When teaching about prayer, it’s easy to stick with the different aspects of prayer like expressing praise and adoration, confessing our sin, making petition, and thanksgiving. After all, we do find different aspects of praying in biblical examples and principles. We may point to some of the commands to be devoted to prayer, to always pray and not give up, etc..
But, what is it that will cause people to come to God in these ways persistently and consistently?
Help Students Want to Pray
Until we get to the point where we want to pray, our prayer life is going to more likely be ruled by our circumstances. When life gets rough, we’ll pray. When we need something, we’ll pray. And, what happens when prayer doesn’t seem to work? Answers don’t always come in the package we might expect.
Bible teachers can help their students get to the point where they want to pray when they help them understand that praying is about so much more than getting the help we need.
The acrostic in the Sowing Good into Our Lives resource, using the word ‘pray’, can be used with students as a discipleship tool to help them take a step back and understand how critical prayer is in their walk with God.