2 Easy Ways to Integrate Prayer into Daily LIfe

November 7, 2025/Ayrian Yasar/
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Considering that prayer is such an important part of the Christian’s life, it’s curious then that it is so difficult to do! This is evidenced by the many books that have been written on how to pray, explaining what prayer is, and encouraging believers to pray. Books about prayer may distinguish different parts or types of prayers—thanksgiving, supplication, repentance, etc.—or maybe they explain the Lord’s Prayer so we can use it as a valuable guide in our prayers.

While many of these books have value, there are two simple things you can start doing today that may help you build up steam in making your prayer life integrated into your regular, daily life.

Short prayers are an important part of the believer’s prayer life.

It is important to remember that prayer is speaking to our heavenly Father, and it doesn’t have to fit into a rigid form to be a wonderful prayer. It could be a short prayer like, “Give me strength!” in a time of temptation or need or a short prayer of thanksgiving at the moment of a mercy or blessing, “Thank you, Jesus!” (see Paul Miller’s A Praying Life for more on very brief prayers).

These short prayers come in handy as you go throughout the day, helping you see God’s provision as you progress through ordinary tasks and challenges. Do you have to pick up your child from school and deal with a teacher with a prickly personality? “Help me, Jesus!” Do you need patience when you have done everything to get to a meeting on time and then get stuck behind a traffic accident? “Help, Jesus! Thank you that I’m safe. Help those who are hurt.” Small communications throughout the day bring our hearts closer to our Father, who loves us.

Prayer gives us the opportunity to thank God for our local church family.

Prayer can also help bring our hearts closer to people around us, people who are God’s instruments in our life. Paul writes to the Colossian church,

We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints. (Col. 1: 3-4)

In a recent sermon I heard, the point was made that we don’t often thank God for the people in our own church. It’s often the case that interpersonal frustrations can pull us apart, and we forget to rejoice in the fact that other believers are special to Jesus. Praying for fellow believers reminds us of the fundamental unity we share with our brothers and sisters. We are all blood-bought siblings and heirs with Christ Jesus:

The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. (Rom. 8:16-17)

So if you need a little help making prayer an integral part of your life, maybe try acknowledging your Father in the little things and thanking him for other believers who are his ordinary instruments in your life.

This article is adapted from “Integrating Prayer into Daily Life” in BCL’s June 2025 monthly newsletter “Prayer.”

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