- Prayer - Desiring God
What Is Prayer? Maybe you have never prayed to God yourself Or maybe you’ve prayed for years, but have a hard time explaining why These resources will help you understand what prayer is and why it is so important in the Christian life
- Prayer for Beginners - Desiring God
Prayer should be prioritized and scheduled, but the beauty of our newfound freedom and mercy in Christ is that prayer can happen anywhere It should start alone with God in your prayer closet, but it never needs to stay there
- Articles on Prayer - Desiring God
Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing Prayer is an expression of faith in God’s power, fueled by a desire for more of him
- Seven Simple Daily Prayers - Desiring God
1 Listen to my prayer Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; listen to my plea for grace (Psalm 86:6) David wrote an entire book of divinely inspired song-prayers to God, so you would think he might know that God hears all our prayers But over and over again, he still pleads with God to listen (Psalm 4:1, 17:6, 27:7, 28:2, 30:10, and more)
- Seven Steps to Strengthen Prayer - Desiring God
A deep prayer life is difficult to maintain, but it’s also greatly rewarding Consider seven steps to take this year to help strengthen your prayers
- A Simple Way to Pray Every Day - Desiring God
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 Give us this day our daily bread,
- How to Pray in the Holy Spirit - Desiring God
Praying in the Spirit means that the Spirit empowers the prayer and carries it to the Father in the name of Jesus The prayer has a living quality characterized by warmth and freedom and a sense of exchange
- Be Devoted to Prayer - Desiring God
Being devoted to prayer will mean that you come to God in prayer often desperate and often delighted I simply mean that prayer is a place for meeting God with your deepest heartaches and fears and prayer is a place for meeting God with your highest joys and thanks
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