10 Things To Pray About

Do you find yourself struggling at times to find new and refreshing things to pray about? We all do! I sometimes find myself on autopilot as I start to pray. Once we find ourselves praying for the exact same things over and over, we tend to get bored with our prayer lives. So, in an effort to spice up my own prayer life, I made a list of 10 things that may seem rather simplistic, but are truly worthy of our prayers.

1. The next time that you read your local paper, check out the obituaries. Every person that has died, has left behind family and friends. Pray for those that have been left to grieve. Ask God to give them the strength and courage to handle the death of their loved one. True, you may not know the person, but praying for another human being that may be suffering shows your compassion for another.

2. If you have been blessed with children and they are of school age, pray over your child's school. At the beginning of the school year, I wrote every teacher's name on a separate index card along with every staff member in my daughter's year book, and I choose a teacher and a staff member each week and pray over them all week. Pray for their families. Pray that they will find joy in their work. Remember, these are the people that see our children on a daily basis. They will appreciate your prayers, even if they do not know you or your child.

3. Pick a church member, any church member. If you go to church on a regular basis, pick a member at random and pray for that person and feel free to drop them a short note and tell them that you are praying for them. It will make them feel special.

4. Do you have a favorite star on television? Pray for them. Do you know how hard it is to be in the public spotlight and the pressure that comes with that? I read of a group that actually prays every day over Hollywood and its stars. The stars may not know you are praying for them, but God does.

5. Every town has low income housing areas. Pray for the people that live there. Pray that God will give you ideas as to how you can help the residents in small ways, big ways, any way!

6. Pick a college. Adopt a college to pray over. Any college. It is not easy to be a young student in college these days. There are pressures to party and do things that many years ago, were not there. Pray for all students that may be testing on any given day, that they will do well.

7. Pray for your spouse or significant other. Pray that God will keep you both faithful to the other. Pray that you can be a blessing to each other. Pray for a long and happy life together.

8. Pray for our government. We have a brand new President. An African American President. There is this new energy in America. History is being made. This is indeed a time of celebration. This is a time where we should all feel that any dream is possible if we all believe. Pray to God to keep that feeling alive in all of us. All things are possible with God.

9. Pray for those that live in the nursing homes. There are so many elderly people living in nursing homes all over the United States. They are lonely. Some spend entire days sitting in a chair looking out a window. I know an elderly man that sits in the corridor all day in his wheelchair just watching people walk up and down the hall. These are people that raised families, worked and attended churches in our communities. Pray that God will bless them with good health. Pray that God will use you to be a blessing to them.

10. Pray for yourself. Ask God to show you what He wants you to do. He will direct your path. God has a plan for all of us. We may not know what that plan is, but on the way to it, ask God to lead you to people that need help. You can be a blessing to others.