Archive for 'Challenges'
How Challenges Work- target 19th Dec
Posted on 13. Oct, 2010 by Ruth Sheath.
The aim of these challenges is to:1. Provide some ideas and guidance of how to grow in knowledge and strategies/skills in different areas of the Christian life. 2. Provide a motivation for working on and growing in these areas by giving a timeframe to work towards and accountability to someone 3. Help to clarify your ideas of what you are learning as you put it on to paper or try to explain it to someone else.
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Take up the prayer challenge!
Posted on 09. Oct, 2010 by Ruth Sheath.
Our almighty Father God has saved us and wants us to pray to Him and to use us through our prayers for His good purposes. Yet most of us struggle to pray, let alone “devote” ourselves to prayer or to be “faithful in prayer”. Take up the prayer challenge with your families during the rest of 2010.
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A family prayer time book (for younger families)
Posted on 09. Oct, 2010 by Ruth Sheath.
Depending on the age of your children you could aim to pray for one thing/person/family a day or you could pray for a number. Here are some suggestions…
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A family prayer list
Posted on 09. Oct, 2010 by Ruth Sheath.
Here is a document you can download to help you create your own family prayer list…
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Strategies for Prayer
Posted on 19. Sep, 2010 by Ruth Sheath.
Plan to Pray -think of when you would like to pray and aim to make that a habit eg in the car on the way out for the day, before you get up, at meal times… (use a physical reminder such as a sticker initially until it is a habit) Practical ways to stop mental drift –
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Personal Prayer
Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by Ruth Sheath.
You do not need to use a prayer list to have a Christian Prayer life! We are called to devote ourselves to faithful prayer not to a prayer list. However, I have found a list to be very helpful in focusing me and helping me to be diligent in prayer.
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About prayer?
Posted on 16. Sep, 2010 by Ruth Sheath.
Our almighty Father God has saved us and wants us to pray to Him and to use us through our prayers for His good purposes. Yet most of us struggle to pray, let alone “devote” ourselves to prayer (Col 4:2) or to be “faithful in prayer” (Romans12:12). So why can prayer be such a struggle, and what does the bible have to say about it?
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