Your Very Simple Guide to Simple Prayer
You might feel stuck when you pray and, at times, even confused. Don’t be discouraged. Many Christians have gone through this. In this blog, I’m sharing the revelation that helped me finally flow in prayer, and I believe it can help you too.
How to Become Consistent in Daily Prayer
There’s a moment every believer knows all too well, when guilt and shame whisper, “You can’t go to God right now.” Maybe you missed a few days of prayer. Maybe you fell into sin. Or perhaps you simply feel spiritually cold and distant. And so you delay coming to the Lord. Don’t wait to “feel” holy again before communing with the precious Holy Spirit. I believe the truth in this blog is going to set you free so you can finally become consistent in daily prayer.
Finding Your Prayer Flow
Have you ever tried to pray only to find yourself wondering where to begin, your mind cluttered, your heart restless, unsure of what to say? You want to enjoy fellowship with God, but the words just don’t come. That wall of silence can feel discouraging.
When the Devil Can’t Get to You, He’ll Go After Them
If the enemy can’t get to you, he’ll aim his attacks at those closest to you - your children, your spouse, your parents, your siblings, even those friends who are like family to you. We live in a wicked generation, where demonic influence moves subtly through media, relationships, and culture. And while worry may keep you up at night, it will never protect the ones you love. Only prayer can do that. To go deeper, read this blog.
God Resists the Proud
Pride is subtle, and if pride has taken root in your heart, your prayers will hit a spiritual ceiling. Read this week's blog and discover how to overcome pride and find alignment with God so you can pray prayers that move Heaven and shake Hell.
People of Prayer
People of prayer don’t just pray occasionally; for them, prayer is a lifestyle. They wake up praying, fall asleep praying, and they carve out time in their day to pray. They don’t surrender their time in prayer for anyone or anything. And they are marked by certain godly traits. Because they devote themselves to prayer so fully, their spiritual qualities stand out like bright lights.
Prayer is by the Spirit
All prayer is initiated by the Holy Spirit. This, of course, does not mean that you cannot, of your own free will, approach the throne of God. This simply means that if there is a desire within you to seek the Lord, then it was the Holy Spirit Who helped to cultivate that desire within you.
Sooner Than You Think
Secret Place Prayer
Stubbornly guard your prayer life. Vigilantly protect the secret place. Re-arrange your schedule. Say no to taking on more hobbies and responsibilities. Wake up earlier. Stay up later. Turn off your phone. Whatever you need to do in order to protect the secret place, do it.
THIS is How Prayer Changes YOU
Often, when you pray, God’s desire is to cause you to become an answer to prayer. More than it will change anyone or anything else, prayer will change the one who prays. Prayer is not about persuading God to change His will - no one can persuade God. Rather, prayer is about becoming an active participant in God’s will.
Two Kinds of Prayer
Unceasing prayer is spontaneous, in the moment, fluid. It is practiced during even the most mundane portions of your day. Unceasing prayer is carried out in the car, quietly within your heart, on the job, at school, and so forth. It can fill any gap of time, and can be practiced in any circumstance. But there is also a ceremony to prayer that must be regularly observed. Ceremony—that is, preparing the atmosphere—is necessary for intentional prayer. Intentional prayer takes place when I set the atmosphere to sharpen my focus on the Lord.
Ask. Seek. Knock.
You don’t know what tomorrow holds, and any moment can be your miracle moment. By the end of the week, you may be celebrating the miracle. All things are possible. Only believe. He makes a way where there seems to be no way. Persist in praying according to the will of God, for nothing is impossible with God.
The Holy Spirit Prays for You
If you could see into the realm of the Spirit, if you could watch the Holy Spirit pray for you, you would see Him with tears streaming down His face. You would hear Him praying with such force that His booming voice, the very same which spoke the world into existence, would shake the room. I dare even say that you would see Him pounding His fist on the floor as He prayed.
Low Signal
As a person will try to make up with volume what lacks in connection during a spotty phone call, so some believers try to make up in emotion and hype what is lacking in connection during prayer. The connection is there, but they allow matters of the flesh to disrupt what would otherwise be a moment of powerful prayer.
No Longer Desperate
Our pleading is too loud. Servants beg. Strangers beg. Sons come boldly with faith. Desperation is a great initiator but a terrible sustainer. Desperation initiates, but only faith sustains. Desperation is what brings me to the Lord, but once I have Him, why would I ever be desperate again? You don’t enter the glory through noisy desperation; you enter through faith-filled confidence. Confident faith, not desperation, is the way to know the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Oneness with the Holy Spirit
Jesus said, “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.” I want to live in such a way that I can say, “If you’ve seen me you’ve seen the Son.” Just as you cannot outpace your reflection in the mirror, so you should desire to reflect the nature of God.
The Myth of Generational Curses on Christians
Christ broke the curse. There’s no ritual to perform, no series of fancy prayers to recite - you’re free if you’ll just walk in that freedom. As a child of God, you’ve been given the power to rise above whatever the enemy might try to throw at you.
The Holy Spirit is a Person
In my moments of sorrow, He hurts with me. In my victories, He celebrates with me. In my living through everyday occurrences, He is there. He brings life to my every moment.
10 Benefits of Fasting
Whatever strengthens my Spirit weakens my flesh. So if my spirit is strengthened through fasting and praying, then my carnal nature is weakened by the same. Therefore, every benefit that you can receive from a weakened flesh or from empowered prayer, you can receive from fasting. Though there are many more, here are 10 benefits of fasting:
Persistent Prayer
More than it will change any one or any thing, persistent prayer will change the one who prayers persistently.