Pray Confidently and Consistently: Finally Let Go of the Things Holding You Back from Your Most Important Conversation

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She also suggests reading prayers, and mentions her book Springboard Prayers . This is a book of written-out prayers. While Valerie encourages us to speak from our hearts when praying to God, she admits that there are some things that she never would have prayed for had she not read them somewhere. We can learn from other prayers, whether we read them or hear them in person from others, she says. [21:32] Preventing emotions and fears from getting in the way of our prayers After 8 years and thousands of conversations with our audience on prayer, I’ve learned the biggest struggles plaguing our prayer lives–feeling unsure of how to do it “right” and trying to figure out how to do it in a busy world. Acts 4:24 tells us that the early church at prayer “raised their voice to God with one accord” (NKJV). From the initial “Heavenly Father” to the concluding “in Jesus’s name, amen” a public prayer is the united supplication of everyone. Why We Should

So how can we waive our reluctance and make the effort to pray aloud? Here are a few simple bullets to get you started: Instead of calling upon the mighty God of the universe and believing Him for the supernatural, we go aimlessly on our way -- spiritually impotent, unbelieving and fruitless.

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As someone who has a prayer journal company and literally wants to write out her thoughts, Valerie says she can completely understand the temptation to drill through a list when praying. However, she says that scripture is a great place to get beyond the prayer list. Any scripture can be made into a prayer – it can be a prayer of rejoicing, a prayer of repentance, a prayer of action. If we pull out our Bibles, we will surely pray for things that we wouldn’t if we were just praying from a list. Give thanks for the new partnership with Good Samaritan School and pray that it develops and deepens This is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he listens to us.

Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. Rejoice always, pray continuously, give thanks in all circumstances: for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV But when God called this ministry into being in the spring of 1951, we immediately formed a 24-hour prayer chain and divided the prayer time into 96 15-minute periods. Scores of Christians invested fifteen minutes in prayer every day on behalf of our new ministry at the University of California at Los Angeles. Valerie says that we can’t compartmentalize our faith if we want to get closer to God. Spiritual growth is a holistic thing, and we need to connect with our whole selves. We can’t just go to church on Sundays and be a totally different person the rest of the week. This is an interesting dynamic, really. Most of the time, we have no trouble accepting that the Bible is true—that it’s God-breathed, that it’s the Word of Life. Then we turn around and question what the Bible says about prayer. We might not see it that way, yet that’s what happens when we doubt the strength or usefulness of our prayer life.Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. As a former anxiety sufferer (and a NeuroCoach that’s worked with 100s of women) I’ve learned that we need practical mindset TOOLS (based on both brain science and God’s word) to get His calming TRUTH into our thoughts. Remember that Jesus is praying too. In corporate prayer, we have the assurance of Christ’s presence (Matthew 18:20) and the promise of his intercession (Hebrews 7:25). A Christian never — never! — prays alone.

This coming Sunday, September 10th, we will start a new sermon series in the book of Acts called Through the Church. With this study, we hope to be assured that God advances his mission to make Jesus Christ known through local churches.Within the flow of the Acts narrative we meet one of the churches Paul ministered to, and, through which God, makes Jesus known to all the earth: the church in Ephesus. In the letter Paul wrote to them he gives a moving prayer report (Ephesians 3:14-21).Paul prays that God, by his Spirit, would give the Ephesians strength to know Christ’s mighty heart for them, so that they might become all that God intends. In verses 14-15 of his prayer report, Paul gives the Ephesians three reasons he prays with confidence to the Father on their behalf. For these reasons we too can pray expectantly to the Father for our church.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.” 1 John 5:14 The Key to Praying Confidently The word “boldness” in this verse is from the Greek word parresia, which describes a frankness of speech that is often viewed as unflinching authority — even in the face of opposition. It presents a picture of unashamed boldness. It also is associated with joy and courage. But in addition, Paul goes on to tell us that we can have “confidence” in Christ as we pray. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.

Our Lord Jesus Christ has commissioned us, as a demonstration of His loving concern and compassion for the world, to go and share the good news of the gospel everywhere. But we huddle in unbelief in our little prayer meetings and talk of peripheral, superficial matters. We are content to see accomplished in the name of Christ only what we are capable of accomplishing through our own intellect, eloquence, and organizational skills. And this is the confidence which we have toward him: Everything that we ask him according to his will, he hears for us. Valerie highlights one of her blog posts called Why God Says No . She discusses reasons that we can examine with ourselves and with God, as well as reasons to accept because this is how God works. Valerie notes that it can be so hard to continue to pray confidently and consistently when we feel like God has said “no” to us. We can wonder, “if God didn’t hear this huge thing in the past, why should we pray to him now?” This verse assures us that God will provide wisdom. You can pray with confidence knowing He will fulfill His commitment.

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We also think of the harvest that Jesus speaks of and our desire for all to know the saving love of God; but not only the spiritual harvest but the practical harvest of those in need of education, sanitation and protection. We need 'harvest hands' to pray with us. In a group, the prayer of one person becomes the prayer of every person. When I lead in prayer, it is not my job to impress the other people. I don’t have to wow them with my eloquence or amaze them with my theology. I don’t have to prove my spiritual stamina with long prayers or my spiritual brokenness with short ones. It’s not about me.