Today, create a dedicated prayer space in your home—a physical location you’ll return to throughout this journey. Choose somewhere quiet and comfortable. Consider including:

• Your Bible
• A journal for recording prayers and reflections
• A candle (representing God’s presence)
• A comfortable chair or cushion
• Any meaningful Christian symbols that help you focus

Spend time arranging this space thoughtfully, then sit there in silence for 5 minutes, simply inviting God’s presence.

Take a sheet of paper and write the letters of the alphabet down the left side. For each letter, write something you’re grateful for that begins with that letter (e.g., A – Abundant mercy, B – Bible, C – Christ’s sacrifice).

After completing your list, offer a prayer of thanksgiving for each item, taking time to truly feel grateful rather than rushing through the list. Notice how your perspective and mood shift as you focus on gratitude.

Today’s exercise focuses on listening prayer:

1. Find a completely quiet place where you won’t be disturbed.
2. Set a timer for 10 minutes.
3. Begin by asking, “Lord, what do You want to say to me today?”
4. Then be completely silent, focusing only on God’s presence.
5. If distractions come, gently acknowledge them and return your focus to God.
6. If you sense God speaking (through impressions, Scripture that comes to mind, etc.), note it without analysing.
7. End by thanking God for His presence, whether you “heard” anything specific or not.

Today we’ll practice praying Scripture back to God using Psalm 23:

1. Read through Psalm 23 slowly.
2. Now read it again, verse by verse, turning each verse into a personal prayer.

Example:

“The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.” might become: “Lord, thank You for being my shepherd today. Help me trust that You will provide everything I truly need. When I feel like I’m lacking something, remind me that in You, I have everything essential.”

Continue through the entire psalm this way, personalizing each verse into a prayer.

Today we’ll practice an ancient form of prayerful reflection called the Examen:

1. Become aware of God’s presence – Take a deep breath and invite God to be with you in this review of your life.
2. Review with gratitude – Look back over the past 24 hours and note moments of gratitude.
3. Pay attention to emotions – Notice what feelings surfaced during the day (anger, fear, joy, peace) and ask what God might be saying through them.
4. Choose one feature of the day and pray from it – Select something from your reflection (positive or negative) and pray about it.
5. Confession – Honestly acknowledge the ways you’ve fallen short in thought, word, or deed.
6. Look toward tomorrow – Ask for God’s light and grace for the coming day.

Take your time with this exercise, allowing God’s Spirit to reveal areas that need confession and renewal.

Today’s exercise involves praying for others in expanding circles:

1. Inner Circle – Spend 5 minutes praying specifically for your immediate family and closest friends, mentioning each by name.
2. Second Circle – Spend 3 minutes praying for extended family, friends, and colleagues.
3. Third Circle – Spend 3 minutes praying for your local community, church, and neighbours.
4. Fourth Circle – Spend 3 minutes praying for your nation, its leaders, and pressing national issues.
5. Fifth Circle – Spend 3 minutes praying for global concerns, missions, and people around the world suffering from war, poverty, or persecution.

Consider keeping a prayer journal to track requests and answers in each of these areas.

Today’s exercise involves honest assessment and strategic planning:

1. Identify Your Top 3 Prayer Obstacles – Examples might include: distractions, tiredness, inconsistency, doubt, busyness, etc.
2. For Each Obstacle:
   • Acknowledge it specifically in prayer
   • Ask God for wisdom to overcome it
   • Develop one practical strategy to address it
3. Create a Prayer Commitment – Write down a specific commitment for how you’ll approach prayer for the remaining two weeks of this journey.

Today’s exercise focuses on praying with greater faith:

1. Review Past Answers – Write down 3-5 specific prayers God has answered in your life. Thank Him for each one.
2. Identify One “Mountain” – What significant challenge, need, or desire have you hesitated to pray boldly about? Write it down.
3. Research Scripture – Find 2-3 Bible verses that relate to this situation or promise.
4. Pray with Bold Faith – Using these verses, pray specifically and confidently about your “mountain,” believing God is both able and willing to act.
5. Faith Commitment – Write a statement of faith regarding this situation: “I believe God will…” or “I trust God to…”

Today we’ll practice being more sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s guidance in prayer:

1. Begin with Silence – Spend 3-5 minutes in complete quiet, asking the Holy Spirit to lead your prayer time.
2. Responsive Praying – Rather than bringing a predetermined list, wait for the Spirit to bring people, situations, or scriptures to mind. When something comes to mind, pray about it thoroughly before moving on.
3. Prayer in the Spirit – If you practice praying in tongues, spend some time doing so. If not, simply pray whatever comes from your heart, even if it feels unfamiliar or different from your usual prayers.
4. Wait and Listen – Pause frequently during your prayer time, asking, “What else, Holy Spirit?” and waiting for impressions or guidance.

