Tips for Rejuvenating Prayer

It’s one of the strange twists of modern life, that faced with all the things I can’t change, I’m so slow to speak to the One who can change them.

Jesus says that, "I have a Father in heaven" who is very keen to hear me and answer. So, if your prayer seems one dimensional at best – here are some tips that might rejuvenate you:

•It takes a good five minutes during a quiet part of the day.

•It is a new day, so God's mercies are new (Lamentations 3:23).

•Remind yourself of God's will and goodness, just as the Lord's Prayer leads us to do (Matthew 6:9-13).

•Bring burdens to Jesus as he invites you to (Matthew 11:28) such as guilt, hardships, anxiety and worry.

•Each day there is real opposition and opportunity. Ask God to protect and use you (Colossians 4:6).

•Pray for loved ones and spiritual life in the home, remembering that God's power is "more than all we ask or imagine"(Ephesians 3:20).

•Think ahead in your prayers, committing to God the things of the week and think out in your prayers to people far away (John 4:35).

•Finally, "Lord what I know not please teach me, what I have not, please give me and what I am not please make me - for Jesus’ sake, Amen".

Sometimes praying is easy and natural, but mostly the mind wanders. Give yourself the best chance - remove any obstacle. Whatever it takes, do business with God.

—Rev. Greg Webster

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