The 5-Minute Prayer Companion · 7 Simple Ways to Pray When Life Feels Full

You want to pray, but the day is full, your mind runs fast and five minutes feels like a lot.

The 5-Minute Prayer Companion is a short guide (11 pages, PDF) with seven simple ways to begin praying when life feels full. It is not a shortcut to spiritual maturity, and five minutes is not a test you have to pass.

The seven practices:

1. When you have no words

2. Before a difficult conversation

3. When your mind is crowded

4. At the start of work

5. When you feel grateful

6. When you have made a mistake

7. Before sleep

Each practice follows a simple rhythm: arrive (30 seconds), notice (1 minute), pray (2 minutes), respond (1 minute), carry one thought (30 seconds). The times are guides, not rules: you can speak out loud, pray silently, write one sentence or sit in stillness. If you are interrupted, you have not failed.

Each practice includes a ready-to-use prayer, a short reflection and a question to write about, with watercolour illustrations.

Use it on its own or alongside 30 Days Closer to God: the devotional brings the deeper reflection and the journal; this guide is for the moments when that longer time isn't possible.

Delivery: instant download in PDF, to read on your phone, tablet or computer, or to print.

Note: this is spiritual formation, not mental health treatment. If prayer stirs up strong distress, you can stop and reach out to someone you trust or to a professional.