Today’s exercise focuses on worshiping God through His revealed names:

1. Study and pray through these names of God, spending 1-2 minutes on each:
   • Elohim (Creator God) – Worship Him as the one who made all things
   • Jehovah Jireh (The Lord Will Provide) – Praise Him for His faithful provision
   • El Roi (The God Who Sees) – Thank Him for His intimate knowledge of your life
   • Jehovah Rapha (The Lord Who Heals) – Worship Him as the source of all healing
   • Jehovah Shalom (The Lord is Peace) – Praise Him as your peace in all circumstances
   • El Shaddai (Almighty God) – Worship Him for His unlimited power
   • Abba (Father) – Thank Him for His tender, personal love for you
2. For each name, focus solely on who God is, not on what you need from Him.
3. Consider incorporating music by singing or listening to worship songs that exalt God’s character.

Today’s exercise focuses on praying for growth in the fruit of the Spirit:

1. Self-Assessment – Rate yourself from 1-10 on each fruit of the Spirit from Galatians 5:22-23:
   • Love
   • Joy
   • Peace
   • Patience
   • Kindness
   • Goodness
   • Faithfulness
   • Gentleness
   • Self-control
2. Focused Prayer – Identify the three lowest-scoring fruits and spend 5 minutes praying specifically about each one, asking God to develop that quality in you.
3. Prayer of Surrender – For each fruit, surrender to God the specific obstacles that hinder its growth in your life.
4. Commitment – Choose one fruit to focus on developing this week through prayer and practice.

Today’s exercise focuses on understanding and planning for fasting:

1. Study Types of Biblical Fasts:
   • Complete fast (water only)
   • Partial fast (Daniel fast – vegetables and water)
   • Specific food fast (giving up certain foods)
   • Non-food fasts (technology, entertainment, etc.)
2. Consider Your Health – Note any medical conditions that might affect fasting choices (consult a doctor if needed).
3. Identify a Purpose – What specific spiritual reason would motivate your fast? Write this down.
4. Plan a Fast – Choose a type, duration, and date for a future fast.
5. Plan Your Prayer Focus – What specific prayers will you emphasise during your fast?
6. Note: If you feel led and are medically able to fast today (even partially), you may choose to do so, but this exercise is primarily about understanding and planning.

Today’s exercise expands our understanding of healing prayer:

1. Physical Healing – Make a list of people you know who need physical healing. Pray for each one specifically, asking for God’s intervention while submitting to His will.
2. Emotional Healing – Consider areas where you or others need emotional restoration (grief, trauma, anxiety, etc.). Pray for God’s gentle healing in these wounds.
3. Spiritual Healing – Pray for those who are spiritually wounded, distant from God, or struggling with sin patterns. Ask for God’s restoration.
4. Relational Healing – Identify broken relationships in need of reconciliation. Pray for the healing of divisions, forgiveness, and restored trust.
5. Personal Application – Ask God to reveal any area in your own life where you need healing that you haven’t recognised or acknowledged.

Today’s exercise expands each line of the Lord’s Prayer into personal prayer:

1. “Our Father in heaven” – Spend 3 minutes reflecting on your relationship with God as Father. Thank Him for specific ways He has been a good Father to you.
2. “Hallowed be your name” – Spend 3 minutes in worship, focusing on God’s holiness and majesty.
3. “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” – Spend 5 minutes praying for God’s rule to be established in various situations (personal, local, global). Submit your will to His.
4. “Give us today our daily bread” – Spend 3 minutes expressing dependence on God for provision, naming specific needs.
5. “Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors” – Spend 5 minutes in confession and extending forgiveness to others.
6. “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one” – Spend 3 minutes praying for protection and identifying areas of vulnerability.
7. Close by praying the entire Lord’s Prayer slowly and reflectively.

Today’s exercise introduces the practice of prayer journaling:

1. Set Up Your Journal – Dedicate a notebook, digital document, or journaling app specifically for prayer.
2. Journal Structure – Create sections for:
   • Daily prayers and reflections
   • Ongoing prayer requests
   • Answered prayers
   • Scripture insights
   • Questions for God
3. Today’s Journaling – Write for at least 15 minutes, addressing these prompts:
   • Dear God, what I’m most grateful for today is…
   • What I’m struggling with most right now is…
   • The questions I’m wrestling with are…
   • I sense You might be teaching me…
4. Record Requests – List current prayer requests with today’s date. Leave space to note answers later.
5. Reflection – At the end, write a brief reflection on what this journaling experience was like for you.

