How do I pray

 As we receive God’s salvation, God gives us, His children, the opportunity to fellowship with Him. You may be asking, how can I pray? Below is a guide to assist you in how to pray. This outline is based on The Lord’s Prayer found in Matthew 6:9-13.
 
1. Begin with a period of praise and thanksgiving.
  • Praise God for who He is (His characteristics and names
  • Give thanks for past, present, and future blessings
  • Freely worship and adore Him
2. Continue with confession and repentance
  • Ask God to search your thoughts and attitudes
  •  Carefully examine your speech
  •  Ask God to thoroughly search your relationships
  • Confess any sins of commission and be sure to forsake the sins God reveals
  • Confess any sins of omission and make a definite commitment to obedience
  • Resolve to fully repent of any known sing of thought, word, or deed
  • Ask God to fill you with His Holy Spirit
  • Be sure to look to God’s Word, for Him to speak to you

Prayers of Personal Petition
  • Pray for the development of character and holiness
  • Pray for your ministry and service to God
  • Pray for physical, emotional, spiritual, or financial needs

Prayers Of Intercession
  •  Pray for needs of family and friends
  • Pray for your pastor and leadership of the church
  •  Pray for specific lost people
  •  Pray for missionaries and missionary efforts
  •  Pray for revival and spiritual awakening

Prayers Claiming God’s Promises
  • Reflect on key points of your Scripture reading and prayer time.
  • Express confidence in God’s Faithfulness and ability to work according to His will and for His glory
  • End your time with thanksgiving for God’s presence, promises, and peace.

What do I pray for?

Key Prayers Of Intercession
  • Spiritual and physical needs of family and friends
  • Spiritual needs of those we see in daily life
  • Those who don’t know Christ
  • Spiritual growth and protection for new Christians
  • Those who are struggling and running away from God
  • Revival and growth in your church
  • Missionaries and persecuted believers
  • Local, state, and national governmen
  • Sweeping revival and spiritual awakening
  • Key mission initiatives and strategies

Key prayers for your church
  • Pray for a powerful move of God’s Spirit to bring deep conviction, repentance, and a mighty release of God’s power
  • Pray for a deep love among members
  • Pray that strife and disunity will be subdued
  • Pray for a strong wall of protection to surround the church and it’s members
  • Pray for the church to receive God’s clear direction in all its decisions and ministries
  • Pray for a spirit of zeal in all ministries and initiatives
  • Pay for God to raise up many laborers for His work
  • Pray for a powerful spirit of worship, prayer, and holiness to permeate the church

Key prayers for the lost
  • Convict them of their sin and separation from you
  • Reveal to them who You are and what Christ has done for them
  • Open the eyes of their understanding.
  • Draw them to Yourself in a powerful fashion
  • Bind satan from his deceit
  • Pray for grace and mercy to surround them
  • Help me to be willing to go and give them to gospel
  • Send someone across their path to lead them to You