Jan 1, 2015 · What Should We Pray For? Most of us sense the desire to pray, and even want to develop a better prayer life, but we don’t know what to pray for. Each of these resources offers ideas for requests you might bring to God in prayer. Some are more specific and others more general, but all offer examples that you can adapt to make your own.

Feb 6, 2017 · How to Pray as Jesus Taught Us. 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.

Jan 19, 2025 · Buy a map of the world or an area of special concern and mark it up as you pray for the work of the gospel among the nations. 4. SOCIETAL NEEDS. Pray for the needs of your community, your nation, and your local government officials (1 Timothy 2:2). Confess the sins of your community and nation to God and grieve over them before him (Daniel 9:1 ...

Apr 30, 2018 · How to Pray in the Spirit. Praying in the Spirit has three aspects: (1) admitting our inability, (2) enjoying the creation of a living communion with God, and (3) pleading the promises of God with boldness and assurance. Step One: Admitting Our Inability to Pray. We should start with confession: we must admit our inability to pray as we ought.

Jul 19, 2013 · But however he teaches us, whatever means we find helpful, may God cause us all to grow in faith until we pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17) and never lose heart (Luke 18:1). Jon Bloom ( @Bloom_Jon ) was a cofounder of Desiring God, wrote more than 750 articles, and continues to serve as a board member.

Apr 27, 2016 · “Pray for my co-worker whose dad passed away last week.” Or, “Pray for my grandmother who’s back in the hospital, again.” It’s not wrong by any means (we should be praying for these things, and asking others to pray, too). But if we take that mentality into prayer, we may only ever pray for physical or circumstantial needs.

Jan 2, 2017 · 7. Pray for and with others. Prayer is meant to knit together the children of God, oftentimes, people we have never even met. We share a Father, we are family, and we should bear each other’s burdens in prayer. We become invested in each other’s struggles and triumphs. We start to care more about the people we pray for and less about ourselves.

Jan 21, 2025 · But at certain hours and moments we also pray to God in words” (Letter 130.9.18). The broad sense of desire for God must motivate our intentional prayers lest they become mere ritual or mindless babbling (Matthew 6:7). Genuine prayer begins in and is sustained by desire for God. And when we cease to desire God, then we cease to truly pray.

Nov 20, 2024 · When You Pray Speaking to God Alone and Together. Jul 24, 2024. David Mathis Jul 24, 2024. Message.

Nov 26, 2017 · Jesus teaches us to pray and to freely ask our Father for the desires of our heart: “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.” (Luke 11:9–10)