Today’s exercise focuses on praying through a psalm:

1. Read Psalm 139 – Read the entire psalm slowly to understand its flow and themes.
2. Divide the Psalm – Notice the natural divisions of the psalm:
   • Verses 1-6: God’s intimate knowledge of us
   • Verses 7-12: God’s presence everywhere
   • Verses 13-18: God’s creative work in forming us
   • Verses 19-24: Aligning our hearts with God’s
3. Pray Through Each Section – Spend 3-5 minutes on each section:
   • Read a few verses
   • Reflect on what they reveal about God and yourself
   • Respond in prayer using the themes and even the words of the psalm
   • Make it personal to your situation
4. Conclude – End by praying verses 23-24 as a personal prayer of submission.

Today’s exercise helps us practice biblical lament:

1. Identify Areas of Pain – Consider sources of grief, disappointment, or confusion in your life or in the world around you.
2. Structure Your Lament – Following the biblical pattern, create a written lament that includes:
   • Direct address to God
   • Honest complaint or question
   • Request for God’s intervention
   • Expression of trust despite circumstances
   • Commitment to praise
3. Pray Your Lament – Speak your written lament to God, allowing yourself to feel the emotions it expresses.
4. Release and Rest – After expressing your lament, sit quietly in God’s presence, allowing Him to minister to your heart.

Today’s exercise focuses on praying systematically for the world:

1. World Map Prayer – Find a map or globe (physical or digital).
   • Slowly move across the map, continent by continent
   • For each continent, pray about major crises or needs you’re aware of
   • Ask God to show you specific countries to focus on
2. Focused Prayer for 3-5 Countries – For each country:
   • Pray for its government and leaders
   • Pray for the church and Christian witness there
   • Pray for current challenges or crises
   • Pray for unreached people groups
3. Global Issues Prayer – Pray about worldwide issues:
   • Poverty and hunger
   • Human trafficking
   • Refugee crises
   • Religious persecution
   • Environmental concerns
   • Global health challenges
4. Missionary Prayer – If you know missionaries or organisations working internationally, pray specifically for their ministries.

Today’s exercise focuses on creating and praying personalised blessings:

1. Study Biblical Blessings – Read these examples:
   • Numbers 6:24-26 (Aaronic blessing)
   • Ephesians 3:14-21 (Paul’s blessing)
   • Jude 24-25 (Doxological blessing)
2. Create Written Blessings – Write personalised blessings for:
   • A family member
   • A friend facing a challenge
   • Your church community
   • Someone you find difficult to love
3. Pray Each Blessing – Speak each blessing aloud as a prayer to God, asking Him to fulfill it.
4. Consider Sharing – If appropriate, consider sharing your written blessings with the recipients (via text, email, card, or in person).

Today’s exercise explores prayer through various life phases:

1. Identify Your Current Season – Reflect on where you are now:
   • A season of growth and opportunity?
   • A season of waiting or transition?
   • A season of hardship or testing?
   • A season of rest or harvest?
   • A season of grief or loss?
2. Season-Appropriate Prayer – Create a prayer specifically addressing your current season’s needs and challenges.
3. Past Seasons Reflection – Write a prayer of thanksgiving for God’s faithfulness in a difficult past season.
4. Future Season Preparation – Write a prayer about an upcoming transition or new season you anticipate.
5. Life Map Prayer – Create a simple timeline of your life’s major phases and briefly note how prayer was different in each.

Today’s exercise focuses on planning for continued growth in prayer:

1. Journey Review – Reflect on the past 21 days:
   • Which prayer practices resonated most deeply with you?
   • What new insights about prayer have you gained?
   • What positive changes have you noticed in your relationship with God?
2. Personal Prayer Rhythm – Design a sustainable prayer pattern:
   • Daily practices (morning, midday, evening)
   • Weekly practices (Sabbath prayer, prayer with others)
   • Monthly practices (extended prayer time, fasting)
   • Seasonal practices (retreats, special focus periods)
3. Accountability Plan – Consider how you’ll maintain consistency:
   • Prayer partner or group
   • Regular self-assessment
   • Prayer journal review
4. Growth Goals – Set 2-3 specific prayer development goals for the next three months.
5. Commitment Prayer – Write and pray a prayer of commitment to continuing your prayer journey.