Developing a Personal Prayer Life

Hello South Africa team. I apologize for the length of time it has been since the last blog post. I’m sure you are all getting very excited for your trip. Tonight I am going to write about developing a personal prayer life. You probably already have your own way of fellowship with God, so this will just be a few ideas that you might consider adding to your prayer life. These are some practical ways that can help to keep you accountable and consistent in your prayer and devotion time with the Lord. These points are drawn from an article I read on the International House of Prayer’s web page, which was written by Mike Bickle.

3 Tips for Developing and Keeping a Consistent Prayer Life

1. Schedule your prayer time. If you think of your time of prayer as an appointment, you may be more likely to “show up”. You wouldn’t miss appointments with friends, family or professionals, so don’t miss your appointment with the King. Setting a time establishes “when” you will pray.
2. Make a list. Most people will pray 10 times more just by scheduling and utilizing a list for prayer. It may seem legalistic, but many people who love God, confess they find it difficult to sustain a prayer life, and these simple tips are very helpful. Having a list will keep you focused on “what” to pray.
3. The 3rd tip is to have a right view of God. A right view of God will cause you to “want” to pray. A good way to test your view of God is simply to ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you, if there is any lie you believe about God. If he shows you anything, then you can ask him to show you the truth about God, so that you can replace the lie.

You can take these 3 ideas for developing a stronger prayer life and apply them to your prayers for the trip to South Africa. You are only a short 2.5 weeks away from the departure date! In the upcoming blog posts, I will be adding pictures of the individual team leaders and members. This way you will have names and faces of people who you will pray with and for.

~Sally, G-Trips Intern