Random Acts of Prayer

I love my mom.  One of the things that she taught me as a child was to pray fervently.   She prayed in the car, the shower, at the table, even in her frustration she prayed out loud.   This is one of the most important traditions that I hope to pass down to my children.   I admit that I am a fervent prayer.   I do not always, however pray out loud.  I think because my mother was such a powerful woman of God I have often times felt intimidated to pray out loud.   I am working on getting over this fear, however, and here are some of the ways I am trying to seize the opportunity to pray.

1.  Every time we hear a siren.  This one my mom passed down to me.  We always took a moment to pray for the emergency teams whenever we saw an accident, or heard some sirens driving by.

2.  Prayers of praise.  It is surprisingly simple to stop and pray a short prayer of thanks multiple times a day.  My kids love this one because we thank God for the good things that have happened all day.

3.  License plate prayers.  This is a new one that I absolutely love.  I pray for people that are driving with me.  It started a few weeks ago when I noticed the same license plate of a little old man who is always on route with me in the morning.  I see his car a few times a week and whenever I do I pray for the man who drives the car with license plate XXX XXX.  I have branched out and on every drive I pick one person I see and pray for them.  You never know what God is going to do with that prayer.  

4. Facebook prayers.  I pray for friends on facebook.  I pray for everyone who I see is having a bad day, or a struggle.  Sometimes I pray for someone who is having a great day, but facebook keeps us so connected why not use it for prayer?

5.  Praying out loud with groups of people.  One of the things I have learned is that praying out loud is more important than worrying about the words, or if I stumble over what to say.  It doesn't matter if I am the most eloquent and well spoken person in the room.  Lifitng up my voice to the Lord is enough.

6.  PUSH prayers.  This is a new idea that a friend gave me.  Basically, PUSH stands for Pray Until Something Happens.  I have a list of 5 PUSH prayers.  I pray for these 5 things constantly, and when something happens I update my list.  

Other ways you can pray:

Pray before meals, pray for leaders, pray for your children at schoo,l, pray for unborn children etc.   Just get to praying!!


^" Rejoice always,  pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18