Establishing an Overall Prayer Life

Have you ever felt led to pray, but didn’t know exactly what to pray for?  Communion with God is a crucial part of your spiritual growth and intimacy with our creator.  Here are some helpful tips on establishing an overall prayer life.

 

Think of praying for topics in 3 categories:

  1. Prayer for my personal life: breakthrough of God’s glory (strength, favor, etc.) on my inner man, in my circumstances (physical, financial and relational) and through my ministry as God’s power is released through my hands, His authority through my words (singing, preaching, conversations) and prophetic revelation to help others (1 Cor. 14:25)
  2. Prayer for people and places: individuals, ministries, marketplace and governmental authorities, and the destiny of cities and nations (Israel, Egypt, President, etc.)
  3. Prayer for strategic social issues: justice (abortion, human trafficking), civil unrest (riots), natural disasters (hurricane, drought), disease (AIDS, Ebola), social crisis (famine, terrorism, genocide, etc.) or economic crisis, etc.

 

Think of prayer in 3 major themes:

  1. Gifts of the Spirit (God’s power/favor)
  2. Fruit of the Spirit (my character)
  3. Wisdom of the Spirit (insight, revelation)

Most prayer requests fit into one of these three themes.

 

A foundational Kingdom principle is that God releases more blessing as we ask Him. He knows all of our needs (Mt. 6:32), but requires that we ask Him for increased blessing, because it causes us to interact with His heart. To ask implies that we verbalize our prayers, not just think on them.

 

“You do not have because you do not ask.” James 4:2

 

“In everything by prayer…let your requests be made known to God…” Philippians 4:6

 

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