Prayer

Day 3

      

Prayer is a key discipline of attachment. 

One way to re-energize your prayer life is to try different ways to pray.  Heather has provided some ideas for us today.  

1.       Circle Prayer - Walk around the outside of your house talking to God, aloud or in your head, encircling it in prayer.  Ask Him to put a hedge of protection around your house, to make your home a place of safety, joy, peace and love.  Ask God to bless your marriage and make it better than you could ever imagine it to be, or if you are single to make you content in your singleness.  Ask Him to help you be a godly parent and to circumcise your hearts and that of your descendants to love Him with all of your hearts, souls, minds, bodies, and strength.  That your hearts would be knit together in love with each other and with Him.  That He would be pleased to dwell with you in your home.

2.       Prayer Pact - Write down a list of one to three things that seems impossible to you (ex. Get out of debt, save a loved one, revive your marriage).  Something that you really want but seems out of reach.  Then make a commitment to pray every day for those things for 40 days.  If you can, try to get one or more people to agree to pray for those things every day for 40 days.

3.       Lift Your Hands - Every day we raise our hands in exultation or pump our fists in the air when our team wins or something good happens.  It is how God made us.  We celebrate!  Let’s praise God this way.  Go somewhere alone if this is uncomfortable to do in public and lift up your hands towards heaven talking to God and praising Him.  Or play a worship song and raise your hands singing along.

4.       Early prayer - Get up early today and spend time talking to God and just being in His presence.

5.       Walk with God - Go for a walk and ask God to walk with you and for the Holy Spirit to help you to pray and to teach you to pray earnestly and effectively.  Imagine Him walking right next to you and talk to Him like a friend.  Sometimes it helps to talk out loud!

6.       Prayer Positions - Pray in a different way than you normally do.  Try kneeling, prostrate yourself with your forehead on the ground, walk around, sit outside - just try something different!

Personal Reflection or Discussion Questions

Which of the above have you ever tried?  How did it enhance your prayer life?

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Which ideas would you like to try? 

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