Are You Ready to Transform Your Prayer Life?
January 7th-27th, 2024
2024 Theme: Interior Freedom
How It Works
The 21 Days to a Better Prayer Life Challenge is a 21 day spiritual exercise for anyone desiring to take their prayer life and their daily journey as a disciple of Jesus Christ more seriously.
Our next challenge runs January 7th-27th, 2024 with an Initial Kickoff Orientation online webinar on January 2nd at 7:30pm CST.
There are three primary elements to this challenge;
There are three primary elements to this challenge;
Commitment to Prayer
Intentional Examination of Your Experience with God.
Community & Support
In Short, What’s Expected?
- Join the 60 minute challenge orientation on January 2nd at 7:30pm (or watch the recording prior to the challenge).
- Minimum of 30 minutes of silent prayer each day
- Pray the Examen Prayer (5-10 minutes) each night
- At least one dedicated holy hour of prayer each week
- Listen to the daily 2-3 minute reflection on the theme of the challenge.
- Simple daily prayer journaling where you take note of your experience of prayer and your experience of God throughout the day.
- Sharing of your experiences of prayer and participation in the online discussions and prompts 2-3 times per week. Note: this can be replaced with discussions with a spouse, friend, small group, etc. (see below)
- Regular Office Hours with the formation team where you can ask questions, discuss prayer, discernment, etc.
- Access to our growing library of resources that include resources for prayer, daily reading recommendations, etc.
- Join the Closing Celebration and Prize Ceremony on January 28th at 7:30pm.
Will You Join Us?
Individual Registration
- Access to the supportive online community and formation team (discussions, forums, etc.)
- Access to resources for daily prayer including our short daily reflections on the challenge theme.
- Invitation to “office hours” with our formation team
- (1) Full Color Printed Journal (mailed to you)
Frequently Asked Questions
In short, we just ask that you commit to a way that you will share about your experiences of prayer with someone you trust. Some options might include;
- Checking in a few times a week with a good friend, spouse, etc.
- Participation 2-3 times a week in the online forums
- Commit to weekly participation in one of our Office Hours with Eric and members of the Formation Team.
The commitment to sharing is in place to help each of us grow in confidence in ourselves as well as the work that God is doing in us.
We’re here to help but we can’t “force” you to do anything. Make the commitment, do the best you can, and we’ll be here every step of the way!
Our hope is that this challenge will help you grow in a better understanding of your relationship with Jesus; how it’s going, where you could use a little more discipline, where you could use more support, etc. The Suscipe Community is here to assist you along the way and will continue to provide the community, formation opportunities, resources, etc. to support you in your discipleship journey. We have other formation opportunities in the works!
You’ll have access to everything involved with this challenge (prayer resources, recordings, etc) for 90 days after the challenge is over.
That would actually be our preference and we understand that a lot of people have reservations with “sharing online” or “sharing with strangers” and that they would prefer to keep their sharing within your small group setting. We have two options for your group:
1. Participate in the January Challenge
Each person could sign up individually for the challenge. They will have full access to everything, will receive their journal, etc. Instead of participating in the online community options, each person could commit to meeting regularly as a group throughout the challenge. We don’t “keep tabs” on people who register so if they aren’t engaged in the online activities, we won’t be tracking them down. Also though, they can participate in whatever they want.
2. Host a Private Challenge
We have the ability to set up a space in our community for just you and your group. This option is only available to individuals who have been through the challenge and want to bring it to their group as it requires a little more effort and wherewithal of the leader. We aren’t able to run a private challenge simultaneously with the January challenge but could offer it at another time throughout the year.
We can host private challenges for small groups and even entire parishes. Please reach out if you’d like to discuss more!
