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Good article. I also use the ACTS (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) prayer model and really like the idea of adding a Psalm at the beginning (PACTS) to focus my mind and prepare my heart attitude. As for the short prayers, I tend to be a worrier, so whenever I am tempted to worry, I’m learning to train myself to use my worry time as prayer time for that particular need. It brings me peace, makes me realize how useless my worry is and how much more valuable prayer is, both for others and for me, and often leads to prayer in other areas “while I’m at it”. In fact, I often fall asleep by praying as it is so relaxing in many ways. – Nancy

Thanks Nancy for sharing these prayer tips.  That was one thing I also picked up from the Seizmic Shifts book by Kevin Harney that I could spent the last few minutes of consciousness before sleep overtakes me in prayer rather than thinking about what I didn’t get done that day and all that I had to get to tomorrow.  It is a time of surrender in prayer and thanksgiving.  I do this also immediately upon waking….it helps me focus on thanksgiving rather than right away strapping the burden of all that needs to be done that way.  – Melissa