Ten - Day 25

How are you doing with your ten minutes of prayer? What? Or challenge is over? Well, I had another tip for you.

One way you can spend your time praying is by praying for the things you will be doing on that day... before the day begins. You certainly come in contact with people (either in person, on the phone, or via internet) that you can be praying for.

Here's an example from my life*:
Staff meeting - pray for the staff, families, and ministries they oversee
Lunch with student/leader - pray for that student/leader (may lead me to pray for other students/ leaders as it did this morning)
Planning meeting - pray for event logistics, attitudes, people coming, GOSPEL to be clear and responded to
Walk with roommate - pray for roommates, people living in the neighborhood we're walking in, for us to find a house in that neighborhood, for the church (it's in that neighborhood)
Coffee with a potential leader - pray for her, pray for others to come along side studentLIFE in leadership roles, for others in our body of believers to serve the church, for direction and discernment
Errands - pray for the other customers, for a chance to encourage someone, for the employees at the store (I try to go to the same person at each store so that I can build a relationship with them - Ana is at South Square Target. I'd love it if you would pray for her), for your attitude and motive behind your buying (yikes!)

So those are just some example of how you can be praying.



*I realize that some of you are moms that have the honor of staying home with your little one(s) and may feel like you don't have anything going on during the day outside of your little one(s). I could write a whole different post on that. But, I want to encourage you to be purposeful in two ways.

First, be purposeful in praying for others WITH your little one(s) - even if they aren't "old enough to understand." It will help you to be in the practice of praying in front of and with your children so that when they are "old enough" they will be learning how to pray. Oh, what an honor you have!

The second is this, be purposeful to reach out to your neighbors. I have seen that staying home all day can be draining. I recognize that raising children isn't simply a walk in the park. Bake some cookies with your little one(s), let them "write" a note, and walk next door. Yes, you will have to plan it... be purposeful. Again, whether they are "old enough" or not get in the practice of reaching out. Then (for those of you who think you may not have anyone to pray for) you will have at least one person to be praying for outside of your family and close friends.