I see a lot of posts about praying with the kids and going to church but I'm curious what your personal prayer life looks like. Do you pray every day? Morning and night? Just when you're in crisis? I feel like mine is pretty inconsistent and I want to get better at it but not sure where to even start. Looking for honest answers not Instagram answers.
Mine is honestly really sporadic. Some weeks I'm consistent morning and night, other weeks I'm just praying when I'm stressed or grateful for something. Been trying to figure out if that's enough but honestly I think God meets us where we are.
I struggle with this too because I feel like I'm supposed to be the spiritual leader but my prayer life is basically non existent most days. What are some practical ways you've built a habit that actually stuck?
Honestly it's mostly crisis mode prayers for me. When the kids get sick or something scary happens, suddenly I'm praying hard. Not saying that's ideal but at least I'm not pretending like I'm more disciplined than I actually am.
The posts about praying with kids are great but yeah the personal prayer life is way more inconsistent for me. Some nights I'm out cold before my head hits the pillow, some mornings I get 10 minutes to myself before everyone wakes up and I use that time to pray.
I've tried the every day routine thing and always felt like I was failing when I missed a day. Then my pastor reminded me that genuine conversation with God is better than checking a box. Now I just pray when I actually need to and mean it.
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I appreciate you asking this because everyone always talks about having it all figured out. The reality is most of us are just winging it and praying when we remember or when we're desperate. That's probably more honest than those Instagram version of dad life.