In the scriptures below, I've helped personalize it. So any words in these prayers that indicate Paul talking to the Church, change the words so it is personal and it is you talking to God Himself. But this is how we are going to make it personal wherever Paul says “you”, I want you to instead replace it with, “Me”. I am challenging you to pray these prayers with me every single day, multiple times a day and most definitely during our prayer challenge hours. Paul probably prayed more than these for the churches but the Holy Spirit deemed it fit to have only these recorded showing how important they are to our prayer life. These prayers are unarguably the most important and most powerful prayers you can pray for yourself. I remember him saying that if the prayers were good for the saints at Ephesus, then they are good for the saints anywhere in the world. I learnt to pray these prayers for myself from Brother Hagin. While there are several requests we can make of our Heavenly Father, Paul the apostle inspired by the Spirit penned out some of the prayers he prayed for the churches he ministered to.
Prayer is enforcing the solutions in the Word not discussing the problems. Jesus said to ask whatsoever we desire not tell God what we are going through. Praying isn't telling God about your needs or reporting your condition to Him.
Praying the scriptures however is the most powerful thing you can do in prayer. At a later time we will talk about praying in the spirit and how important it is to our prayer life. Now to today's post- There are basically only two ways to pray in the New Testament - Praying the Word and Praying in the Spirit. Pretty much, what it entails is to discipline ourselves to devote one hour each day to prayer between the hours of 12 midnight and 3am. Petra Christian Centre - PRAYERS FOR THE NEW TESTAMENT BELIEVER For those just joining in, we are on a 31 Day Prayer challenge.