I don’t want to be a better “pray-er”. You heard me. I don’t want to just get better at saying some prayers. I want it to transform my days and thereby transform my life. What would our days look like if they were an outflow of time we spent in God’s presence? Can you imagine the difference? In this episode, I’m sharing 7 tips to start living a life that is a response to our time in prayer.

Things mentioned in today’s episode: 

Ep. 14 - How to practice silence and solitude

Pray Confidently and Consistently by Valerie Woerner

Val’s new book on prayer is now available! 

Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order Pray Confidently and Consistently, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more! 

Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? 

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now!

In this episode, we talk with my personal life coach, Diana Kerr about how setting goals can enhance our prayer lives, how we can formulate goals as believers, as well as Diana’s personal struggles and journey with prayer.

Diana Kerr is a Certified Professional Life Coach on a mission to help go-getter Christian women break free from overwhelm and design their time and life for what matters most. Diana lives in Milwaukee, WI, with her husband, Kyle, and their sons, Harrington and George. Visit dianakerr.com to learn more about working with Diana 1-on-1 or her group program Fight for Margin, and explore her free tips and resources on intentional living.

Get her free 12-page workbook, 3 Lies about Time Christian Women Tell Themselves & 3 Truths That Will Set You Free: http://dianakerr.com/workbook 

Coaching with Diana | Diana’s Facebook | Diana’s YouTube

Things mentioned in today’s episode:

• Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton
• The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman
• Prayer Journal by Val Marie Paper
• Adore by Sara Hagerty
• Holy Noticing by Charles Stone
• Women of the Word by Jen Wilkin
• PowerSheets Goal Planner
• Pray Confidently and Consistently by Valerie Woerner
• Eternally Fixed by Natalie Lewis
• Diana's health miracle

Val’s new book on prayer is now available! 

Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order, get our no-fail leader’s guide and more! 

Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? 

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/

What a privilege to have access to the living and active Word of God. What would happen if we prayed Scripture instead of filling every moment in prayer with our own words? 

Here's a simple and quick prayer to get you started: 

- Praise God for Scripture

- Share with the Lord any strongholds around it

- Ask the Lord to point you to a passage to pray

- Ask the Lord for revelation if you’ve taken anything out of context.

VERSES:

Hebrews 4:12

Romans 8:26

SPRINGBOARD PRAYERS

Val’s new book on prayer is here!

Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order, get our no-fail leader's guide and more.

Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? 

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/

Sometimes we just don’t know what to say in prayer! Thankfully, God has given us the Bible as a way to learn about prayer and to also hear the prayers of others. In today’s episode, we’re talking about a few techniques to incorporate the Bible into our prayer lives. Have you ever heard of the 3 R’s? 

Things mentioned in today’s episode: 

• Developing a Fluency of Prayer course
• Stormie Omartian
• Pray Confidently and Consistently by Valerie Woerner
• Springboard Prayers by Valerie Woerner
• Praying the Scriptures for Your Life by Jodie Berndt
• Praying the Scriptures for your Children by Jodie Berndt
• Adore by Sara Hagerty
• Praying through the Names of God by Tony Evans
• VMP Best of pack

Discover the 15 weights holding back your prayer life and how to practically overcome them! Grab your copy from Amazon or a signed copy from our VMP shop!

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/

In this episode, we talk to Gretchen Saffles from Well-Watered Women about how to incorporate the Bible into our prayer time, her biggest struggles with prayer and how she hopes to grow next in prayer!

Gretchen Saffles is the founder of Well-Watered Women, an online ministry that reaches women worldwide with the hope of the gospel, and the author of The Well-Watered Woman: Rooted in Truth, Growing in Grace, Flourishing in Faith. She has written several Bible studies and is also the creator of the Give Me Jesus quiet-time journal for women, a tool to help women study Scripture daily. Gretchen lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, Greg, and her two sons, Nolan and Haddon.

Well-Watered Women shop | Well-Watered Women book

Discover the 15 weights holding back your prayer life and how to practically overcome them! Grab your copy from Amazon or a signed copy from our VMP shop!

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/

What would happen if we prayed for stillness instead of filled every moment in prayer with our own words? A deep prayer life is so much more than requests to God. Practicing silence and solitude opens us up to an actual two-way relationship with our Heavenly Father. 

Here's a simple and quick prayer to get you started. 

- Reflect back to God why this time is important

- Surrender what causes distractions

- Share with the Lord why the quiet can feel scary

SPRINGBOARD PRAYERS

Val’s new book on prayer released October 12! 

Pre-order 1 copy before release day and get the audio version for free. Pre-order 4 copies and get the free no-fail leader guide to lead a group through the book and launch an actual prayer group! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order and get bonuses. 

Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? 

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/

Why are these two words so important to our prayer life? In this episode we talk about the 3 reasons it’s hard to practice silence and solitude, 3 reasons why we should keep trying and 5 ways to practically do that!

Things mentioned in today’s episode: 

Pray Confidently and Consistently book 

Hey Kool-Aid Man 

Community Episodes # 4, #5, #6

Helpful blog posts:

• 9 tips for creating a habit of prayer
• How to use your prayer journal

In this episode, we talk to Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith, whose groundbreaking insight on the seven types of rest, changed many things for how Val saw rest. Today we discuss the importance of knowing what rest we need and how that could impact our prayer lives if we discover it! 

Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a Board-Certified internal medicine physician, speaker, and author. She is an international wellness expert and has been featured featured in numerous media outlets including Prevention, MSNBC, Psychology Today, INC, and as a guest on Dr. Oz show. She is the author of numerous books including her latest book Sacred Rest where she shares ground-breaking insight on the seven types of rest needed to optimize your productivity, increase your overall happiness, overcome burnout, and live your best life. 

IChooseMyBestLife.com | DrDaltonSmith.com. 

Val’s new book on prayer released October 12! 

Pre-order 1 copy before release day and get the audio version for free. Pre-order 4 copies and get the free no-fail leader guide to lead a group through the book and launch an actual prayer group! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order and get bonuses. 

Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? 

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/

What would happen if we prayed consistently instead of just when the next big crisis happened? A deep prayer life is so much more than emergency calls when we’re stressed out. Praying consistently opens us up to an intimacy with God we never imagined possible. 

Here's a simple and quick prayer to get you started. 

• Praise him for the opportunity to pray to him
• Confess inaccurate assumptions
• Discover what consistent prayer could look like
• Share your hope for what’s possible

Loving the idea of guided prayers? Check out Springboard Prayers, our book of 125 pre-written prayers for different circumstances!

Val’s new book on prayer releases October 12! 

Pre-order 1 copy before release day and get the audio version for free. Pre-order 4 copies and get the free no-fail leader guide to lead a group through the book and launch an actual prayer group! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order and get bonuses. 

Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? 

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/

Why are these two words so important to our prayer life? In this episode we talk about why we want these things as well as 6 steps to get you unstuck and help you praying confidently and consistently. 

Things mentioned in today’s episode: 

• Pray Confidently and Consistently
• The Finishing School

Val’s new book on prayer releases October 12! 

Pre-order 1 copy before release day and get the audio version for free. Pre-order 4 copies and get the free no-fail leader guide to lead a group through the book and launch an actual prayer group! Go to valmariepaper.com/pray to order and get bonuses. 

Want a journal designed to help you focus in prayer? 

Try our monthly format designed to be filled out once at the beginning of the month really intentionally. Then you can pick up daily to pray over several things on your list! Check out our brand new linen journals in the shop now! https://shop.valmariepaper.com/