how I (should) pray every day | a strategic approach

The Joshua Project asked: "Pastor Bryan, how do you personally pray on a daily basis?"

Here's how I plan my prayers...

If you have thoughts or ideas, please let me know in the comments.

[Sojourningmomma]

When you said that you pray for the people within your congregation using the directory, I am brought to tears. I haven’t had a pastor in over a decade. My family and I left a “Christian cult.” That you would care for the sheep like that…I pray to find that. Thank you for your videos.

[MichaelWittrock-krgy]

I learned this acronym when I was an Elder at Beautiful Savior LC-MS in Broomfield CO. ACTS, Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication.! it works! Pastor Emeritus Wittrock of CTSFW.!!

[mikeduke]

Thanks pastor. I’ve never met a Christian who doesn’t struggle with prayer. I think we’ll all continue the struggle but guidance is always helpful. If I can implement just one of your suggestions, I’ll feel I’ve gained. Please pray I will. 😁

[jamescawdell]

Thank you so much! I'm an anglican (and recent) ordinand in England. Moving to college has forced me to change my pattern of prayer, this has been so helpful!

[noelkm]

Thank you so much Pastor. I struggle with what and how to pray and I'm easily distracted.

[bencurry]

Thank you for this structuring! Planning to have Sundays be my day to go through my student roster this year, and hoping that helps me stay on top of it.

[gracelyn]

Is it crazy that I sometimes cry a little bit while watching your videos??? I literally feel your aura, like an overwhelming feeling of happiness, I've never felt this before. I can not stop smiling while looking at you and sometimes cry. I genuinely feel as if God there (inside you) not the best example lol just cannot describe it.. Thank you so much, sometimes I just watch your videos when I'm feeling down. So much love to you and your family, all the way from Australia❤

[thom]

Always helpful just to be reminded that praying is a struggle. We tend to think we're doing it wrong if we're struggling with it.

[heidigusset]

Thank you Pastor Wolfmueller. Your video was very helpful and challenged me to organise my time in pray so that it is more structured. As you prayer for Fiji am praying for a faithful Lutheran church in Switzerland. I will now pray for Fiji too.

[mch]

Really like your "mind dump" section, a great idea!

[heidiclark]

Is there a place to find a consolidated list of those 18 prayers of Paul? I googled and found a much longer list of prayers (seems to have a less discriminating definition of a prayer) and I’m curious what you use.

[johnooley]

I would love to get a pdf on the sons of Salomon prayer folder if you ever put those together for easy sharing.

[hei]

Very organized prayer! And very lutheran as well. :)
I do a lot of scripture prayer by praying the office of the hours.
My difficulty is more in fitting in my personal prayer time and to become really still and attentiv to God, to let myself be touched without plan or schedule ...
(Came over here from Gospel simplicity.)

[mrdinx]

A great insight into pastoral prayers.

[jillbayer]

That was very helpful. It's hard to concentrate normally but I don't want to insult God with my meandering mind. So I'll definitely use a few of those tips.

[judithtaylor]

Thank you for this practical guidance.

[PeaceIsJesusChrist]

The app, PrayerMate, is awesome! It basically does the same thing except it’s all digital. It rotates through different lists of prayers/people, etc so that after a couple weeks or so, you’ve prayed through it all, and you can have certain things set to pray for daily. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to pray strategically! ....and I need to get back into the habit of that myself! 🤪 God bless everyone! 🙏🏻

[Outrider]

Wow... that’s a very good setup. I’m going to share this with my pastor!

I think I’ll borrow some of your ideas as well, if you don’t mind, Pastor.

[theleastartic]

Thank you so much, Pastor! This is really helpful (& you look so healthy!).

[denisechoate]

Thank you for demonstrating your ideal prayer time. I have already shared this video with my husband so that we can work on our own ideal prayer time.