This past week, I participated a five day fast. One of the reasons for fasting is to give yourself more time to pray. So this got me thinking. Are there other simple things I could give up so I have more time for prayer?
If you’re wondering the same thing, here are three things you can do to have more time to pray:
Turn off the radio.
Rather than listening to you favorite 80’s hair metal band or that crazy morning talk show on your way to work, take that time to pray. Turn off the radio and have a conversation with your father. Just don’t close your eyes while you’re praying.
Stop Singing in the shower.
You really shouldn’t be singing in the shower anyways. You’re scaring yours kids and the dog. And if you don’t song in the shower, you’re half way there.
“But I do my best thinking in the shower!”
Then share those thoughts with Jesus.
Go before the throne…while you’re on the throne.
This is probable one of the best times to pray. It’s one of the few times you can lock yourself in a small room and nobody will bother you. Because nobody really wants to be in the same room while you’re dropping a bomb (unless you have a child under the age of five…for some reason they always want to join you). But God is a spirit and has no sense of smell. So you’re good there.
You don’t have anything else to do anyways. I know you’re planning on reading that magazine or finishing the next level of Candy Crush.
But the magazine will be there later and you can’t get to the next level anyways.
Well I hope this is helpful and not too offensive. Let me know if you have ideas for how to free up more random moments in the day to pray. Until then, I have to go before the throne.
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