ENC INC COMPILED NOTES FROM TABLE TALK:

1. If you are someone who has a war room, a place where you are quiet/still and spend time with God
in prayer, will you tell others about that and how you came to that discipline?

Commute to work (sometimes miss an exit!)

Before I go to sleep on my bed, reflect back on the day and the concerns
and needs which have come up

Running, trail walking

A downstairs couch, my office, a backyard bench, on my front porch with

my coffee so still there.

Having a designated prayer chair for the children from the time they
were small

In the car, or shower, or bathtub (alone, undistracted, quiet)

2. What are some of the groups best prayer tips for spending personal time communing with God? or
knowing what to pray for/keeping track of the things youd like to remember to speak with the Lord
about?

Before your feet hit the floor --asking God to bring to light what He
would have for you today. Before going to sleep at nightthank God for
the things he showed you that day.

Have a prayer group for accountability.

Reading written prayers by others help us focus on God and not on our
feelings of inadequacy at prayer.

Look in the Bible for passages that you can pray as prayers (Moms in
Prayer taught this, Beth Moore has a book called Praying Gods Word). This
also helps in beginning to pray aloud.

Photos, objects to remind us of the person or thing we are praying for. A

map of the world, an excel spreadsheet

Getting out of the house so Im not distracted.

Pray for Gods will.

Dont stop being amazed that we can be connected to God through Prayer.

When you hear of something to pray for, pray immediately, wherever you
are. If possible to pray with someone when they mention a need, just ask
if you can pray with them right then and not just say, Ill pray for you.
(Steven Curtis Chapman has a song Let Us Pray about that)

If you wake up in the middle of the night, ask what to pray for.

Keeping a journal of requests and how God answers. God sightings

journal.

Use a smart phone/computer to remember and remind (ie. on your outlook

schedule with a reminder, and a text automatically goes to the person
prayed for!) I use iCal in iOS and have set up a separate calendar for
prayerfrom the computer, it doesnt work from other devices. Requests
are entered as all day events, and show up at the top. I schedule them
for as long as I want to be praying for that, or on the day before or day of
a time oriented request. This way, its accessible on all my devices and I
can check to have it showing, or notonly looking at it when I have time
for focusing on prayer.

I learned from my parents about having a Day in prayer

Schedule it as part of your day.

When you noticed youve been derailed by a distraction, instead of

feeling guilty, pray for that distraction, and get back to it.

When your heart starts beating faster and you are nervous, you are
probably supposed to be praying about it!

You must practice to get more comfortable with it. Praying regularly helps
us get past the list of things we should pray for, and focus on
communion with God.

organic prayer opportunities being aware of Gods leading and His

conversation toward me.

Praying out loud also teaches our children how to talk with God (they also
cant read our minds!)

3. If you used to be uncomfortable praying aloud in a group, why was that and how did you get over it?

Im still working on it.

Coming up with the words to say used to be difficult. Unless someone

models it for us, you feel very self-conscious.

Learning how to add on to what someone else has been praying about.

popcorn prayer like conversation, you can interject short prayers of

agreement, or petition, or change a subject and not feel the pressure to
pray a lengthy prayer.

A pastor said he liked to hear new believers pray aloud because it was
sincere and was not about eloquence.

I need to feel safe with the people whom I am praying with. Prayer is so
intimate, I have to gauge whether I can be intimate with God in front of
certain groups.

4. Besides Matthew 6:9-13, What has been the best teaching youve had, or book youve read on
prayer?

ACTS = Adoration, then Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication

Modeling by mentors showed us how to pray specifically and out loud

The Pursuit of God, Tozer

Prayer, Richard Foster

Praying Jesus Way, (?)

With Christ in the School of Prayer, Andrew Murray (a free or cheap Classic
on Amazon. He breaks down Matthew 6:9-13 with written prayers after
teaching on every segment. His complete works are great!)

What Happens When Women Pray,

Practicing the Presence of God, Brother Lawrence

Prayer books by Chuck Smith, EM Bounds,

The Prayer of Jabez, Bruce Wilkerson

A Reminder about walking it out

5. For sharing with your prayer partner this week: Has Sin, lack of Prayer, or Denial about the war
were in kept me from my freedom in Christ? How can I move forward?