10 Tips for When Pray Seems Stale...

Sometimes my prayers seem...repetitive. I use the same words. The same patterns. The same requests. My prayers seem...boring. But this doesn't have to be the case:
1. Pray through a passage of Scripture. Use the words, stories, and imagery to worship and request.
2. Sing as part of prayer or sing your prayer.
3. Go somewhere special to pray or take a pray walk.
4. Write your prayers down -- as letters to God.
5. Pray over a specific topic or request from a ministry or situation.
6. Draw while you pray.
7. Change your position, kneel, get on your face, raise your hands.
8. Pray with a friend. Or text prayers to friends to let you know you are praying for them.
9. Fast from technology, a meal, or something else in order to pray.
10. Set a one-minute timer and pray for something specific one minute at a time.