When I Don’t Feel Like Praying
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When I Don’t Feel Like Praying
When I Don’t Feel Like Praying
How to pray when you feel spiritually depleted
Situation where you just don’t feel like praying
1. Do not be ashamed because it happened to the best of us Romans 8:26-27 Paul says that he does not what to pray about. That is not the reality and is not normal do not be ashamed
2. In these situations, the spirit of God is interceding for us through wordless groans. He who searchers our hearts the Holy spirit can take our unspoken word, feelings etc. and give those to the Lord and intercede on our behalf,
3. God knows PS 139 1-4 You have searched me lord and know my weakness, my pain , my stress all those things that are blocking me from praying. Your already know hat is on my mind and what I feel the doubt , I can know that you know, you are familiar with all my ways before a word ins on my tongue you know the word that w we would speak
4. Try to identify the reason you do not what to pray , what is blocking you anxious thoughts again Psalm 139:4 show me what is going on why I am in the funk, depressed, disconnected and Lea me in the way everlasting. Take a few moments God show me why I am anxious and
5. You don’t always have to pray a long prayer. LI may not pray for very long but I don not go for very long without praying. The weight of thinking that a real prayer is a lone prayer, Lord Help me < Lord Remember me, God will honor that because He will see you are week and He will Honor that
6. Don’t’ Gal 6:2 find a friend that will pray for you. You may be in a season where you cannot pray for yourself. Somebody to cover you with a prayer of intercession, bring them to the elders and have them to pray
7. Read a prayer n the bible and simply read the prayers that
8. Psalm 51 a prayer of repentance, Col 1:9-13 how to pray for someone else pray it over their life PS 25 wisdom and guidance
9. Ex 33:13 If you need understanding Luke 18:13 Prayer of mercy when you make mistakes and are deep in Sin, please
10. Boldness Acts 4:29-30 You just have to find a prayer that is relative to the situation you are in or the trial at hand , believe me it is in the bible.
11. Hebrews 7:25 Jesus is interceding on your behalf, sitting on the throne making intercession for you, able to sympathize because He was tempted in all things, separated, loss of a loved one, people denying Him, Betrayed, distressed, fearful, In all these things He has experienced, haters etc. He knows the failings and the trials we face in our weakness in our
I have these seasons and it is normal for a believer to from time to time to struggle in this area. That is why you need to counsel your self with the Godly and have a person whom you know can get a prayer through and simply ask them to pray for you when you can not pray for yourself.