Does prayer change things?

Does prayer change things? Yes. Yes, it does.

I have prayed many prayers over the years and aimlessly prayed wishing for God to grant my desires. Boy, was I misguided! I thought that if I believed in God and asked Him for my desires that He would provide. I was disappointed time and time again with empty wishes.

It wasn’t until I was completely broken and doing things on my own that God really reached me. I started to get it. I started to rely on Him instead of just demanding things that I wanted. My world, my way. Not His way.

As I struggled through loneliness of my college years, entered the battle of a blended family, experienced the controversy of co-parenting, brawled with bitterness, had unpleasant experiences with unmet expectations in marriage, pined for pregnancies, experienced the pains of parenting, God grew me through them all. It was in those struggles that I truly learned to pray. Prayer changed me.

While my circumstances didn’t change immediately nor did every circumstance end the way I would’ve hoped for, my fervent pledge to prayer changed my perspective over time. I began to see things the way that God sees things. I began to see me the way that God sees me. I began to see others the way that God sees others. I began to see inconveniences as divine appointments. This is why prayer is so important. Prayer may not always change the circumstance but it can change your mentality.

Wondering how to improve your prayer life?

Here are ways to improve your prayer life starting today!

1. Learn how to pray. When I truly learned how to pray, things changed. I learned the structure of prayer and how I could apply it to my own life. Download my free elements of prayer guide and get started pumping up your prayer life!
2. If you’re married, pray together! You heard me, pray together. I know praying out loud can be difficult and awkward and make you feel like you don’t know how to pray, but just do it. Download my Pray Together, Stay Together guide on praying together as a couple. This guide gives you 12 devotionals to do as a couple and scripted prayers to help give you the structure of prayer as a couple.
3. Create prayer lists! Create lists of people and things to pray for and refer to them regularly. This will help you keep track of all of the needs of yours and of others that you commit to pray for.
4. Pray immediately! When someone needs prayer, pray immediately. Don’t just say, “praying for you!” No, actually do it. Then you can let them know that you have already prayed. Be a doer, not a sayer. Pray immediately.

If you’re looking for a change, pray.  I promise you won’t regret investing time into your prayer life.

Looking for more? Check out the links below.

How to be Content in Life

Book of Prayers for Marriage Healing

If you’re looking for prayer within your marriage, I got you.  I have a guide to prayer for your marriage.  Download my guide and start growing in prayer in your marriage with your spouse!