This document outlines a 7 step process for prayer: 1) Choose a quiet place and consistent time for prayer. 2) Start with worship and praise for God's goodness. 3) Repent for sins and fully surrender to God. 4) Ask for guidance from the Holy Spirit and its fruits. 5) Read the Bible daily to hear from God. 6) Listen quietly for God's voice. 7) Intercede by praying for needs, healing, and protection. The overall goal is to develop a daily prayer routine that involves communicating with and listening to God through praise, repentance, scripture and petition.
The riches of God dwells in Christ Jesus. The Believers must be enriched in Christ Jesus to grow and bear fruits for His Kingdom. The Kingdom business comes prior to any other responsibility a believer possess. Be Blessed!
Do you desire to hear God's voice? How do you know when He's speaking? This study details the methods through which God speaks and the heart we must have in order to hear Him clearly.
The riches of God dwells in Christ Jesus. The Believers must be enriched in Christ Jesus to grow and bear fruits for His Kingdom. The Kingdom business comes prior to any other responsibility a believer possess. Be Blessed!
Do you desire to hear God's voice? How do you know when He's speaking? This study details the methods through which God speaks and the heart we must have in order to hear Him clearly.
An introduction to the Christian practice of contemplation, especially in terms of silence and silent prayer. Contemplative, silent prayer is for everyone, and this slide show explains what it is, why it matters, who should do it, how to do it, and resources for further reading and exploration.
This “Alone Time with God” presentation is intended to emphasize the importance of having a personal time alone with God every day connecting with His Word. Let God speak to you from His Word in this presentation and the ones to follow in the series.
The tongue is a powerful tool, capable of building up or tearing down, creating or destroying. We must use this powerful instrument as God has intended.
An introduction to the Christian practice of contemplation, especially in terms of silence and silent prayer. Contemplative, silent prayer is for everyone, and this slide show explains what it is, why it matters, who should do it, how to do it, and resources for further reading and exploration.
This “Alone Time with God” presentation is intended to emphasize the importance of having a personal time alone with God every day connecting with His Word. Let God speak to you from His Word in this presentation and the ones to follow in the series.
The tongue is a powerful tool, capable of building up or tearing down, creating or destroying. We must use this powerful instrument as God has intended.
How to Open the Floodgates of Heaven: Prayer to Break the Curse of PovertySeattle Center
This prayer was crafted by Paul Cox and the ministry team at Aslan's Place. For the original text visit: http://aslansplace.com/prayer-to-break-the-curse-of-poverty/
This prayer model is from the book "The Hour That Changes the World". The author presents 12 sections of prayer that if practiced for 5 minutes each would accumulate an hour of prayer a day for the development of a habit of prayer. Eventually, once the habit is developed, a more intimate, personal prayer devotion can be created. Very useful for those who want to know how to pray.
God's word is life, it judges, it is powerful.
It is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, & training in righteousness to prepare us for every good work.
Be Glad - A Prayer Plan to Increase JoyRodney Drury
This is a prayer plan for increasing joy and gladness in our heart centered on Psalms 32. Reflections and Instructions are provided so that this plan can be used by individuals or groups.
2. Psalm 100A psalm. For giving thanks. 1 Shout for joy to the LORD, all the earth. 2 Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. 3 Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. 4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. 5 For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
3. Step 1 : Place and Time Pick a quiet place that you can go to every day where you will not be disturbed by outside distractions. Also try and find a consistent time that you can pray every day. Start off small, say 10 or 15 minutes and work up from there. The most important thing is to develop a pattern where you can pray on a daily basis. Luke 18:1Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.
4. Step 2: Worship and Praise Start off you prayer time by giving praise to God for all of the good things that he has done. Praise him for who he is, for his gift on the cross, for the things that he is doing and has done in your life. An easy way to start out is to say "I praise you Jesus for..." Examples include: You are the Lion of Judah...You are my Hiding Place...You are my Joy....You are my Provider...You are the Alpha and the Omega...You are all I need. Use the Psalms to help you out. They contain many passages of worship. This is also a great time to sing to the Lord. Use songs of praise.
5. Step 3: Repent and Surrender Because we are all human we make mistakes and fall short of the glory of God. By admitting our mistakes and asking for forgiveness we put ourselves back into a right relationship with God as his blood covers over our sins. We then surrender our lives to God so that he has the ability to most us into righteous and godly people. Here is an example prayer for a book entitled "Miracle Hour":"God, I am sorry for the times that I have hurt other people, I repent for any stealing, lying, gossiping, envy, hatred, jealousy, or lack of love, and especially for ______________. I bring these to you and ask your forgiveness. I ask you to transform me so that I might avoid these sins. I surrender my life to you. I love you Lord. Thank you Jesus."
6. Step 4: Guidance of the Holy Spirit After Jesus left this earth he promised us his Holy Spirit to help us in our Christian walk. It is important for us to ask for the Holy Spirit to continue to work in our lives. Pray for the fruits of the Spirit found in Galatians 5:22: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness and Self-Control. Pray for the gifts of the Spirit, some of which are found in I Corinthians 12: Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Faith, Miracles, Prophesy, Tongues and Interpretation of Tongues.
7. Step 5: Read the Bible The Holy Scripture is the primary way that God communicated to us. Spend a few minutes each prayer time reading scripture and let God speak to you through his word. Start with the New Testament in the Gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John). They are the easiest to understand. There are also study books that help you go through the bible. Look at your church, many times there are study books for free there.
8. Step 6: Listen Yes, God does speak to us. Spend some time in quiet and listen for the voice of God. Reflect on what he was saying to you in scripture. If you are not sure how to tell when God is speaking than ask God to show you. He will speak! It may take some time, maybe more than a few minutes or more than a day but if you ask God will make his voice clear to you.
9. Step 7: Intercession This is the time to pray for your needs and the needs of others in the community. Pray for healing, for God to touch a situation or for a person in need and for the needs of the day. Make sure to remember to pray that God would be with you through the day and that he would protect you from temptation and the "flaming arrows of the evil one". It is a good idea to end with the "Our Father".
10. PRAYER To Talk With God Giving Praise to God Asking For Forgiveness Having a Relationship With Him Reading Scripture Spend some time in quiet and listen for the voice