Let’s all admit it. At some point in time, we have found ourselves being lulled to sleep by the prayers of others in our group.
Or we have all had that experience of saying our good night prayers only to wake up the next morning to realize we fell asleep long before amen.
So what can we do? The good news is that there is a way to keep prayer time from becoming nap time.
get biology on your side
Think about what it takes for us to go to sleep. If we pray in a posture that we easily fall asleep in then we are setting ourselves up for failure.
So even though we might be more comfortable under warm covers with our head on a soft pillow, and our eyes closed maybe we need to change it up.
- You can instead try to kneel beside your bed to offer your prayers to God.
- Sit at your desk and write out all your prayer requests. As you write each request pray about it to God. It is harder to fall asleep while you are writing and sitting at a desk.
- put a rock underneath your pillow in the morning to remind you to pray before falling asleep.
Change your scenery stop your snoozing
With a little planning, you can say your bedtime prayers in style. Get out of the bedroom and change your scenery to fight off the snoozing.
- Have a cup of hot chocolate on your back patio looking up at the stars. As you contemplate the wonder of Gods creation lift up your requests to God.
- Take your bedtime prayers from your bedroom to the living room with your family. There is strength in numbers. You may fall asleep while the other people are praying. But they will definitely let you know when it is your turn.
- This may seem trivial but wait to turn the light off until you are done praying.
Ban boring from your prayers
Do you know why we sometimes fall asleep or get bored with our prayers? It is because we are not asking God to do big exciting things.
It is almost like we forget sometimes who we are talking to. I mean this is the same God that raised people from the dead.
So may we have the courage to ask our big God big things. And you know what the benefit of that is? Big things keep our attention and are exciting.
- Ask God for the impossible in your life.
- Stop focusing on the extent of your problems and start focusing on the power God has to solve your big problems.
- Get inspiration from scripture on what kind of big prayer to pray. Find people with your same problem that God saved as an answer to their prayer.
Repurpose your Routines for real breakthrough
Do you wash dishes after dinner every night? There are a million chores that have to be done in a household.
Many of them give us time to contemplate and think about life. These times can become repurposed for a real breakthrough in our prayer time.
- If your fold clothes talk to the Lord as you fold clothes.And maybe pray for each family member as you fold their clothes.
- If you have pets you have to let outside at night talk to the Lord while you are doing that.
- If you are a late night tv watcher mute the sound on the commercials and spend that time in prayer.
- This tip can be used for daytime chores also. Such as mowing the yard , mopping, etc. Think of all the extra time you will have gained in prayer.
