And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)“Pray in the Spirit,” is how we are to pray. God is with us. We are further told to pray “on all occasions” using all different kinds of prayers. Included in the different prayers are our “requests.” Knowing this we come alive and alert in the Spirit.
We should always pray for all our brothers and sisters in the faith.
Remember that God will help us when we can’t put our thoughts and requests into words. We can ask Him to help us calm and focus our thoughts. We will be able to put our requests before Him.
We must remember to pray not just for ourselves, but reach outside ourselves to include others we may or may not know.
We should be especially mindful of praying for the needs of others during the current hard times.
God is always with us, but He does his most powerful work within us when we are with Him.
When we find we don’t have a quiet place, or find it difficult to spend time in prayer each day let’s remember the p-word, persistence.
Persistence will bring us toward God and He will come closer to us.
A list of the verses we have looked at on prayer are listed below. I have memorized some of my favorites. I encourage you to memorize your favorites.
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Mark 1:35
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. Luke 18:1
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2
Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. Matthew 7:7
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Ephesians 6:18
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