Dec. 8, 2008 - Motivate Me Monday- Being a Woman of Prayer

I want to be a woman of prayer.  I want to stand in the gap and pray for my husband, my daughters, our family & friends, those suffering and needy, the lost, our nation, etc.  I don't always succeed at this... being a woman of prayer.  Actually, one of my prayers is that the Lord would help me to become a strong woman of prayer. 

My prayer life has seen a lot of different seasons.  I have had strong seasons of faithfully praying and others where I fall of the wagon,  praying little snippets here and there and thinking that is good enough, or that I will pray more later. How this must grieve the Lord.  He gave us this privilege to pray and yet I don't always treat it as the treasure that it is.  I have really been convicted of my laziness in this area.

A couple of weeks ago I began reading again The Power of a Praying Parent and The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian.  I had read both of these books several years ago and now going through them again I see that God has answered so many of my prayers for my family.  How many more answers to prayers would I see if I had been more faithful in this area? 

Do you struggle in this area? Are you wanting to spend more time with the Lord in prayer?  Maybe you have been a strong woman of prayer and have some great advice.....care to share?

Here are links to some more resources on praying and using God's Word in prayer.

The Power of a Praying Parent by Stormie Omartian

The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian

The next three are free pdf files.

31 Days of Praying for Your Husband

31 Biblical Virtues for Praying for Your Children

15 Ways to Make Prayer a Part of Your Everyday Family Life

These next two are articles by John Piper.

The Sovereignty of God and Prayer

A Conversation between Prayerful and Prayerless


Thank you Lindsay at Passionate Homekeeping for posting some of these links on your blog.


You can read more about Motivate Me Monday at Like a Warm Cup of Coffee.

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Dec. 8, 2008 - Sarah Mae

Posted by Anonymous

Robin, thank you SO much for these resources! I have been convicted of the same thing...in fact, I have been asking God to teach me how to pray and to pray effectively. I read a great article on prayer talking about praying until you pray, in other words, just start and eventually you will enter into the deep once you get passed your fears, insecurities, etc.

Thank you for this great post!

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Dec. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

I have both of these books, and have started each one, but have never finished either. I am motivated to get going on this. Like you, I want to stand in the gap and intercede for my family, and be very intentional about it. Thank you for this post!

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Dec. 8, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by HeritageofHome

I agree with you! I need more prayer! Thoughtful, diligent, earnest prayer! I confess that I pray little prayers as people or thoughts come to my mind throughout the day, and I do thank the Lord for being able to pray. But, I am very sure that I need more prayer time, making time, purposeful time. Thank you for your post, it is encouraging to me!

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Dec. 8, 2008 - Prayer

Posted by Gayle

Robin, thank you for the links. I printed out the 31 days of prayer for your husband. Have a blessed day!

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Dec. 10, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

Thanks for these resources and for the encouragement about prayer.

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Dec. 14, 2008 - Thanks for posting!

Posted by HoneyBee10269

Oh yes prayer is one of my struggles too! Not necessarily the act of prayer...I have gone thru ups and downs of praying and not praying and feeling guilty when I haven't been praying as I should...but there have been times when I think about all that needs to be covered in prayer and I can get so overwhelmed by the enormity of it all and so I in a sense shut down for a while. I saved the 3 articles 31 days praying for husbands, and kids...and the 15 days one...to help motivate me into a good prayer time again. So thanks for the encouragment!

God Bless,
Melissa

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Dec. 18, 2008 - Prayer Life

Posted by Growing Daily

Too often I to find my prayer life extremely lacking. It is amazing how resistant we can become, and the longer it takes us to return to prayer, the harder it gets. Another great resource for prayer is www.prayingscriptures.com.

Thanks for the great post!
http://dailyharvest.blogspot.com/

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