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I’m just going to say it: Prayer can be boring sometimes.

*Gasps*

I know I shouldn’t feel that way. Prayer should be this amazing time of communication between us and God.. but sometimes it’s just a little dry.

I want to spice up my prayer life. 

I don’t think God wants prayer to be something we dread doing. Prayer is our way of communicating with Him, and if we actually enjoyed praying, we’d do it a whole lot more.

 

So here are 4 creative ways to pray:

Do you ever find prayer to be a little... boring? Here are 4 creative ways to pray to help you enjoy your time of communication with God.

1. Play-doh

Trying to sit still with hands folded is a sure fire way for me to become scatterbrained and distracted whilst I’m trying to pray. So one time, one of my friends suggested that I pray while using play-doh.

And you know what? It worked.
Simply having something to do with my hands enabled me to pray a much more focused prayer.

Go figure!

So if you’re like me and find it hard to focus when your hands are still, grab a container of play-doh and start molding things while you pray.
You can even make shapes of the things you’re praying for! :)

2. Painting

Get out paint and a brush (or just use your fingers) and paint whilst you pray.

You can paint a picture to God or paint key words from your prayer, or combine the two and paint a picture with words overlayed.

This is something I have recently begun to do, and I love it.
I turn on worship music and use watercolors to paint a picture while I pray. And then sometimes I’ll incorporate words from a song or a Bible verse onto the painting.

3. Write a Psalm

The Psalms of the Bible are beautiful poems written to God. I love reading through them to gain inspiration to know how to pray.

Then one day I wondered, Why not write my own psalm to God? So I did, and it was a great way for me to express myself to Him.

Some days I’m not in the artsy mood, but I still want to pray in a way that’s out of the norm. So I write, because I’ve always loved to write. (Go figure, a blogger who loves to write, LOL!)

Click here for an example of a psalm I wrote after I lost my job this semester.

4. Go on a Prayer Walk

Need a way to pray that involves movement? Take a walk! And pray as you walk for the people and places you see around you.

Some ideas of where you could go prayer walking:

  • Down your street
  • On a nature trail
  • Around the outside of your church
  • Around your local high school
  • Through a mall
  • Through Walmart

I love prayer walking! Since I live in Texas, I just have to be mindful of the time of day that I go prayer walking. I went prayer walking around my church the other night around 6 and it was SO hot.

So if you live down south like me, keep the weather in mind as you prepare to go on a prayer walk. :)

Bonus: Prayer Journaling

I haven’t really kept up with prayer journaling as much as I’d like, but it’s definetly a fun and creative way to pray.

The other day I shared 12 blog posts to help us start prayer journaling. I’d encourage you to check that post out and explore the links I shared. They’re jam-packed with good ideas :)

Today, I want to challenge you to try out one of these methods.

Play-doh, paint, psalm, walk, or journal.

Try one out and see if you like it. :)

The important thing is that you pray. Not how you pray. God will hear your prayer no matter how you help yourself focus on Him.


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4 thoughts on “4 Creative Ways to Pray

  1. Ken Kranz

    Hi,

    My name is Ken Kranz and I am a recently retired Marketing Consultant.

    I am a member of St. Mary’s (Fishkill, NY) and am now spending my time looking for ways to use the talents I’ve been given to help in areas that I can.

    This all said, I was able to create what I’ll call a prayer tool. that uses Microsoft Excel to do some impressive things. One thing that is particularly impressive is allowing the user to say a prayer (The Lord’s Prayer for example) one million times in less than 5 seconds.

    This may just be a waste of your time … but, if you see things like this the way I do … using this tool to impress young people into using technology to become “million prayer millionaires” … we may both benefit by this.

    I’ll let you think this over and let me know your thoughts.

    Ken Kranz Consulting
    “The best way to predict the future is to invent it.” – Alan Kay

  2. Anna Watson

    Love these ideas. I’ve been using adult coloring books during my prayer time. I have an amazing grace and a coloring the psalms that’s perfect for prayer time :)

  3. Dion

    How amazing is this!!! I have been struggling with the same issues whilst praying and have felt like I keep on praying over the same things…kindof sounding like a broken record. Your methods are defenitely going to get my creative juices flowing and I am sure that better, deeper prayers and discussions with God will present themselves

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