How to Pray Just like learning Spanish, learning how to pray takes discipline and commitment. But mostly it requires you to surrender yourself to God and ask for His power. Spend some time this week learning how to do that - and in the process you will learn how to pray with power. Begin with just one small area of your prayer life every day. Monday Take time to confess your prayerlessness to God. If you don’t spend any time in prayer, start first by telling God that you are sorry. Tuesday Be honest and admit your struggles with prayer to God. It won’t hurt God’s feelings if you are honest with Him. He knows. But He wants you to talk to Him about them. Tell Him why you are struggling, what you don’t believe, and what you have difficulty understanding. Get it all out on the table. Wednesday Prayerfully examine your schedule and activity level, knowing that a preoccupied life can keep you from prayer. Ask the Lord to convict you if your life is too busy. ask him what you need to cut out so that you can spend time with him. Thursday Confess any self-reliance. If you are going through life as if you don’t need God, then that’s essentially what you are telling him. Confess that before him, ask him to forgive you, and move forward from that day on. Friday This is a key day. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you the ability to pray and to teach you how to pray. Submit yourself fully to Him. Ask Him for help in praying in His power and not in the flesh. Ask for God’s will to be done in a personal situation – instead of your own. E. K. Bailey said it this way: “Prayer is an awesome instrument for getting God’s will done on earth, not for getting my will done in heaven.” As you make a renewed effort to incorporate prayer into your life each day, God will respond and do His part in your heart and your mind. The prayer of an “expert” is powerful and effective. Is that what your Bible says? No! It says, “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective” (James 5:16). You can learn how to pray powerfully and effectively
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