The Prayer Process

It’s impossible to get close to Jesus and stay close to Him without developing an intimate daily conversation with Him. 

If I can get my prayer life right, everything else will fall into place.  Nothing changes unless my prayer life grows and transforms.

I have great dreams!  I have great hopes!  But nothing will change unless I become a person of prayer.  The Christian life is not sustainable without daily prayer, entering into the classroom of silence and reconnecting with God.  That will prepare me to go out into the world.

The Prayer Process is designed to facilitate an intimate conversation with God about not only the things that are happening in my life, but also the things that are happening deep in my heart and soul…..to discern God’s will for my life.

The Prayer Process:

1. Gratitude: Begin by thanking God in a personal dialogue for whatever you are most grateful for today.
2. Awareness: Revisit the times in the past twenty-four hours when you were and were not the-best-version-of-yourself ®. Talk to God about these situations and what you learned from them.
3. Significant Moments: Identify something you experienced today and explore what God might be trying to say to you through that event (or person).
4. Peace: Ask God to forgive you for any wrong you have committed (against yourself, another person, or him) and to fill you with a deep and abiding peace.
5. Freedom: Speak with God about how he is inviting you to change your life, so that you can experience the freedom to be the-best-version-of-yourself.
6. Others: Lift up to God anyone you feel called to pray for today, asking God to bless and guide them.
7. Finish by praying the Our Father.

Am I making spiritual progress?  Yes.  If I look back at where I was last year, I can definitely say yes.  Am I there yet?  NO. But progress is just that…moving forward in my spiritual life.

Today, I am scheduling time each afternoon to go through the Prayer Process. 

Jesus, fill me with the grace to set aside a few minutes each day to spend just chatting with you.

Amen.