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Asheritah CiuCiu: Growing a Prayer Habit

May 4, 2022 By: Barb Raveling

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In this interview with Asheritah CiuCiu, we discuss how to grow a prayer habit using the REST method from her new book, Prayers of Rest: 365 Prompts to Hear God’s Voice. If you find yourself struggling to make prayer a daily habit, Asheritah offers many helpful ways to cultivate this powerful discipline in this episode of the Christian Habits Podcast (links below).

Asherita CiuCiu: Growing a Prayer Habit

What We Discussed on the Podcast

  • How to make a prayer habit stick by learning, fostering and practicing it
  • Praying through hard emotions
  • How distracting thoughts can actually become prompts in prayer
  • How developing intimacy with God takes time
  • How what we believe about God influences our prayers
  • Written prayers vs. spontaneous prayers
  • How to stop talking and begin listening in prayer
  • The REST prayer method: Recite God’s goodness, Express your neediness, Seek His Stillness, and Trusting God’s faithfulness
  • Praying through scripture

Resources Mentioned on the Podcast

  • My previous interview with Asheritah: Overcoming Food Fixation
  • Asheritah’s newest book: Prayers of Rest: 365 Prompts to Hear God’s Voice
  • App that Barb referenced: Reimagining the Examen (free app available on both Google and Apple app stores)
  • Asheritah’s books: Full: Food, Jesus and the Battle for Satisfaction, and Bible and Breakfast

About Asheritah CiuCiu

asheritah ciuciuAsheritah Ciuciu is a bestselling author, national speaker, and host of the Prayers of REST podcast. She is the founder of One Thing Alone Ministries, an online ministry that helps women all over the world find joy in Jesus through creative and consistent time in God’s word. Asheritah grew up in Romania as a missionary kid and studied English and Women’s Ministry at Cedarville University. She is married to her high school sweetheart and together they raise their three spunky kids in NE Ohio. Asheritah is the author of several books, including the best-selling Advent devotional Unwrapping the Names of Jesus. Her writing and speaking has been featured on Focus on the Family, Revive Our Hearts, Moody Radio, Relevant Magazine, Proverbs 31, and MOPS International. For more information about Asheritah, her books, and writing/speaking ministry, visit www.asheritah.com.

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