Sunday, December 17, 2006

Hey!! Today was the first lesson on prayer. I pray that all of you will take prayer seriously and this is something that Joel and myself wants to drill you all in. The blog add reads 'speedlight prayer warriors', indeed let us all be prayer warriors! There are many kinds of prayer:

1. Salvation prayer: foundational prayer which leads to all the other kinds of prayer
2. Confession prayer: prayer of forgiveness and cleaning of sin.It removes the very hindrance toan effective prayer life
3. Promise prayer: petition that is offered according to the known will of God
4. Intercessory prayer: prayig for the needs of others
5. Warfare prayer: against Satan
6. Worship prayer: praise
7. Consecration prayer: dedication prayer
8. Mountain-moving prayer: changes things
9. Scripture prayer: declare and comfess truths from the Bible
10. Conversational prayer: chit-chatting with God

Prayer comes with FAITH. Without FAITH prayer is nothing. I know I said that when we pray we pray in spirit right? I don't know how to explain to you what it means by praying in spirit because you have to experience it yourself. There is really a difference. I know because I've experienced. Just to bless you with a few verses:

Hebrew 11:6

"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him"

Romans 8:26-27

"Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infimities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saint accordng to the will of God"

There are times when we really don't know what to pray for or what to pray. The important thing to know is that if you invite the Holy Spirit to come and intercede for you, it'll be according to the will of God and you may be surprised that you'll feel different after an effective and meaningful prayer as such. I know because I've experienced both kinds: with/without the strong anoiting of the Holy Spirit.

I guess it's important to pray for forgiveness and for God to fill your spirit everytime you pray. Of course there are many other things that you can pray for. Yup! =)

In His love and mine,

Serena