Listen

As an individual

• Write out your prayers in a prayer journal.
• Take 10 -15 minutes a day to be quiet with God and listen.
• Meditate on a certain Scripture and ask God to direct your heart in response.
• At night, reflect on the day’s activities and ask, “Where was God working and speaking?”
• Multiple times each day, stop to pray and ask God to speak to you. Then, pay attention for what He may say.
• Set aside one hour each week for an extended time to silence, solitude and prayer and be in God’s presence.
• Once a every four months find space to retreat.

With Your Family

• Create a time where listening to God and prayer becomes a common daily practice for your family.
• Ask each other regularly, “What’s God saying to you?” to help build the expectation that you will hear Him.
• Use various prayer methods to give your family different experiences.
• When prompted in public/social situations, lead your family in prayer.
• When someone in your family is sick or anxious, invite the whole family to pray for that person.

In Community

• Share with your City Group what God’s been saying to you and its impact.
• Regularly pray for you for each other and listen to what God might be saying.
• When someone expresses need, fear or sickness, lay hands on them and pray.

Questions

• Have you heard or sensed any promptings from God this week?
  
• What are you going to do about it?
  
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