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What helps you to overcome that obstacle?
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What helps you overcome obstacles in prayer?
I feel that a strong focus on intentionality has been extremely helpful in trying to overcome some of the obstacles common to prayer. Some of the approaches I have utilized to help with prayer include things like carving out specific times in the day exclusively for prayer – I pray in the morning, at lunch, and before bed – and running a timer during these times to make sure I am dedicating an adequate amount of time.
Keeping a running list of people to pray for, as well as thinking on scriptures I have memorized, has been helpful in fueling my prayers and also keeping me focused.
Lastly, I have been trying to bring God into my life, focus my mind on Him, by doing a lot of “micro-prayers” all throughout my day. For instance, if I get distracted at work, praying that the Lord will get me back on track, or if I am excited about something, praising the Lord in prayer for the excitement.
These steps have been really effective in fueling my prayer life – Of course, there is always so much more work to be done to fight that obstacles that attack us.
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God’s encouraging Words of His promises helps me to overcome obstacle in prayer.
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The Bible helps me to enrich my prayer life when my mind wanders or when I don’t find the focus to pray. I find the book of Psalms such a good starter for my prayers but I try to “collect” different passages along my readings.
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I must understand that time with God and developing that relationship is the most important thing I can do. It takes time, but I see that when I take that time with God, He will give more time to do other things that I must or want to do.
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To overcome that obstacle needs faith. Keep reminding myself the goodness of God. He loves me and needs me to trust him.