Prayers for A Woman's Soul: Julie K Gillies Shares How to Pray

Prayer for a Woman’s Soul:

Prayer. We know we need to do it. The Bible commands us to pray, because we have a God who wants to interact with us. However, praying is not easy. It’s not easy! Trying to set up a regular time to pray takes herculean effort. Whenever I prepare to pray, I feel a sudden urge to do other things. Suddenly I have to make phone calls, and I hate phone calls. During a crisis, I can squeak out one work, “Help.” My creativity gets tangled up, and I can’t slow down long enough to concentrate on a conversation with my maker. At a time like that, I recall the Apostle Paul’s command to pray rather than worry. How fast that rolls off the lips, but doing it requires effort.

Once when Spurgeon was very ill, he wrote to his congregation to pray at a blood heat. What an image. Truly he understood the importance or prayer.

Julie K Gillies is my guest today. She believes prayer ministers to a woman’s soul and can even bring healing. We are going to get her input and learn from how it’s ministered to her. She’s the author of Prayers for a Woman’s Soul.

1:45 Do you consider yourself an expert on prayer?

2:20 What practices help you to pray?

7:06 Are you talking about praying through the day or that concentrated time when all you do is pray?

7:52 How do you keep from getting distracted?

I really like the statement, “You are worth praying for.”

9:15 Did you ever feel like you were cheating God when you showered AND prayed? I’ve heard people say to only pray because God must have our full attention.

11:06 Do you see any differences in yourself because of your prayers?

11:51 How do you keep other issues from crowding in?

13:01 Tell me how the Holy Spirit brings up your needs?