What is the biggest challenge in your prayer life?
I know for me, it’s often my own impatience to get things done. I get distracted by my to-do list and in a hurry to get started on my projects. God wants me to slow down and make time to spend with Him.
I have three grown sons…and love each one dearly. But, I can tell you, the one that I’m the closest to right now, is the one who has been chatting frequently with me each week.
Personal communication is what builds a close relationship. If we want to build that with God, we need our daily Bible reading time (so that He can speak to us) and our daily prayer time (so that we can talk to Him).
I Thessalonians 5:17 (kjv) is such a small but extremely powerful Bible verse. It says, “Pray without ceasing.”
So, it’s important to be a Mary and take time to spend with the Lord. But, we do have to be a Martha during the day and be busy with the tasks that need to get done. Thankfully, we can pray while washing dishes and folding laundry.
Let me hear what your challenge is with your prayer life?
Oh yes I agree we need to set a specific time to spend with God. I am for early morning time before my day gets started. I need God every second of every day.
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I find that my grown daughters are a distraction. They seem to call always in the middle of my time with God. I know I can go back and finish, but often, there are things they have asked me to do. Then it takes me longer to get back to my alone time with God. I can always talk with God when I'm walking the dogs, or puttering in the garden. Those are my best conversations with God. When people think I am talking to myself and leave me alone cause I might be crazy. That works for me.
I think for me it’s not giving up. I know God answers my prayers but there are times I grow weary in praying the same things and not getting an answer. It sounds so selfish. My prayers aren’t all about my needs, I do praise him and pray for others. And He has answered some big prayers over the last two years so I don’t know why I get so upset about unanswered prayer. Sometimes my prayer life just feels stagnant.
Not getting distracted while praying and I’ve been thinking about dividing my prayer list so that I will make time to pray for each request at different times during the day (instead of feeling like I’m rushing through each one at one time). I guess that makes sense!
Determining when to persevere and when to accept God's answer as "no." I think it's difficult to continually go to God with the same issues. The Bible supports us going boldly, but I struggle when I feel like I have "nothing new to say." In our church, we've also been learning a lot on prayer---that it's far more than reciting a list of wants and needs--and focusing on worshipping the Lord and being thankful.
Oh yes I agree we need to set a specific time to spend with God. I am for early morning time before my day gets started. I need God every second of every day.
I love this new platform. So personable. It is always a pleasure to hear from you. Thank you.
Laurie Woodward
I find that my grown daughters are a distraction. They seem to call always in the middle of my time with God. I know I can go back and finish, but often, there are things they have asked me to do. Then it takes me longer to get back to my alone time with God. I can always talk with God when I'm walking the dogs, or puttering in the garden. Those are my best conversations with God. When people think I am talking to myself and leave me alone cause I might be crazy. That works for me.
I think for me it’s not giving up. I know God answers my prayers but there are times I grow weary in praying the same things and not getting an answer. It sounds so selfish. My prayers aren’t all about my needs, I do praise him and pray for others. And He has answered some big prayers over the last two years so I don’t know why I get so upset about unanswered prayer. Sometimes my prayer life just feels stagnant.
Not getting distracted while praying and I’ve been thinking about dividing my prayer list so that I will make time to pray for each request at different times during the day (instead of feeling like I’m rushing through each one at one time). I guess that makes sense!
Just taking the time to get started.
Sometimes just starting
Determining when to persevere and when to accept God's answer as "no." I think it's difficult to continually go to God with the same issues. The Bible supports us going boldly, but I struggle when I feel like I have "nothing new to say." In our church, we've also been learning a lot on prayer---that it's far more than reciting a list of wants and needs--and focusing on worshipping the Lord and being thankful.