Prayer

I just want to share 2 things I found about prayer in the last couple of days. After a time when I pray a lot, I find it more difficult to concentrate and it's also more difficult to pray, because I tend to cover the topics superficially and, to be short, I don't feel that I'm doing a very good job. One of the things that can help and that I think is a great idea is to keep a prayer diary, containing not only the prayer requests and the dates, but also God's answer and the date of the answer. I think this is a wonderful way in which we can see how God works and we can also learn to patiently wait for Him to answer.

The second thing is praying with somebody else. Because it is more likely to make a list and systematically go through all the things you need to pray about. And because it is so much easier to pray when there are two people (I think God intended it to be that way, because it feels so much easier). And one last thing I found this morning is that praying in a foreign language really helps keeping the focus on the things you are saying. I know God doesn't like routine, when we try to vary our way of relating to Him, it always works.

Currently listening: Mozart - Concerto for flute and harp