Study 2: Hand Obstacles to Prayer
Head
Tying prayer to certain times or activities during our day brings consistency to prayer. Here are a few ideas to start with: before a meal, at kids’ bedtime, before bed, while driving. You can also set alarms or reminders to help you.
Identify several landmarks during the day that could remind you to pray.
Additionally, God gave us the Sabbath as a day to focus more on him. Do you spend more time in prayer on the Sabbath?
Heart
Are there specific prayers that have become robotic? Identify those, and next time, stop and think before you pray.
What’s your initial reaction to spending time in extended prayer on Sundays? What keeps you from doing that? Why are you reluctant?
Hands
For the rest of the week, try to pray more deliberately at your routine prayer times.
Pick one day and set three reminders to pray at specific times.
This Sunday, spend additional time in prayer. Pick a duration that feels like stretch but is realistic for you.