Praying all Prayers

Friday 6 October
READ: Eph. 6:10-24     
MORE LESSON:  Rom. 8:26-27

Since our focus is on Jesus' prayer, our study will be incomplete if we do not examine the issue of all manner of prayer. Jesus taught and prayed all manner of prayer. In His prayers you find praise, supplication, dedication, forgiveness, intercession, confession and corporate prayer. In some places, He taught the prayer of faith. Study more about the different types of prayer to find out when and how each is done. This  is because it is not only important to pray but to pray the right prayer at the right time.

Paul admonishes us to pray always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit. Only one or more types of prayer may be needed on one occasion. If you yield yourself to making supplication in the spirit, the Spirit will direct you to what is needed. But if you are ignorant of the types of prayer you will become limited in using them. Pray always! Pray all manner of prayer.

There is also the need to pray in the spirit; this means to pray in tongues or by the leading of the Spirit. Praying in tongues for at least one hour a day is healthy for believers and can turn both  your prayer life and destiny around for good. Many great men of God have testified of this and I have also found it to be fantastic! It should even become a habit for believers to constantly pray in the spirit.

But then, it is not every key that opens every padlock; there is usually a particular key for every particular door and padlock. When Daniel began to pray for the release of Isreal from captivity, he didn't start with petitions (Dan. 9:1-5). When Jesus prayed at Lazarus' tomb, he started with thanksgiving and Jesus prayer at Gethsemane was more of consecration.

There are as many types of prayer as there are needs. The same goes for songs; it is the occasion that determines the type of song. Even as a preacher, it will be strange to preach a funeral sermon at a naming fellowship or vise-versa. In all, the direction of the spirit must be the priority to the type of prayer for a particular need. Spiritual connectivity is the most important prerogative at prayer. It is like network to a phone call. No connection, physical and spiritual, no call.

Prayer/Action
* Ask for direction to pray appropriately always.
*Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to pray and equip you with power to pray.
*Ask God to help you when you need to mention crucial issues of life in prayer.

TODAY’S PROPHETIC PRAYER
By the power that made the heavens and the earth, today will continue to be a memorial of goodness, strength, grace, abundance and celebration for me, in the mighty name of Jesus.