Today’s general prayers were mostly silent. We took to heart King Solomon’s instructions and spent five minutes in complete silence and stillness, simply sitting with our lord and savior.

Ecclesiastes 5:2 Don’t shoot off your mouth, or speak before you think.

Don’t be too quick to tell God what you think he wants to hear.

God’s in charge, not you—the less you speak, the better. MSG

I have really come to appreciate the ancient prayers. Some of the prayers that I practice have been prayed for millenia. Repetitively echoing the voices of spiritual fathers and mothers that lived generations ago is beautiful and full of mystery. So is sitting in silence in God’s presence. That is what we did today. We invested the first five minutes of our call simply being with God – no questions, petitions or praises.

If it has been a while – or you have never sat quietly in God’s presence – it’s worth investing some time practicing. I call it “Wasting Time with God.” As a businessman, sitting still while doing nothing other than being aware of God’s presence feels like the definition of unproductive. What about the emails that I need to respond to? The lists that need checking off? The goals that we are trying to achieve as a team? And so on. We encourage you to fully trust God with five minutes of your day.

We prayed for you to waste time with God today.

We love praying for you (even when we are sitting silently), and we love being on your team.

Praying silently,

The prayer team and Dayn

P.S. “Wasting” the five minutes at the beginning of our prayer time was an incredible blessing to our team. The increased joy and restoration is immeasurable.