Study 1: Am I Growing in Prayer?
Heart
The video talked about prayer doing things–what kinds of things do you want your prayers to do?
Look at this list of things that prayer accomplishes and circle the 2 biggest areas where you need to grow:
Recognize more answered prayer
Thinking about God more
Thanking God more
Loving God more
Relying on God more
Fearing God more
Wanting more of Christ’s Kingdom
Wanting to see more of God’s glory in the world and in my life
Thinking about others’ needs more than your own
You’re more generous - leaving more time, money and effort in your budget to serve others instead of yourself
Responding to others with love for them instead of more selfish reactions
A desire to be honest and fair with everyone
Honoring and respecting others more
Wanting others to know Jesus, and having that reflected in the way you talk to them
Hands
Take the 2 things you circled and make 2 new all-the-time prayer reminders for yourself based on them. It will probably work best to make all-the-time prayer reminders (see week 4, day 2) or prayer cards.
Use the growth area as the theme of the prayer reminder. Come up with a short phrase to use for your “breath prayer”. Then jot down common examples of situations where you want to remember to pray your breath prayer. It might look something like this: