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Tim Dawson, Prayer Ministry Leader Tim is an NTS Seminary Student pursuing an MDiv with a Minor in Hospital Chaplaincy. He and His wife Andrea have been married 9 years. Tim has undergone over 60 surgeries in his life time and uniquely understands the Power of Prayer

Prayer

Prayer is not a science, but that doesn't mean we cannot use methods in prayer!

    I sometimes can get mixed up in my prayer times.  I forget when I am asking God for help or when I am waiting on Him for an answer.  One method I have found that has worked for me to keep my praying structured has to do with how I position myself physically when I pray.  I don't mean laying down verses standing or walking.  Usually when I do my morning prayer time I am sitting, usually in a rocking chair or porch swing.   I find that the motion of the chair or swing helps to keep me awake! 

    So there I am swinging away, but that is not the only positioning I want to write to you about.  This next step is the most helpful part; as I begin to pray I put my hands on my knees, with my palms pointing down, and my fingers draped around my knee.  If I were to pull my arms straight up into the air, my hands would be in a position that would look like I had just dropped or released something I had been holding onto.  That is a key point to understand!  The first parts of my prayer time I am bringing my needs and desires to the Lord and dropping or releasing them at His feet.  Giving them over to His control, I know longer have to carry those burdens alone!  Praise the Lord!  He is now carrying them, and he is supporting me as I go throughout my day.

    Now comes the second part, this is the part that most folks skip over, but I believe it to be the most important part of our daily time with the Lord.  Once I have dropped all my concerns at the Lords feet, I then turn my hands over, palms facing upward in a receiving posture.  God wants so much to communicate with us, but in order for communication to work it must be a two-way conversation.  We speak, then we wait for His response.  Holding my hands out in a receiving posture helps me to remember to wait and receive from Him. 

    I challenge you to try this method in your daily prayer time.  I pray you will find it as helpful as I did.  After you have tried this for a few days or weeks, come see me at church and let me know how this is working for you, I would love to hear from each of you!