How to Strengthen Your Prayer Life
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2023
- At TGC Chicago's 2022 regional conference, Colin Smith moderated a panel discussion with Kevin DeYoung, H. B. Charles, and Juan Sánchez on ways to enhance your prayer life.
DeYoung defines prayer as “a lifting of conversation in our hearts Godward.” They consider practical ways to deepen personal prayer-like prayer cards, walking while praying, praying as a family, devotionals, and the use of Scripture in prayer.
Charles emphasizes the importance of motivation for prayer over technique and outlines three reasons why we should pray: (1) obedience, (2) effectiveness, and (3) dependence on God.
The group addresses the need to increase corporate prayer in church services, suggesting various resources like books, websites, and articles for further reading on enriching prayer and devotion. Ultimately, prayer offers us an opportunity to encounter God intimately and transform our hearts as we commune with him.
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I am *Pentecostal Apostolic* from *Toronto, Ontario, Canada* & we always have an opening prayer & a closing prayer during Sunday service. Our Tuesday prayer meeting which used to be in the sanctuary has now been moved to zoom & is attend by most of the Saints of the church. We also have first Saturday fasting which is not well attended, but which I love to attend. Also, since Covid I attend a zoom prayer meeting every Thursday evening & every Saturday morning with Saints from my region, other provinces & other countries. Prayer requests are sent to an email address so they can be prayed for during the zoom session or we place them in the chat during the session & they are read out loud & one of Saints will lead in prayer about them while we listen & pray & worship silently while that Saint is praying. We always cover the Saint who prayed against spiritual backlash as we understand prayer can be spiritual warfare. We also have a time of testimony where prayers that were answered are spoken about & we give God praise.
I personally don’t consider myself good at prayer, although I am drawn to prayer & Saints who pray. I admire people who seem to have a flow when they play. On occasion I am asked to lead in prayer on Tuesday nights & I do it out of obedience although I am not comfortable doing it. Prayer for me is an intimate exchange between God & I where I’m expressing myself to God & I don’t want anyone else to hear. I tend always to be talking to the Lord about things as I go throughout my day but I’d like to improve on my prayer life. I much prefer attending a prayer meeting over evangelistic service. I find a good prayer service we are corporately gathering for prayer together also have the opportunity to pray privately in that corporate setting is edifying for me.
*In prayer we try to allow the Holy Spirit to pray through us & be led by the Holy Spirit as we pray.* 🇨🇦😮
I love the insight that Pastor H. B. Charles gives us concerning prayer. Prayer is absolutely essential in the life of a Christian. God responds to prayer!
GOD have Mercy!!! 😮 If we Love Him - we will want to Know Him, Worship Him, Adore Him, Talk to Him, Obey Him, Serve Him, Trust Him, Honor Him, GIVE Him all the Glory, (He told us to Ask, Seek & Knock & to keep asking, seeking, knocking). He is the LIVING WORD!!! Jesus said: if you are thirsty come & drink of the water of Life, if you are Hungry come & eat! Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, the Life, the Door! He is your redeemer - thank Him & Praise Him "HE Lives in them Midst of the praises of His people! He Loves you He paid & purchased you back on the cross!!! Read His Word!!!!
💯!! You can NOT trust Him or pray to God if you don’t know Him and His character without the reading of scripture🤷🏽♀️ Just read and meditate on it. This is the abiding that John 15 talks about. Jesus wants and expects fruit if you claim to be His disciple. Let’s get about our Fathers business and pray for the Holy Spirits help, guidance and wisdom🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Apostle Paul taught us to pray incessantly. Jesus showed us prayers were personal communication with God. I pray anywhere, anytime, and for anyone more than myself or my immediate family. God always bless us, and we have resources to pray on behalf of the needy.
Thank you Ps.H.B. Charles for your godly recommendations
Thanks for sharing these helpful insights and experiences 🙏 😃 May God bless you all and your work as God's servants to lead and serve His people🙏
Thank you, Colin Smith, Kevin DeYoung, H. B. Charles, and Juan Sanchez for sharing your insights on prayer. All good information.
GOD BLESS ALL HIS CHOSEN PEOPLE ❤ 😊
These guys are full of good motivation handles to pray and not faint.
I love your great thoughts on prayer, pastor H.B.Charles.
I LOVE DOING DEVOTIONAL BEFORE OR AFTER PRAYER...IT GIVE I DEPTH.MEDITATION ON THE WORD.
Great tips. I agree on the devotional as well. I feel like it slows me down and makes me pause. Thank u so much for the book recommendations. That is so helpful
43:50 - 44:20 Powerful!
45:50 Very good!
Awaiting the illumination of the Holy Spirit
Ask. Repentance is dispensable to be a fully committed believer. The Baptism of the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary to declare yourself not just a Jesus follower, but born again. Total surrender and sanctification.
Just a request. In the description section will u consider listing what church each pastor belongs too?
Please, do your homework.
I commented halfway , but I should have waited for the end.
It's rather disappointing to find out all Minister's home prayer life is rather lame. Well with all due respect, it's a need to start at home before the 100000 out there...😢😢😢
*Luke 18:1* *And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;*
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THE # 1 ELEMENT OF A PRAYER LIFE.
The Lord Jesus said, he that believeth in me, OUT OF HIS BELLY ""' SHALL FLOW RIVERS OF LIVING WATERS'''". THIS HE SPOKE OF THE SPIRIT.
YOU MUST BE """" FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT""" TO HAVE THE PRAYER LIFE GOD HAS ORDAINED US TO HAVE.
YOU MUST PRAY AND ASK GOD TO FILL YOU WITH THE HOLY GHOST. IF THE RIVERS OF WATERS ARE NOT FLOWING OUT OF YOUR BELLY, THAT MEANS OBVIOUSLY """" YOU ARE NOT FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST"""". BECAUSE IF YOU ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, YOU CAN """" EFFORTLESSLY PRAY ALL NIGHT LONG""""""
SEEK GOD TO BE """""FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST'""""
Very sorry to say, THESE GUYS ARE """GLUELESS"""""
This is the aftermath of The prevailing FALSE DOCTRINES IN THE """"MAJORITY OF CHURCHES"''. THAT CONVINCE YOU THAT YOU ARE FILLED WITH THE HOLY GHOST, WHEN IN FACT, YOU ARE NOT, BUT ARE DRY AS A BONE.
I am trying to imagine what it would be like to be so bashful and unable to express my own thoughts to need sinething as hokey and gimmicky in pastoral care as to need cards.
It's called muscle memory
a 'how to' intellectualization might equal a waste of time. who cares about so much structure, focus, and man-centred effort. man... how much of God is in this?
I found some of this discussion helpful. Having structure helps some of us to continue to pray even when you're not "feeling" like it.
I belive what He's expressing is Roman's 8 for prayer.