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Praying Backwards: Transform Your Prayer Life by Beginning in Jesus' Name
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On the making of books [on prayer], there is no end. Others have given good examples and I commend those to you. I might just offer a quick two.

One is "Does Prayer Change Things?" This is a free ebook by Sproul and is good for a quick overview on prayer. Short. Punch. Free. What's not to love?

The next is a book by Bryan Chapell called "Praying Backwards". If you're looking to understand prayer from a more theological or Biblical stance, this is your book!

You asked about how prayer looks for us as individuals. There's a couple of practical things I do. I read a Psalm every day. I try to read it prayerfully and not on autopilot. Sometimes it happens. I accept it. That's why the Holy Spirit intercedes. I'm broken enough to need all the help I can get even on my best day!

Another thing I do is pray while I'm driving. It's almost like talking on a hands-free cell phone. It takes a minute or two to get past the self consciousness of it, but after that I really enjoy those prayers a lot. It's like a friend is in the car and I talk to God like that. No every day, but often.

Lastly, I write prayers like poetry. I think there's a place for extemporaneous prayer - but I also think that this casual 'jeans and tshirt' approach to prayer takes away from the solemn aspect of prayer. I write these prayers. I edit them. I read them aloud and chew on the words and see how they taste. I swap phrases in and out. I eventually land on a written prayer.

So this reading, chatting, writing "trilogy" works best for me. I add in the little moments during the day when I might say something that is directed to God but not really 'prayer' in a formal sense and I found a balance that works for me. You'll find a balance, too. Be willing to consider new ways of doing things. Perhaps singing a Psalm might be prayer. I don't believe that every word every time has to be a new, never prayed before, totally in the moment prayer or it doesn't count. I believe the Holy Spirit can be transformative and can take a song or a sonnet that is prayerfully offered and 'make' it into prayer.

[Ecclesiastes 12:12], please /u/versebot