- Prayer - Desiring God
What Should We Pray For? Most of us sense the desire to pray, and even want to develop a better prayer life, but we don’t know what to pray for Each of these resources offers ideas for requests you might bring to God in prayer Some are more specific and others more general, but all offer examples that you can adapt to make your own
- A Simple Way to Pray Every Day - Desiring God
How to Pray as Jesus Taught Us First, Luther recommends simply to pray through the prayer once, as recorded in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 6:9–13) He then says to go back through the prayer and pray each petition individually: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven
- Pray with a Plan: How to Order Praises and Petitions
Buy a map of the world or an area of special concern and mark it up as you pray for the work of the gospel among the nations 4 SOCIETAL NEEDS Pray for the needs of your community, your nation, and your local government officials (1 Timothy 2:2) Confess the sins of your community and nation to God and grieve over them before him (Daniel 9:1
- Prayer for Beginners - Desiring God
“Pray for my co-worker whose dad passed away last week ” Or, “Pray for my grandmother who’s back in the hospital, again ” It’s not wrong by any means (we should be praying for these things, and asking others to pray, too) But if we take that mentality into prayer, we may only ever pray for physical or circumstantial needs
- The Power of Praying Together | Desiring God
We pray together When we pray together, God unites our hearts with one another In prayer, the motives and desires of my fellow brothers and sisters are on display I gain insight into the deep wells of their faith I see their heart of compassion I hear their love for the lost I discern their affection for Christ I perceive their steadfast
- Why Pray for Protection When Suffering Keeps Coming?
Skeptics will always say, “Well, right — it wouldn’t have happened anyway So when you say you pray for it not to happen, it’s pointless to pray because it might not have happened anyway ” Yeah, that’s true That’s true But it’s not pointless It’s absolutely not pointless God is our Father He bids us pray for his protection
- How to Pray the Psalms | Desiring God
Teach Us to Pray Let’s go back to basics We need to be taught how to pray It is a wonderful privilege that Christian people have: through Jesus Christ and his death for our sins, and by the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our hearts, we have access to God the Father in prayer (Ephesians 2:18)
- Seven Steps to Strengthen Prayer - Desiring God
7 Pray for and with others Prayer is meant to knit together the children of God, oftentimes, people we have never even met We share a Father, we are family, and we should bear each other’s burdens in prayer We become invested in each other’s struggles and triumphs We start to care more about the people we pray for and less about ourselves
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