We Got to Pray to Make it Today

Hey-it's Juliana. Here's an OLD video you might like about prayer. McHammer used to give us some great stuff! :-)

Tonight Mike talked about prayer. Praying seems so easy...just talk to God, right? For something that seems so simple it sure isn't. Here's some things us girls came up with tonight to help us spend quiet time with God.

-Get in a routine-maybe spend a few minutes in the morning or at night with God.
-Read your Bible when you pray.
-Listen to music that helps you pray. (Note: Death Metal does not help you pray)
-Keep a journal if you like to write. You can go back later and see how God has worked in your life.
-Open your eyes and walk around if you start to get sleepy.
-Start small. Praying for 5 minutes a day is great!
-Pray about different things. You can tell God how great he is, get stuff off your chest, tell him what you're thankful for and tell him what you need.
-Set an alarm on your cell phone or alarm clock... Mike did this in college and it really worked!

One of the best parts about prayer is listening to God when he talks back to you. I'm not talking about some big booming voice coming from the sky! It can be a sense of peace God gives you about a difficult situation, or an answer to prayer that pops into your head that wasn't there before. Sometimes God uses our friends or a conversation to speak to us. The more we talk to God the more he'll talk back to us. Try it out!