Are you having trouble deciding what to pray for? It is difficult to incorporate prayer into your daily life. You feel like you’re repeating the same mistakes. You don’t have to be the only one who wants to change things. Prayer can feel stale or dry for many Christians. Prayer is a conversation with someone you love deeply and who knows you well. It can be difficult to tell or to deal with times when it seems like the conversation has become stale. The temptation to think of prayer as talking to God prayer for healing, rather than with Him, can be part of the problem.
However, we all have times when praying can feel like walking uphill. This is why we have created this list to help you find inspiration when you are struggling. Each item comes with a Bible verse to help you think and an example of what you might do to respond. It is not enough to be talking with a spiritual force that cannot easily be identified. What would it be like to have a conversation such as that?
Our restless aching is ultimately a longing for God. Connecting with God is essential. Prayer is essential. This is something we know in both our most reflective and our most desperate moments. This is when we realize our need to pray and attempt to get to that place. We struggle to reach that place because of our lack in trust and lack of practice. We don’t know what to pray for or how to sustain our prayer life.
You want to feel secure when you pray. God created everything and He is the only one who can hear and answer our prayers. It is important to acknowledge who you are speaking with and what makes Him unique when you pray.
Prayer is a conversation between God and you begin by calling the person you are speaking to by their name. Jesus starts with “Our Father in Heaven.” He then focuses on a specific person, the Heavenly Father with which he has a close relationship. While we all have the right to call God “Father”, there are times when it is necessary to speak with our Abba Father, Daddy God. God is made up of three distinct entities: the Father and the Son as well as the Holy Spirit.
There may be a room in your home that you can pray in, or your car in the garage at work. Be consistent, no matter where you pray. While it doesn’t really matter to God whether you pray in the bathroom or in a closet, it will help you focus on your prayer time if you have a regular time and place.