| Votive candles, or prayer candles, are used | | | | you must first understand that there are many ways |
| commonly throughout the world in churches and | | | | in which you can practice religion at home when you |
| other religious ceremonies. The light that burns from | | | | are not at church or temple (depending on your |
| these candles are commonly recognized as the | | | | religion). You may pray many times a day, not only |
| presence of a higher power, or God. Although these | | | | at the obvious times such as before you eat, when |
| candles are primarily used in church, many people | | | | you wake up, and before you go to bed after a |
| actually use them at home as well. Some may light | | | | long, prosperous day. Some people actually have set |
| some candles around the dinner table for the purpose | | | | times in which they will stop what they are doing, |
| of prayer or so that they are accompanied by the | | | | and simply pray to their God. |
| light given off by God while they eat. | | | | If you would like to fully utilize this practice, you could |
| Other people simply have these candles scattered | | | | even set up a specific room to be your prayer room, |
| around their house in significant and not so significant | | | | like a sanctuary of some sort. Your own bedroom is |
| positions, simply so that throughout the day and | | | | the perfect place to set up some votive candles, |
| night, they are aware of their God. These candles | | | | considering that you will be there at least twice a day |
| can be bought at stores, and online as well, which | | | | and for the majority of most nights. So simply find |
| gives people a vast selection of differing scented and | | | | some spots where candles will fit into your |
| unscented candles for their own religious practices at | | | | decoration, and begin to practice your own religion |
| home. | | | | while using the votive candles that are used in |
| To get into the full description of how to figure out | | | | churches and temples all over the world. |
| how you would like to use these candles at home, | | | | |