Sound Prayer Activity
What for?
Pay attention to your surroundings; pray for the world; hear things God might be trying to say to us as well.
What will you need?
- ears to hear
How do you do it?
- Go for a walk, or just sit in your house and pay attention to the sounds around you.
- What do you hear? How many different sounds can you hear? Are there sounds you do not hear?
- After you have just listened for a while think about if there are sounds that bring you joy.
- Thank God for those sounds.
- Consider sounds that cause you distress.
- Pray for those things that concern you based on the sounds you have heard.
More information:
This is one of many body prayers. God created us with bodies for a reason, and yet we very rarely use them in prayer or praise. Explore how you can pray with more than your brain and your mouth.
It is easy to block out the sounds of the world around us. We put in headphones and listen to music, or find ways to not really hear what’s around us. Bringing attention to the world around us by listening to it can help us pray for the world and hear things God might be trying to say to us as well.
