Many times you must have questioned yourself about why you don’t pray often, even if you’ve the urge to. Sometimes you may plan to pray and end up falling asleep or talking with friends till it’s past your bedtime. You hear most of your Christian friends talk about how much they have prayed, some even have a prayer closet or space and use it to pray every single day, while you are still struggling to keep up with once a day prayer. Find yourself in this shoe? Well, we’ve got tips for you on how to improve your prayer life and help you pray often. Read till the end to find out.
Prayer
Prayer is the lifting of your heart and soul to God. When people hear prayer, most people think it is all about protocols and rules. Closing your eyes, kneeling on the head floor– because that is a must, and praying out loud. Many people that aren’t comfortable with it think it’s a big deal and hence tend to move away from it. It really shouldn’t be that way. Prayer is an intimate session with God and intimacy is relative according to your preferences. God also tells us in Colossians 4 vs 2 “Keep on praying and guard your prayers with thanksgiving.” Hence make it your moment to talk to your creator like it’s just you and him on a walk.
5 Tip To Help You Pray Better
Ever feel like you don’t know how to pray or you are not at the prayer level you pictured yourself in the past. Just think of Jesus teaching his disciples how to pray.
1. Set A Convenient Prayer Time
Setting a prayer time may seem easy at first until you have missed it a couple of times. Sometimes we set prayers at times when it feels like we would be free or as the last thing of the day. Oftentimes we sleep off or end up coming in later than that time. That is why it is best to set payer times at conducive hours of the day. The time when you are most comfortable. It doesn’t have to be the last thing at night. You can say it just after a meal, when you still have all the energy. This also means you have to be disciplined enough to stick to it even at the worst times
2. Steer Clear Of Unnecessary Distractions
It is one thing to set a standard prayer time for yourself and then it is another thing to actually pry yourself away from every other activity in order to pray. Distractions will come, yes, but your ability to maneuver those distractions and come to your prayer position should be learned. The word of God God us in Matthew Ch 26 vs 41 “Stay alert and pray so that you won’t give in to temptation. The spirit is eager, but the flesh is weak.” One way to pull yourself from distractions is by making a quiet corner, an altar in your home or having a prayer closet.
3. Take Up A Comfortable Position
For you to have an effective prayer time, you need to take up a prayer position you are more comfortable with. During discomfort, our minds tend to shift away from the main focus and instead focus on the area of discomfort and that can make you shorten your prayer time so you can finally be comfortable. Many people may want to kneel and many others may have some form of knee or back pain and may want to sit back while many others may just want to lay their head on the bed after a long day’s work. As far as you have the utmost amount of comfort and focus, it’s fine. Except on occasions where you want to just kneel or stand.
4. Have A Prayer Partner
Many people find it difficult to pray and that may be due to so many reasons. The lack of prayer points, no time or distractions. Having a prayer partner comes in handy because it helps you keep in touch with your prayer life. This partner gives your soul the boost to pray. They can call, text and set up a meeting with you to discuss your spiritual life and how to become more prayerful. To get a prayer partner, you can confide in someone and tell them the difficulties you are facing as regarding your spirituality and as a recommendation of a good prayer partner or they could volunteer to help you themselves.