So, let's talk about prayer...we all want to do it- especially we want to regularly pray for our children. If you're like me, though, it's easy to get overwhelmed with all the things you want to pray for your kids, and then I find myself only throwing up the occasional prayer as I think of it. Enter the monthly prayer calendar...click here to see it. It comes from a great blogger named Kat at inspiredtoaction.com. This has been such a useful tool for me and my family. It has a topic and a scripture to pray for your kids each day of the month.
We've added to it a little bit- since it only goes to day 30 and some months have 31 days, we have added praying for our children's future spouses on day 31. Also, we have added in people that we want to pray for on the number day of their birthday- we have written them in on the calendar itself. For example, my husband's birthday is October 10th, so on the 10th of the prayer calendar, we wrote his name...so at the very least, we're thinking and praying for specific people once a month. It has really helped my scattered brain to be more intentional about prayer for my kids, my family, and my friends.
What tips or tools do you use to improve your prayer life?
3 comments:
I don’t have the comment thing down yet so I don't know if thei will work, but I do have feedback. I use repetitive events like washing my hands or putting in my contacts to connect in prayer to certain people. I pray for my family and my class every time I put in or remove my contacts. I pray for my friends who are far away every time I put on my makeup. These daily acts help me remember to pray when I connect certain acts with certain prayers requests or times of thanksgiving.
Debbie
Good idea --thanks Carolyn Ill have to print that out and use it!
Ericka
Ericka- thanks for the encouragement!
Debbie-Those are great ideas! (And your comment worked perfectly!) Thanks for sharing. I think if we make prayer part of our daily routine we're much more likely to remember to do it!
Carolyn
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