Yet, for many of us, prayer is a real struggle.

• We get distracted
• We don’t know what to say
• We never seam to have time

And on and on the list goes. If this sound familiar, then fortunately (and unfortunately) you’re not alone. The fortunate side is because there are other christians who have faced the same issues and provided resources to help us work through the same issues too.

Here is a small selection of prayer resources you can access too.

Apps

The Bible app from YouVersion has a simple prayer request feature that can help you see what your connections need prayer for (and let you add your own requests too).

PrayerMate is an iOS and Android app that lets you manage a list of prayers and subscribe to feeds for different churches and parachurch groups too.

Books

There are hundreds of books addressing different aspects of prayer but here are some recent ones that you may find useful.

• Prayer by Tim Keller
• How to Pray by Pete Greig of 24/7 prayer
• Prayer by Richard Foster
• Praying the Psalms by Eugene Peterson
• God on Mute (answers to unanswered prayer) by Pete Greig

Course

24/7 prayer have made several courses on prayer that compliment various books members of their team have produced. These include

• Prayer (looking at The Lord Prayer)
• Unanswered Prayer
• Be Still on how to do quiet times

Practicing the Way have produced a resource for small groups on prayer. You can go through it as a family, with a group of friend or a home group, but it’s not designed to go through alone.

Sermons on prayer

We have preached on prayer several times since the church started. Here are a few of those sermons.

• The Lord’s prayer

Know any other prayer resources?

We’ll keep updating this list over time but if you know of some other good resources, leave a comment below.

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Apps

• Bible App
• Listen to the Bible
• Logos
• Accordance bible software
• Bible in a year

Bible reading plans

Many of the apps above have their own Bible reading plans built in, but you might want a separate plan or perhaps even a paper plan to print out. Here are a few options

The Bible Project reading plans

The Bible project provides a downloadable bible reading plan that includes suggested videos to watch at the same time. They also have an app coming out soon which may provide more options too.
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Bible.org email lists

You can get a daily email with a bible reading based on one of a selection of different bible reading plans. Just click the link and find the right one for you

The Bible Reading Plan Generator

This handy web app from John Dyer lets you make a custom Bible reading plan with options for the way you read through (chronological, books in order, OT and NT each day etc) which days you read on, when you start, how many books to read…basically, a lot.

Tracking rather than planning

A different approach I’ve seen is to track what you read rather than plan what you should read. This can be very useful for people who fall into guilt and legalism over reading plans.
There are apps you can download and beautiful pdfs you can pay for, but here is a free PDF from Paper Haven.

Sermons

In previous years we have had a couple of sermons on the topic of Bible studies and discipleship goals for the coming year. You can listen to the below.

The Be Still Series from 24-7 Prayer

24-7 Prayer created a series of videos on quiet times that can be a useful prompt as you start the new year.

• Check out the Be Still Series from 24-7 prayer

What resources do you know?

Are there any other resources you think we should include? Leave a comment with your suggestion.

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What is advent?

Advent is the time of the year the church remembers the expectation of Christ’s coming and of his coming again. In more liturgical church calendars, It starts with the fourth Sunday before Christmas but many people think of it as starting on the first of December.

Read through a gospel

if you are unsure what to read, then journeying through a gospel is a great option. Any one will reveal Christ and build expectation of his return.

Devotionals

The Bible app from YouVersion has a lot of different advent reading plans. You can find an overview of all their plans here. Or try one of the specific ones I found below.

• Expect The Extraordinary
• Good News of Great Joy
• Journey To Bethlehem
• Crossway 31 day advent reading plan

Advent word series from the Bible Project

The Bible project has a collection of their videos and word studies of different themes that are present in advent season. Check out the series.

Past Christmas sermons at New Covenant

Why not listen to the sermon from one of our past Christmas meetings to prepare for the season.

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Read and listen to the book

• Read Galatians online
• Listen to Galatians (ESV)
• Listen to Galatians (NLT)
• Get a reading plan in the Bible app

Watch an overview of the book of Galatians

Understand how to read the book of Galatians in context

Download a workbook

The following workbook is available online for free and provides prompts for you to consider as you read through the book to the Galatians.

Anything missing?

Do you know of any other good resources? Leave a comment and we’ll add them.

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