Prayer - A Daily Dose Will Do It!

Prayer is a dynamic activity that requires purpose and effort. When I find myself disciplined in a daily ritual, I also find that I feel more at peace with life, no matter the ups and downs. For me, prayer comes in the form of frank discussions with God, out loud or in my head while doing daily chores or driving. In the morning, prayer comes in the form of quieting my mind and merely listening while trying to turn off the chatter in my brain. When successful (this is the most difficult kind of prayer for me), it is a calming way to begin the day. I tend to be more productive on days that I start with this type of prayer. Other days, I pray through reading proverbs or scripture. Sometimes I sing songs from my kids’ bible camp song CD and use that as my prayer time. No matter the form, prayer is critical for me to be successful in life. I define success as living a purposeful life that works towards making the world a better place than it was before I was here.


With that as my goal in life, prayer is necessary to guide me towards my purpose. I have recently been introduced to Richard Foster and Julia Roller’s “A Year With God” (a good book to help wtih the daily prayer ritual). In this book a portion on prayer talks about the guilt we tend to feel because we do not pray enough or correctly. The book goes on to say that we should not feel guilt, just start to pray any way you can then the Spirit will move you along. We are human, and therefore perfectly imperfect. Pray whenever the thought hits you in any way you can and you will see your life transform as well as the lives around you. Instead of giving yourself a hard time for not praying enough, celebrate the times you remember to pray. In doing so, you will find yourself celebrating daily before you know it!

Romans 8:26 - 

We do not know how to pray as we ought, but that very Spirit intercedes with sighs too deep for words.

-Eva Marie