Praying is something I really struggle with--what to pray about, not just praying about myself, and just praying at all. So this morning I decided to write down everything that I prayed about today. Here's the list:
-various friends (feeling tired or depressed, working a difficult job)
-my brother
-the country and the world
-the debt crisis
-greed
-starvation
-AIDS and other sicknesses
-people living in a dictatorship
-seniors (of high school and college)
-a friend's sick sister
-people applying for internships and jobs
-that people may keep the right priorities
-a friend's friend with brain cancer, and his family and friends
-wisdom to know what God wants me to do today
-doctors
-everyone with cancer and their family and friends
-that people would come to know God
-the rich
-Iron Man (fans, creators)
-people who are confused
-Hungary
-restaurants
-Uzbekistan
-that everyone has a good weekend
-safety for people who go out tonight
-the people in Europe who are trying to deal with the sudden cold
-friends in Austria
-people who are suffering from war
Things I thanked God for:
-food
-music
-the sun
-rain
-people who come to meetings
-peanuts and peanut butter
Thanking God always gives me a feeling of amazing, completely inexplicable joy.
Doing this--writing down everything I prayed about, I mean--really helped me to focus on praying, especially if I ran across something that needed to be prayed for. It was pretty amazing. I feel like the focus on prayer and thanking God made my day much more joyful.
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