Procrastination prayer
8 May 08
Exams seem to turn your brain to mush. Most of the students I see at the moment seem to be muttering strange formulae about quarks or defining Hegelian phenomenology or something equally useful. While of course we want to encourage you to work hard…we all know that procrastination is an unavoidable part of the revision process. So why not turn that time to good use? Refresh your perspective with a reminder that there is life outside revision, and pray for your persecuted brothers and sisters while you’re at it.
And we promise it won’t take longer to read than your fourth ‘essential tea break’ of the morning.
- Tea break prayer: remember the Christians in the tea-producing countries like Bangladesh, India and other countries and pray for God to strengthen them. Like a good teabag, you don’t know how strong the church is till it gets into hot water! (Like this idea? Join the Great Big Tea Party!)
- Chocolate cake prayer: my personal favourite. There’s this awesome postcard that says, “We need courage, faith and chocolate fudge cake” – so why not pray for courage and faith for the Persecuted Church while you munch your cake?
- Colour-coding your revision timetable prayer: the ultimate procastination tool turned prayerful. Check out our World Watch Map, pick a colour and pray for that country or region!
- Red Bull gives you wings prayer: for those of you who’ve been pulling all-nighters! Pray Isaiah 40:31 for the Persecuted Church as well as yourself and your fellow examinees:
Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.