Teresa of Avila, one of the great leaders of prayer, once wrote:

“Oh God, I don’t love you,I don’t even want to love you, but I want to want to love you!”

It is a genuine prayer in which she is honest about where she is at with God.

Everyone at some point in their lives will struggle with prayer. To move on from these struggles we need to find what really works for us personally. There is no right or wrong way to pray and we shouldn’t feel we have to conform to a certain standard. After all - praying is simply talking to God.

On the 19th of July we are starting a new series at night about prayer during which we hope to encourage you in your prayer life.

19 July Prayer - Let’s be frank

26 July Prayer - Getting connected

2 August Prayer - Is anyone listening?

9 August Prayer - What I’ve picked up along the way