Introduction

Prayer is Conversation/Communication with God We are created by God to love God and be loved by Him. All relationships – including our relationship with God – rise or fall on communication. How can you love someone you don’t know? How can you have a relationship with someone to whom you don’t talk? God knows all about us. He loves us anyway. We can be completely honest with God. God is Lord of all. He sustains the universe. Yet He takes time to hear our prayers. This is an amazing privilege.

Prayer is Incredibly Complex Deceptively Simple Prayer is so simple even a young child can pray. Yet the more we pray throughout our lives, the more we realize that prayer is so complex that it takes our entire lives to learn to pray. We pour out our hearts to God in prayer. Prayer language is the language of our heart. Prayer doesn’t have to be fancy or flowery – just honest. Be yourself and spend time with God both talking and listening. Remember with prayer, like so much of life, 90% is just showing up!

Prayer consists of listening as well as talking. We don’t always need to have the “right” words. The Scriptures promise that the Holy Spirit will “intercede with sighs too deep for words.” Our God is so great He gives us the words to pray to Him! We are also promised that Jesus Himself prays for us! Prayer can be both individual and corporate, sung or spoken, spontaneous or written out… but all that matters is it draws you closer to God.

A Month on Prayer Following this introduction you will find prayers for the next 31 days. Happy Praying, Ya’ll!! We will cover different types of prayer in five day sections – Praying the Scriptures, Praying the Psalms, Praying the Hymns, Praying the Prayers of the Church throughout the Ages, Praying the Prayers of the Reformation and Reformers, and Praying Our Prayers. Each day features three prayers. Since we are told in the Scriptures to “pray without ceasing” it is recommended to pray one prayer in the morning, one during the day, and one in the evening.

There are many types of prayer.
Using different types of prayers helps you have a balanced prayer life.  Some forms of prayers may be easier for you; others harder. But as you relate to God in different ways your relationship will deepen. One of the easiest ways to deepen your prayer life is
ACTS I  stands for: ADORATION CONFESSION THANKSGIVING SUPPLICATION INTERCESSION We will learn more about these each day and practice each using the Scriptures.

 

 

Click here to hear the full verses to the Children's Prayer Song- written by Dr. Sloan