Day # 3 - Prayer

Well, yesterday was a Saturday, and prayer hasn't always been a priority on Saturdays, so I made the effort to make sure it was. And it felt good, I was able to pray in the morning and I think it made a big difference in how the day went. I also prayed with my wife before the day started. I have been struggling a little bit with how I am feeling...I need to feel more positive, and sometimes I have no clue where the negative feelings come from. I am really hoping prayer is helpful in this regard.

I think I need to pray specifically to feel better and feel more positive, to feel more love in my heart.

I did have any interesting feeling in church today, I felt like the way that i can be more positive and happier is by serving others more. I think I will focus on that more and discuss it more in my prayers.

Prayer Day #2

I again got all prayers in, including couple prayer with my wife in the morning and evening, and personal prayer and family prayer. I can feel it making a slight difference, my attitude last night was much better, I felt happier and more content. Whether I can say prayer is responsible that I can't say, but I did feel that I was more aware of God in my life and more aware of the choices I was making. It was a good day.

Prayer - Day 1

I had a very good day making sure I focused on prayer today. My early efforts were mechanical, I wanted to make sure I said the prayers. These included a personal prayer when I work up, prayer with the kids before they went to school, prayer in my car on the way to work, and then prayer with my wife at night, along with another personal prayer. I feel like I need to focus on making the prayers more meaningful, but the start of the process will be making a habit of doing the praying every day, and I felt good about that part.

I found my thoughts turned to my Heavenly Father more during the day, I also felt more at peace with my thoughts and actions. This morning was a very good morning with my wife. The focus of many of my prayers is improving our marriage, so I felt good about that.

It was a good day, a good start to the trial.

Trial #1 - Prayer

For 30 days I will be more consistent with prayer. I will have personal prayer every morning and evening. I will pray to know what I should change and do in my life, and I will listen for answers. I will use my time commuting to work to talk to my Heavenly Father and listen to his responses. I will pray with my wife morning and evening every day. And we will have family prayer every night with our family. The purpose will be to have truly meaningful prayer on each occasion, not just to accomplish the task.

30 Day Trials

The most difficult part of change is not starting, it is sticking with the change long enough to make a difference. I enjoy reading a blog by Steve Pavlina. He has an excellent article about making personal change. href="http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/04/30-days-to-success/">

I am going to work on having two 30 day trials going at any one time. Some will be easy, some not so easy, but I think it will be useful for me to write about the experiences as they happen.