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Christian Prayer

As a True Believer faces the sufferings of this life, he has Christian Prayer, the greatest resource imaginable available to him.

As a True Believer you the right to approach God whenever needed, and to ask God for the strength to walk through and to conquer the suffering you are facing.

That is what prayer is all about.

In Romans 8:18-27 Paul says at leased two things about Christian prayer.

1.  Believers do not know how to pray as they should.

Note the word "we." Paul includes himself in this, which is to say no believer knows how to pray. By nature, we are weak and lacking the power...

          •  for prolonged concentration.

          •  to avoid distractions.

          •  to stop all wandering thoughts.

          •  to prevent emotional changes.

          •  to govern varying affections.

          •  to know what lies in the future, even one hour from now.

          •  to know what is really best for us and for our growth in any given situation.

2. The Holy Spirit helps our infirmities. It is true that He helps us in all our infirmities, but the point of the passage deals only with prayer.

Note: it is assumed that you are praying.

The Spirit is not going to force you to pray.

It is our responsibility to take the time to get alone and pray. When we do this, the Spirit begins to act both upon and for us.

Note this also: the Spirit "helpeth our infirmities." What this means is that whatever our particular weakness is, He helps that weakness.

If you are truly sincere about prayer and you are wrestling to pray, then the will Spirit help you to control your concentration, distractions, wandering thoughts, emotional changes, and affections.

How does He do that?

As the True Christian Believer struggles to pray by controlling his or her own flesh and its weakness, the Holy Spirit takes our mind and emotions and...

          •  quiets and silences them.

          •  stirs and excites them.

          •  draws and pulls them.

          •  directs and guides them.

He will lead you to pray as you should, by helping you control and subject the flesh and allowing you to concentrate upon the prayer.

When you know what the Holy Spirit will help you in you Christian prayer time, it is up to you to ask for that help as you approach different types of prayer.

There are a number of different types of Christian prayer.  I will just list them here for you along with reference scripture for an example of that type of prayer.

·        Bold prayer (Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 10:19-21)

·        Persistent prayer (Matthew 15:23-24)

·        Petition prayer (1 Timothy 2:1)

·        Intercession prayer (Ephesians 6:18-19; Colossians 4:2-4)

·        Thanksgiving prayer (1 Timothy 2:1)

·        Concentrated prayer (Luke 6:12)

·        Confession prayer (1 John 1:9)

·        Humble prayer (Luke 18:10/14)

·        Corporate prayer (Luke 6:12)

·        Persevering prayer (Luke 11:5/10)

·        Chance prayer (Matthew 15:20 3-24)

There are many excellent information articles on Christian prayer linked to this page and listed below.  Just click on the link below to go to the article.

GO TO Breakthrough Prayer Part 1
GO TO Breakthrough Prayer Part 2
GO TO Breakthrough Prayer Part 3
GO TO Power of Prayer
GO TO The Lord's Prayer Adopted to You
GO TO Prayer in the Tabernacle
GO TO Scripture Spoken to Satan .....IT IS WRITTEN!
GO TO Spiritual Warfare Prayers
GO TO What is Spiritual Warfare - Part 1
GO TO What is Spiritual Warfare - Part 2

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