Pray from your heart

The better you know your heart, the better you can pray.

Trust in him at all times, O people, pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us (Psalm 62:8).

How to Pray in the Spirit

God’s Words tells us to pray at all times in the Spirit (Ephesians 6:18).

If you’re not sure how to do this, ask God to help you. And trust that He will.

Thankful, Praise-filled Prayer

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;
I will recount all your wonderful deeds.
I will be glad and exult in you;
I will sing praise to your name, O Most High (Psalm 9:1-2).

Thankful, praise-filled prayers bring joy.

Begin and End With Worship

Notice what Solomon did before and after he asked for wisdom.

The king went to an important place of worship and sacrificed 1,000 burnt offerings to the Lord. That night the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream (from 1 Kings 3:4-5).”

“Solomon woke up, returned to Jerusalem, stood before the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant, and sacrificed burnt offerings and peace offerings (from 1 Kings 3:15).”

Praying for a Prodigal?

You should know this about God: “God does not just sweep life away; instead he devises ways to bring us back when we have been separated from him (2 Samuel 14:14).”

One young man came back when he “became so hungry that even the pods he was feeding the pigs looked good to him (Luke 15:16).”

Ask the Lord to devise a way to bring your loved one back.

Pray out of Love

God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5).

Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord (Lamentations 2:19).

Love-filled prayers flow freely from hearts filled with God’s love.

How Love Influences Prayer

“He prays best, who loves best
All things, both great and small;
For the dear God, who loves us,
He made and loves all.”

adapted from Samuel Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834).

True Prayer

“In true prayer we don’t go demanding; we go trusting.
We don’t barge into God’s throne room with all the right words;
we go in looking for God’s love and mercy”*

*Rick Osborne, Teaching Your Child how to Pray, p.61.

Confident Hope

Pray with confidence in God who controls everything for our good and His glory.

We know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God (Romans 8:28).

All glory to God our Father forever and ever! Amen (Philippians 4:20).

How to Pray for the Sick

It’s easy to feel helpless when someone you love is sick. But the God to whom we pray is Jehovah-Raphe. He is the Lord who heals.

Click here for a Prayer Guide on Praying for the Sick.