Prayerful Listening
Perhaps others can relate to me. I find that there is the temptation for prayer to become an item on my checklist of things to do for the day. And even worse I find sometimes that I ramble off the things that are at the top of my head and then close off the prayer. I think it's easy to forget that prayer is as much listening as it is speaking. I'm no scholar but I'm find more power in prayer when I pray like this:
-Clear my mind from the activities and stress of the day
-Start with thanks giving, praise and repentance
-Ask the Holy Spirit to speak for me and to help me pray
-See (imagine) the Father listening to me
-Patiently start listening for how the Spirit may be trying to guide my prayer
-Start praying for the needs of others (and listening for God to speak to me)
-Start praying for my needs (and listening for God to speak to me)
-Tell God I'm listening and waiting for Him to speak
-Wait a while for God to speak
-Close with thanks giving and praise
-Clear my mind from the activities and stress of the day
-Start with thanks giving, praise and repentance
-Ask the Holy Spirit to speak for me and to help me pray
-See (imagine) the Father listening to me
-Patiently start listening for how the Spirit may be trying to guide my prayer
-Start praying for the needs of others (and listening for God to speak to me)
-Start praying for my needs (and listening for God to speak to me)
-Tell God I'm listening and waiting for Him to speak
-Wait a while for God to speak
-Close with thanks giving and praise
posted by Montana Quiring at 5:22 AM
1 Comments:
It is interesting that you should be choosing this way to approach prayer. I think it is great. I would also suggest another form of prayer called Lectio Divina. It is a more medieval form of prayer that is quite helpful and it is also great because it involves scripture. Check it out...give it a try. Let me know what your experience is. Love ya.
Z
http://www.valyermo.com/ld-art.html
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