Pray with confidence in God.
When I cry out to You, then my enemies will turn back; this I know, because God is for me (Psalm 56:9).
Pray with confidence in God.
When I cry out to You, then my enemies will turn back; this I know, because God is for me (Psalm 56:9).
Pray with the spirit of understanding.
I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also (1 Corinthians 14:15).
Pray with preparation of heart.
Prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward Him (Job 11:13).
Pray with a true heart.
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience (Hebrews 10:22).
Pray with all your heart.
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:12-13).
“We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you” (2 Chronicles 20:12).
The battle is not yours, but God’s (2 Chronicles 20:15).
God is clothed with awesome majesty (Job 37:22).
Pray with awe-inspired reverence.
“Think about particular people, particular problems, particular needs, and then pray about those things specifically and earnestly, so that we can see God’s answer and offer Him our thankful praise.”*
*John MacArthur, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary, EPHESIANS, p.381.
Our intercessory prayers for our loved ones become transformed when we learn to leave it all in God’s hands! They become quiet, confidential conversations with Him about those we love so much.*
*adapted from O. Hallesby, Prayer, p. 54.
Paul tells about his prayers for Philemon: “I thank God always when I remember you in my prayers, because I hear of your love and the faith you have toward the Lord Jesus (Philemon 4-5).”
Paul modeled a relational prayer that we can emulate. “Lord, I’m thankful for and thinking about ______ because of his _____. ”