Rediscover Prayer: A 30-Day Reading Plan From Addison BevereSample

REFLECT

We spend a lot of time with ourselves: thinking, feeling, doing. Yet for most of us, the truest parts of ourselves, known as our private world or interior life, remain largely a mystery to us and the world around us. One reason for this is simple but hard to unravel: We haven’t learned how to be constant in prayer. We still see prayer as performative and singular, belonging to certain moments, places, or postures. But prayer is where we discover and come to terms with our whole self. When we don’t invite prayer’s clarifying power into our every moment, we’ll continue to move through life with a fragmented and compartmentalized approach to everything. But when we say yes to the Spirit’s integrating work, we begin to see every moment as holy. This is a life of consecration.

RECENTER

Take a minute to bring yourself back to the true center of your life: God. Here is a simple prayer that will help you surrender this place, this time, and your awareness to God. “I am here.”

REST

Pause. Breathe. Be still.

In the silence and stillness, listen to your life. Let the necessary words and images form in your consciousness. What thoughts are seeing you from entering rest today?

RECEIVE

What is God saying to you? Write down the whispers, the intimations, the promptings that rise from the pages of Scripture or within your spirit.

RESPOND

How is God inviting you to partner with him today? God’s words become real to us as we move in faith.