Praying and writing

Is your prayer life boring?

Are you in a rut and routine in prayer?

Or do you not like praying because you say the same thing over and over again?

Let me give you a very, very practical solution to breaking out of that rut:  Write out your prayers as you think them.

In other words - journal.  Get a notebook (or anything like that) and write out your prayers while you are praying them.

The greatest example of this is in the Bible itself - the book of Psalms. 

In Psalms, David starts with a question.  For example:  "God, how come my enemies are prospering when I'm trying to live for you and I'm not making it?"

And then he waits and writes down God's answer.

Psalms is basically David journaling his thoughts to God.

That will keep you focused. 

Your mind won't wander as your pray.

That will allow you to remember what you have said to God and what God has said to you.

That will allow you to test a word that God might give you.  An impression.

And who knows?  You just might end up writing a book and having it become a bestseller!  :)

Just a thought for a Thursday.