a prayer to jumpstart your prayer Life by Kerry Lawrence
 I will praise you as long as I live lifting up my hands in prayer so I'm 6034
 commit to prayer time our lives gets so crazy we get overloaded at work the kids have to be shuffled everywhere and then there are the unexpected things that pop up it's easy to let our prayer life becomes stagnant
 this year commit to spending 15 30 or even 60 Minutes the Lord on a daily basis pencil it in on your calendar so it becomes ingrained in your daily life
 pray without distraction sit down with your family and explain that you really want to lean into your prayer life this year let them know that from this time to this time each day you won't be available and that this is your prayer time make a sign for the door of your war room so your young children will know not to disturb you
 pray spontaneously a lot of people think that you have to be in church to pray but this is not true you can pray anytime anywhere it's always good to pray spontaneously
 if you run into a friend or hear of someone who needs prayer don't wait till you can write it down pray right then and there
 pray for people whose names float through your mind during your busy day Pray when you feel like talking or stirring in your heart praying this way is excellent because you never know if the person you are thinking of needs prayer at that very moment pray specifically take some time to step up your prayer game instead of blanket praying as we all do at some point when we're absolutely exhausted take some time to write down specifics if you know someone who needs surgery write a specific prayer for it if you know someone who is going through a divorce right a specific prayer for that
 if you know someone who just had a baby write down specific to pray over the situation
 if you know someone who just got engaged write a specific prayer for that
 praying specifically for a person or situation not only makes you feel closer to the Lord it makes you feel closer to the person but spray
 dear Lord I come to you over my prayer life right now
 I know that I have been left but have been so distracted lately
 I want to renew my commitment to spending time with you everyday but to jumpstart my prayer life again
 I'm scared that I will become distracted and fail like so many other times
 I pray that you will renew a passionate me for this part of my life I pray that I will have a fresh laser-like focus on spending time with you and I'm praying for others
 help me to recognize the stirring in my heart when someone needs spontaneous prayer help me to recognize when it's you that wakes me up in the middle of the night to be a Watchman and to have a clear deed to hear your voice and your name I pray amen