A Prayer for When You Need More Time

Feeling like you have so little time to do all the things? Here’s a prayer to pray when overwhelm starts to creep in.

• Identify what has you feeling hurried and like there’s too much to do.
• Reflect on Elisabeth Elliot’s words: “There is always enough time to do the will of God. For that we can never say ‘I don’t have time.’ When we find ourselves frantic and frustrated and harried and harassed and ‘hassled,’ it is a sign we are running on our own schedule, not on God’s.”
• Lift up what you think needs to get done.
• See if God prompts you to take anything off your list.

This prayer has been adapted from my book Springboard Prayers. If you were encouraged by it and would like 124 other prayers to read when you don’t have the words, grab a copy at valmariepaper.com as well as our other resources mentioned. 

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