"devotional prayer" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you are referring to a prayer offered to a higher power as an act of worship. For example, "Each evening, I kneel and offer a devotional prayer to thank God for all of the blessings in my life."
With truck horns blaring in the background on Saturday -- All Saints' Day -- a group of five women, Polish immigrants who had arrived from a nearby church, clutched rosary beads and sang a soft devotional prayer.
Indeed, all the surahs except the fatiha, which is a short devotional prayer, and the last two surahs are in the form of an address from God, either speaking himself in the first person or speaking through the imperative form qul ("say!") and ordering that the words that follow be proclaimed.
(Sinagra) RAVI SHANKAR'S FESTIVAL OF INDIA IIi (Tonight) The four-part first half of Ravi Shankar's Festival of India III, conducted and led by the sitarist-composer's daughter Anoushka, includes a devotional prayer composed in 1974, as well as a tarana vocal piece composed of meaningless syllables, sung over a 16-beat tal.
Reviewers have described the composition variously as a protest song, a devotional prayer, and a counterpart to John Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine".
In addition to the daily obligatory prayer, believers are directed to daily offer devotional prayer and to meditate and study sacred scripture.
What they were told focused on devotional prayer, the virgin birth, the crucifixion, the suffering of Jesus, the resurrection -- and that Jews were collectively responsible for Jesus' death.
There is no set form for devotions and meditations, though the devotional prayers written by the central figures of the Bahá'í Faith and collected in prayer books are held in high esteem.
Although not obligatory, individual devotional prayers, especially during the night, are emphasized and are a common practice among pious Muslims.
The fictional Sanjay is at first annoyed by his dad's devotional prayers.
Sikhs pray together in houses of worship and learning called gurdwaras [Doorways to the Divine] to study and sing devotional prayers from scripture.
At times photorealistic, at times uber-psychedelic, this animated tribute to Hanuman, the Monkey God from Hindu devotional prayers, not only stimulates the brain remarkably, but also lifts the heart, regardless of one's religious faith or lack thereof.
