Prayer is not an art to be mastered, but a way into an ever deepening experience of the love of God through our lives.
- The hardest thing about prayer is beginning. So just start. Your longing for God and your wanting to pray are the beginning of a relationship that can grow and grow. Tell God that you want to know Him and love Him, and let Him make the next move.
- Invite the Holy Spirit to pray in you and teach you to pray.
- Find time to pray. Set aside special times for prayer.
- Find people to pray with – we need support. Remember, there is no such thing as private prayer; we are surrounded by the prayer of others.
- Build prayer into the rhythms of daily life.
- Make your home a place of prayer.
- Find a way of praying that is right for you. Explore different ways of praying. Listen as well as speak; give thanks as well as make requests. Try to make sure your prayer is marked by adoration, contrition, thanksgiving and supplication, but don’t let particular methods get in the way.
- Don’t look for results.
- Make your life a prayer. Use your times of prayer to make the whole of life prayerful.
- Don’t give up when it gets hard. Trying to pray is praying,and God is present even in the darkness.
