matter where you are (see Psalm 139:1-2). Praying aloud doesn't affect His hearing, one way or the other. But it does affect your thinking.
The simple answer is yes, God hears your prayers. An ever-present, all-knowing God will hear every word from your mouth, thought in your mind and whisper of your heart. But there are some things that might affect whether He answers. Now, let us get one thing straight before we go on… God loves you.
With this declaration, Alma identified for Corianton the three most abominable sins in the sight of God: (1) denying the Holy Ghost, (2) shedding innocent blood, and (3) committing sexual sin. Adultery was third to murder and the sin against the Holy Ghost as abominable sins.
The Lord (and Mary, too) hears all our prayers, including the silent ones. In fact, the Bible speaks directly to that. The Letter to the Hebrews says: “The word of God is living and effective … penetrating even between soul and spirit …
When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” He said to them, “When you pray, say: “'Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread. Forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us.
Jesus instructed us to pray out loud.
In Luke 11:2 says, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done. On earth as it is in heaven.”
Encouragingly, there is no biblical reason to believe that praying out loud is more or less effectual than praying silently. We may do either.
Nope there isn't anything wrong with praying to God a lot. But God does say that we should go to the ant hill o sluggard and do things. Be smart with your time and invest it not for yourself, but for the building up of God's Kingdom.
In His revelations to St. Faustina, Our Lord asked for a special prayer and meditation on His Passion each afternoon at the three o'clock hour, the hour that recalls His death on the cross.
Speaking aloud something that we might otherwise read on autopilot can make a huge difference in hiding God's Word in our hearts. When we declare God's Word together as a family we cover ourselves and our home in truth.
In Christianity, you pray to God (the Father), through Jesus (the Son), in the power of the Holy Spirit, acknowledging the Trinity (God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). While the primary pattern is to pray to the Father in Jesus' name, it's also acceptable and scriptural to pray directly to Jesus as Lord and Savior, recognizing His divine personhood and role as mediator.
Like David, who wrote, “I cry aloud to the Lord; I lift up my voice to the Lord for mercy” (Psalm 142:1, NIV), I find that praying aloud focuses my mind and heart on what I'm saying, and my voice reinforces my thoughts while also preventing distraction.
During his time in the heavens, Allah gave the commandment to the Prophet (sallalahu alayhi wa sallam) to establish 50 daily prayers. The Prophet then went back and forth between Prophet Musa (as) and Allah until the prayers were reduced to 5 daily prayers whilst still being equivalent in reward to 50 prayers.
Sure. It is called "mental prayer." God hears it, and it is good to do. Make sure you do some vocal prayers daily though.
6 mistakes to avoid when praying
Jesus called this hour 'the hour of great mercy for the world'. At this hour when he was dying on the cross, mercy triumphed over injustice.
The forbidden times to offer any prayers whatsoever are three: From Fajr prayer to sunrise. When the sun is at its zenith (meridian) From Asr prayer until sunset.