Prayer - Just Showing Up

The writer of the Psalms, in describing his prayer experience, wrote ...

Each morning I will look to you in heaven and lay my requests before you, praying earnestly. Psalm 5:3

When you are being a regularly scheduled time, how long should it be?
Answer: As long as it needs to be.

Maybe start with 7 minutes.

2 Minutes reading Bible;
A - Adoration: 1 Minute Praising God
C - Confession: 1 Minute making sure everything is OK
T - Thanksgiving: 1 Minute thanking God for things & people.
S - Supplication: 1 Minute asking God for things and people.
S - Silence: 1 Minute listening for God to instruct you or teach you.

One of the things that derails prayer faster than anything is starting with some sort of noble idea of what it ought to be. Many times prayer seems pretty ordinary, an everyday kind of thing like a person speaking with their friend. Prayer is having a conversation with the Lord. Yes, it has its high moments, but a lot of prayer is a matter of just showing up.

Follow the K.I.S.S. method: "Keep It Simple, Saint!"