The Posture of Prayer
September 2025
The Posture of Prayer
“Show me Your ways, O, Lord; Teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your Truth and teach me, For You are God my Savior; My hope is in You all day long.” Psalm 25:4-5
Dear Women who are praying,
I want to thank you for being in this prayer ministry. I thank God that He has given you a heart that desires to reach out to Him in prayer and pray for the women at NSCF. I shared a devotion at our H2P celebration recently and I wanted to share a shorten version here, praying it inspires your own prayer life.
I discovered my prayer life was in need of a Face-lift. What I mean by that -- just as our skin can lose its elasticity over time, sagging + needing a boost, our prayer life can grow routine, saggy and stagnant, too. I try to defy gravity by standing on my head or hanging over my bed in order to boost circulation. Inversion increases blood flow to your face and it definitely changes your perspective! You may wonder, what does this have to do with your prayer life?
I say my prayer life was saggy because I found myself going thru all the motions of prayer with A.C.T.S, praying for people, but checking off the boxes in prayer. I was missing the life connection with the Lord...crazy, I know! I was frustrated, not seeing growth + transformation taking place in my attitude, tone of voice with my husband, just to name a few! I wondered what was going on and came across this quote by Bob Sorge that
really spoke to my heart. “Things don’t change when I talk to God; Things change when God talks to me.”
This was a wake-up call and reminder to me that prayer was a 2-way conversation. BTW, I know that, yet, often, I had reduced it to a 1-way conversation by doing all the talking! I realized I needed to create margins and space back into my prayer time. It wasn’t about praying harder or longer, BUT taking time to align my heart with the Lord; not just going thru the motions, but inviting His fresh perspective to REVIVE my prayers!
Ps. 25: 4-5; Reveals 5 Heart attitudes that can pump life into prayers to prepare your heart to listen...
1st attitude: OPEN Heart. “Show me Your ways, O, Lord;” A heart that invites God’s direction. A prayer that begins with listening; not a list. “Lord, I’m ready to see what You want me to see.” My prayer life was sagging-- I was more focused on my own interests. Just as standing on your head shifts perspective + blood flowing to your face, taking time to ask God to show you His heart opens the door to fresh perspective in your prayer life.
2nd attitude: TEACHABLE Heart. “Teach me Your paths;” It’s one thing to ask the Lord to show you things, but when He does, are you willing to learn? Are you open to God’s correction + guidance? This heart attitude invites learning and spiritual growth, allowing His Truth to flow in and make changes in your life.
3rd attitude: SUBMISSIVE Heart. “Guide me in Your Truth + teach me;” This heart attitude yields to Lord’s leadership. You’re willing to follow His direction, even when you don’t ‘feel’ like it.
4th attitude: DEPENDENT Heart. “For You are God my Savior;” This heart attitude recognizes that God alone is your source, your strength, your all in all! Everything leans fully upon Him...
5th attitude: EXPECTANT Heart. “My hope is in You all day long.” An expectant heart looks ahead and waits with anticipation. Look up and rehearse the attributes of God... seeing Him! Prayer becomes LESS about what we want and MORE about seeing who God is. Prayer is an encounter with God. Can I ask you: what might change in your prayer life if you focused less on asking and more on aligning your heart with His? Inviting His
fresh perspective into your prayer time will pump His life into your prayers.
Blessings, Karen
The Posture of Prayer
“Show me Your ways, O, Lord; Teach me Your paths. Guide me in Your Truth and teach me, For You are God my Savior; My hope is in You all day long.” Psalm 25:4-5
Dear Women who are praying,
I want to thank you for being in this prayer ministry. I thank God that He has given you a heart that desires to reach out to Him in prayer and pray for the women at NSCF. I shared a devotion at our H2P celebration recently and I wanted to share a shorten version here, praying it inspires your own prayer life.
I discovered my prayer life was in need of a Face-lift. What I mean by that -- just as our skin can lose its elasticity over time, sagging + needing a boost, our prayer life can grow routine, saggy and stagnant, too. I try to defy gravity by standing on my head or hanging over my bed in order to boost circulation. Inversion increases blood flow to your face and it definitely changes your perspective! You may wonder, what does this have to do with your prayer life?
I say my prayer life was saggy because I found myself going thru all the motions of prayer with A.C.T.S, praying for people, but checking off the boxes in prayer. I was missing the life connection with the Lord...crazy, I know! I was frustrated, not seeing growth + transformation taking place in my attitude, tone of voice with my husband, just to name a few! I wondered what was going on and came across this quote by Bob Sorge that
really spoke to my heart. “Things don’t change when I talk to God; Things change when God talks to me.”
This was a wake-up call and reminder to me that prayer was a 2-way conversation. BTW, I know that, yet, often, I had reduced it to a 1-way conversation by doing all the talking! I realized I needed to create margins and space back into my prayer time. It wasn’t about praying harder or longer, BUT taking time to align my heart with the Lord; not just going thru the motions, but inviting His fresh perspective to REVIVE my prayers!
Ps. 25: 4-5; Reveals 5 Heart attitudes that can pump life into prayers to prepare your heart to listen...
1st attitude: OPEN Heart. “Show me Your ways, O, Lord;” A heart that invites God’s direction. A prayer that begins with listening; not a list. “Lord, I’m ready to see what You want me to see.” My prayer life was sagging-- I was more focused on my own interests. Just as standing on your head shifts perspective + blood flowing to your face, taking time to ask God to show you His heart opens the door to fresh perspective in your prayer life.
2nd attitude: TEACHABLE Heart. “Teach me Your paths;” It’s one thing to ask the Lord to show you things, but when He does, are you willing to learn? Are you open to God’s correction + guidance? This heart attitude invites learning and spiritual growth, allowing His Truth to flow in and make changes in your life.
3rd attitude: SUBMISSIVE Heart. “Guide me in Your Truth + teach me;” This heart attitude yields to Lord’s leadership. You’re willing to follow His direction, even when you don’t ‘feel’ like it.
4th attitude: DEPENDENT Heart. “For You are God my Savior;” This heart attitude recognizes that God alone is your source, your strength, your all in all! Everything leans fully upon Him...
5th attitude: EXPECTANT Heart. “My hope is in You all day long.” An expectant heart looks ahead and waits with anticipation. Look up and rehearse the attributes of God... seeing Him! Prayer becomes LESS about what we want and MORE about seeing who God is. Prayer is an encounter with God. Can I ask you: what might change in your prayer life if you focused less on asking and more on aligning your heart with His? Inviting His
fresh perspective into your prayer time will pump His life into your prayers.
Blessings, Karen
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