Advice on Prayer
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Oh wow. I'll have to listen to those when I get home. I also have a copy of Thomas Watson's The Lord's Prayer and I have read some of Matthew Henry's A Method for Prayer on Google Books. I have been convicted of the need to spend more time in prayer lately, and to improve the quality thereof.
Idelette
Puritan Board Graduate
I have a lot great resources on this topic that I will share later, but really quickly I just wanted to say that I think one of the main things about prayer, is to remain consistent with it! We won't always "feel" as though our prayer life is going well, or we'll often be tempted to think that our prayers need to be more zealous at times....but consistency through it all is what is most important. I once read something along the lines of: "It is not the length of our prayers, or the words we use, or the fervency behind them, but it is the OBJECT of our prayers that matters most". I'll post more later...
jrdnoland
Puritan Board Freshman
A few things that help me:
1. Make a list of things to pray about. Work your way down the list every day. Add / subtract as necessary.
2. Pray after reading a devotional that inspires you.
3. Pray after reading scripture. Pray back slightly modified versions of Paul's prayers.
4. Pray about praying.
1. Make a list of things to pray about. Work your way down the list every day. Add / subtract as necessary.
2. Pray after reading a devotional that inspires you.
3. Pray after reading scripture. Pray back slightly modified versions of Paul's prayers.
4. Pray about praying.
Jack K
Puritan Board Doctor
I seldom recommend books here. I figure you want a quicker response. But Paul Miller's A Praying Life is exactly what you're asking for. Not instructions or theory as much as personal stories and experience from a man who could rightly be called not an expert but a "heavy user." He's far more qualified than I am to help you out.
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