Lent 2021: A Story to Live BySample

In constant conversation 

Reflection:

I’m on a journey of relearning how to pray. 

My main way of connecting with God has always been through song, worshipping him, singing my prayers, even singing his word. Then, last year, I had an infection that left me with vocal pain, and the singing had to stop. I was all at sea! The challenges of the pandemic meant my roots needed to go deeper, and yet my main way of connecting with God had gone. 

Yet, God has been using this to pull me into new paths of discovering him. I stopped grieving over what I’d lost and started to experiment. I tried praying and singing in my head, but would just fall asleep. So, I’ve started prayer walking. I get easily distracted, so to help me focus, I’ve been using acronyms I can pray through. One has been TRUST:

Thanking God for his presence with me

Asking for more revelation from his word

Praying that he would use me for his glory

Seeking strength from him

Asking him to teach me his ways

How might God be using your current circumstances to draw you into new ways of praying and seeking him in this season? 

Author: Lynne Paterson 

Lynne oversees prayer at Tearfund.

TRUST was taken from the resources by Mike Bickle at the International House of Prayer.