6 Tips for Encountering God In Prayer (Ignition Fall 2010: Main Session):

Prayer is key to the success of your journey with God, as well as the success of your Life Group.  Below are six tips to enhance your prayer life.

Plan to Pray:

• Set Aside 15 20 minutes each day devoted to prayer.

Adopt ways to avoid Mental Drift:

• Pray out loud
• Write down your prayers
• Walk while you pray
• Make lists of people/things to pray about

Pray Bible:

• As you read the Bible, pray through the scriptures that God leads you to.

Pray with Someone:

• This is a key for both accountability to pray, and avoiding mental drift.

Pray until you Pray:

• Pray until you move past the place of formalism into the space where you know that you’re connecting with God.

Learn to pray by Praying:

• God wants to connect uniquely and intimately with you, so learn how God is inviting you to pray by practicing prayer.