Hi.
My name is Christi.
I am ADHD. ( Hi Christi!)

I sat down to do this blog at 8AM. It is now 11AM. I got distracted with

gmail(there could be prayer requests that I need to know about),

facebook( I need to stay aware of my friends),

chat(I have a really good friend to chat to, and I miss her when I don’t),

school alumni site(there’s a reunion coming and I have to get the news out).

I even have skype on, just in case my daughter, and grandson decide to jump in and say HI!

And my phone is it’s own computer!

Here’s the rushing of an ADHD mind:

1. I chatted with a friend about doing some art for her,

2. and I sent her some of my art photos –

3. and my art photo files are so messed up…

4. I need to organize them.

5. So, I’m in my photo files, and my reunion/alumni site,

6. so I decide to upload my Sr photo for my profile pic on the alumni site…

7. and all the photos are really mixed up.

8. I gotta organize this photo file system!

9. While I’m at it, I’ll send these OLD photos of my graduation to the web guy for the reunion site…

10. but I should try to improve them with some editing.

11. Pull up the editing program, and I try to figure out what the best way to do this would be.

12. Then, I give up on the editing, and just send him the pile raw…let him deal with it…

13. Oh yeah, the reunion website guy just might help me with my word press issues…but how much does he cost?

14. The other guy I was going to use just upped his fees from $1,000 to $2500 for what I wanted done…and, well, I don’t have $2500 for a web blog that is just my thoughts about the Bible…not selling anything yet!

15. Oh, wait…here’s my friend on chat…and she has sent me a special gift…but it hasn’t come in the mail,

16. so I check my gmail,

17. my fb message and

18. started to check my phone message to see if I sent her the right address…yep, she has the right address….

I need to write this blog!

And I have been everywhere but ‘here’.  I’m thankful that I got my musical praying done earlier…and now, I need to share my additional praying techniques. Maybe I need to pray for some blog focus techniques!
ADHD is a gift, but it’s a gift that one must control.  Self Control.

And sometimes we need tools to help us learn Self Control.

In addition to being ADHD, distracted at prayer time, I am also fat…I tend to fail at self control with food.  Self Control bleeds into every area of our lives.  So, just like tools to help with better eating…self control for praying  can include some extra aids to enhance focus.  It’s obvious that I need a lot of help in this area, and I have collected a lot of tools! And this isn’t even all of them!

Stormie Omartian has put out many many good books about prayer. She even has a blog with prayers that you can pray – just read a loud…and there you have it…a focused prayer!  I have several of her books, one being ‘The Prayer that Changes Everything – the hidden power of praising God”. The pages are prayer cards, they come out, and you can carry them around!

Beth Moore has written a book about Praying God’s Word. “Learn to tear down the strongholds in your life with the power of God’s word.”  That is the cards that go with that Bible Study, in the photo.

Sylvia Gunter, of The Father’s Business has made it her calling to teach people to pray God’s word.  Her Prayer Portions and Prayer Essentials Guides are HUGE compilations of praying God’s word.  The smaller For the Family is an excellent guide to focus your prayer life.

Psalms was the prayer book and the Praise book for the Jews.  It’s still a great tool to focus prayer…but I’m never quite sure what to do when David has me praying for God to kill all my enemies.  So, I get distracted!

The Catholic church and the Anglican/Episcopalian church has had a prayer book almost from the beginning.  In this prayer book there are wondrous prayers, such as the Nicene Creed, and the Apostle’s Creed.

Of course, we do have the greatest example of having a planned prayer given to us by Christ, Himself.

Luke 11:1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Luke 11:2-4 And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread.  And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

There are many tools available to help someone focus in their prayer life.  I have only mentioned the ones that I have used.  Whatever path an ADHD person uses to focus on God, it is good, and will be blessed because God honors those that seek Him.

Here is a blessing that I put together, to remember what I want to pray over my friends and family. And here, I will pray it over those that read this blog…

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. …The Prince of Peace… Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform [it] until the day of Jesus Christ: For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Numb6:24-26; Phil 4:7; Is 9:6; Phil 1:6; Rom 8:38-39

Thanks for joining me in this journey,

In His hands and under His wings,

~Christi

Ps 63:7 Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings.

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