Prayer Ideas

[Mattf]

Hai fellow Christians,
I would like to pray to God diffrently everyday and not repeating the same prayers everyday,could someone help me create a simple framework so i dont repeat the same prayers everyday?


Thanks

 

[rustom]

Well there are a few ways to lighten your prayer life.

1. Engaging in activities
Whether it's helping someone out, being with friends and family, doing healthy activities can open up new requests and thanksgiving during prayer.

2. Praying for others
There are many people who are lost and in need and sometimes the only thing we can do is pray for them.

3. Posture
While this may be insignificant (and doesn't affect prayer), changing to a different position, such as kneeling, can sometimes affect what you say. It's a change nonetheless.

4. Talking to God
We have been reconciled to God through His Son. We can talk to Him whenever we want and we know He will listen (provided it is in accordance to His will). So think about when talking to friends, you talk about your troubles, something good that's happened or bad and you maintain your friendship with them. In the same way, we should constantly seek God, talking to Him about any problems, being overflowed with thankfulness, not hiding anything from Him so that we can grow closer.

There's also a post that a chaplain on this forum wrote about prayer here http://www.christianforums.com/t7785639/#post64437909 (top half) which is helpful.

in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.
- Ephesians 3:12 (ESV)

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
- Hebrews 4:16 (ESV)

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.
- Romans 8:26 (ESV)