13 Ideas for Prayer

Try some of these exercises this week, and then discuss the outcome Sunday, July 5 from 5-6 p.m.

1. Pray! Talk to God. Don’t try to jump head first into a marathon all-night prayer session. Add five minutes to your current prayer regiment. If you do not have a prayer regimen beyond the blessing of your meals, start with five minutes every day at the same time each day. 
2. If five minutes seem to be too little, try five minutes three times each day (morning, noon, night). Add fifteen minutes of conversation with God to your life.
3. Start a prayer list and/or a prayer journal. Mark the date of the request and also the date of God’s answer.
4. For the week of Celebration we encouraged you to tune your car radio to a Christian station during your commute to and from work. For the week of solitude and simplicity, we encouraged you to turn the radio off. Now that the radio is off, use your commute time to talk to God. Make it a dialogue and not a monologue. Tell God your desires, and also spend time listening to Him.
5. The church is providing a prayer room that will be open this week from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sign up this morning with Cammie in the Welcome Center.
6. If you do not know what to pray, try praying scripture. The Psalms are a great place to start with this exercise.
7. If you are a light sleeper, try setting your alarm for a brief prayer time in the middle of the night. You may be surprised at how easy it is to hear from God when the rest of the house is quiet. 
8. If #7 would significantly disrupt your sleep patterns, find another time during the day when you can be alone with God. You may want to detour by a park on your way home from work, or bring a sack lunch to the office and spend time with God during the lunch hour.
9. Post your prayer requests to the Prayer Requests discussion board at www.go2clbc.org so others can join you in petitioning heaven for your concerns (member’s only).
10. Text a prayer request to CLBC. Set-up a new text to 41411. Begin your text message with ‘go2clbc’. For instance, it might say, “go2clbc Please pray for my healing.” Be as specific as you are comfortable.
11. Find a prayer partner. You can meet at the same time each day and conduct a prayer conversation with God. No long speeches, just short expressions of praise and request to God. As your partner mentions a request, join him/her in that request. Ask questions or offer insight about the request.
12. Try a different approach to prayer. If you usually do not kneel in prayer, then kneel this week. Why did this tradition start? Does it help your prayer life? Why or why not? You may try praying as you walk.
13. Show up early for worship next week and kneel at the altar in personal prayer and preparation for the service. 

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