Prayer Lifestyle
How to Pray for Your Children
Praying for your children involves becoming aware of how important your prayers are and then making a practical plan of how to pray for your children during your busy days. Here are some ideas: Praying for the Kids Ok, parents of today’s kids…it’s time. It’s time to put down your smart phone, put down your…
Read MoreHow to Pray Without Ceasing
The Bible says that we should pray without ceasing. (I Thessalonians 5:17) But how do we do this in a normal busy life? Here are some ideas I’ve found helpful. How to do this prayer practice: To pray unceasingly seems almost impossible to do. However, there are ways to pray sporadically throughout the day and…
Read MoreHow to Do a Prayer Drive
Here’s an active prayer method for making your driving time count by turning your daily time on the road into a prayer drive. I developed this idea of praying in my car while driving on my way home from work late at night when I worked the swing shift. This can be adapted to other…
Read MoreHow to Use the Sign of the Cross in Prayer
Here are some of the many ways that the Sign of the Cross, which consists of hand gestures accompanied by words that call upon the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit, can be a powerful and meaningful act of prayer. How to do this prayer practice: As long as I can remember, I…
Read MorePraying Your “To Do” List
What to do with Your “To Do” List Living can be stressful enough on its own with all we have to get done every day, and even more so when we try to make things happen that are beyond our control. Here’s a great way to pray that will allow you to find release and…
Read MoreThe Power of Praying Beyond Your Personal Wants and Needs
Here are some ideas on how to refocus our prayers when we find ourselves always telling God the latest thing we really want. How to do this prayer practice: 1. Ask God to help you see the difference between your wants and your needs. When we go to God in prayer what are we praying…
Read MoreGood Morning Presence Prayers
I began my “Good Morning Presence Prayers” where I connect prayer with two routine tasks I do every day when it always seemed like my day started on its own without leaving me the time to start the day with prayer. How to do this prayer practice 1. Connect the prayer for God’s Presence with…
Read MoreHaving a Running Conversation with God
A running conversation with God is a prayer method where we consciously and constantly address thoughts and questions to God as we go about our daily routine. Short prayer connections are made with God on every subject, large or small, as they are encountered during the day. How to do this prayer practice: I learned…
Read MorePathway Praying
When I needed to fit more prayer time into my busy schedule I started praying on my morning walk and it helped me expand my prayer time by 45 minutes. Here’s how to do what I call “Pathway Praying,” a term I use to describe praying while doing another activity. How to do this prayer practice:…
Read MoreQuotes on Prayer
God has one Son who lived without sin, but he has no Son who lived without prayer. Unknown Prayer is the voice of our lives…as a man lives, so he prays. Andrew Murray BRIDGES When anything in life brings pain,Or anyone upsets my day,If I can build a bridge to GodHis peace will chase my…
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