How to Create a Prayer Routine: Building Your Prayer Closet
Many women long for a deeper prayer life but feel unsure where to begin. Prayer can seem intimidating, inconsistent, or reserved for people who “have it all together.” But prayer was never meant to be complicated. It was meant to be relational.
In the language of the Discipleship House, prayer begins in the Prayer Closet. This is the inner room of the house, the place where we step away from noise, striving, and performance to simply meet with God.
As Was His Custom: Prayer
Prayer in the life of a believer is both essential and incredibly powerful. Prayer is, perhaps, the most important aspect of one’s life in God. Prayer is how we connect with God the Father and participate with him in His work on the earth. To be effective as a believer, we need to learn how to pray-to be continual students of prayer. What better way than by learning directly from the prayer life of Jesus.
As Was His Custom
Right then, it occurred to me that Jesus led a life filled with habits and customs that He had done His entire life! And He had a lot. If you've heard the term "spiritual disciplines"- they are taken from the habits of Jesus. There's a reason for them- so that we can literally follow in the footsteps of Jesus.