- Reflection: What is your experience with prayer and teachings about prayer? How have these experiences encouraged or discouraged the practice of prayer?
- “Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us…In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God’s thoughts after him: to desire the things he desires, to love the things he loves, to will the things he wills. Progressively we are taught to see things from his point of view.” P.33 (Celebration of Discipline)
- Ability to actually effect change in the world through prayer (It is not a Biblical view to believe that we live in a “closed” universe in which pre-determined outcomes cannot be changed. Luke 18:1-8)
- Compassion essential to prayer for others, only as we develop God’s heart are we charged with compassion and passion in prayer for other.
- Assess the passion and desire of your heart in determining the priorities of your prayers, the things that you are most passionate about are easier to pray for and evidence God’s leading.
- Make prayer conversational, including time for listening.
- Use imagination and mental images as part of prayer communication (God doesn’t need me to vocalize the dreams I have for myself and other people.)
- “Flash” prayer for strangers (asking for God’s heart for the people around you and praying “micro” prayers for them)
- Praying confidently God’s heart and Kingdom values even when you don’t know what to pray specifically (requires knowledge of Scripture)
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