Time to Pray

Grab the moment - don't feel you have to commit to a big time of pray, just pray throughout the day in short spurts.

• in the car as a passenger, while waiting for the children, or while they are asleep
• as you walk to the shops or from the park
• when you sit down of an evening, before the TV goes on
• and if there are no moments to grab - send up an arrow prayer that God will remind you to pray later on!

New ways to pray

Write down your prayers AND answers to prayers.  You can see how an problem has been resolved, how God has worked and it can be a real encouragement. (The Prayer Thread and Answers to Prayer on this site is testimony to this).

Pray a blessing with Christian friends whenever you meet.

If you take some time of quiet to pray, use a candle to focus as you pray.  As you light it ask God to open your heart to hear His will.  As you pray, know your prayers are taken straight up to God in heaven. At the end, blow out the candle, passing over the burdens of your heart to Him.

Wherever you regularly pray, put a bowl of water and a handful of clean pebbles.  For each prayer, hold the stone in your hand, and as you give the prayer to God, drop it into the bowl.  It is out of your hands.