{"id":90878,"date":"2021-03-12T22:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-13T03:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/ten-biblical-prayers\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T04:01:09","slug":"ten-biblical-prayers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keriritenour.com\/grace\/ten-biblical-prayers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten Biblical Prayers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Prayer provides immediate access or connection to God. &nbsp;In prayer we confide to God our most intimate feelings, thoughts, concerns and requests.&nbsp; We also praise God for that for which we are grateful, ranging from our salvation to His every provision as we know every good gift comes from Him (<strong>James 1:17<\/strong>).&nbsp; The investment of prayer allows us to hear from God as the Holy Spirit guides our hearts and minds, transforming our desires and thoughts to those in line with His will and His way (<strong>Psalm 143:10<\/strong>).&nbsp;We engage in prayer in two primary ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Personally:\nKnowing Jesus Christ as our personal Savior affords us, as individuals, direct\naccess to God via prayer, with Paul instructing us to: \u201c\u2026<strong>pray constantly<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>1 Thessalonians\n5:17<\/strong>) or always be engaged in an exchange with God, open to His\nleading and guidance as you beseech His help;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>In Fellowship: Praying with others proves a powerful way to lift up our voices to the Lord and to share our petitions with God as the body of Christ. The early church met regularly to learn the doctrine of the apostles, break bread, and pray together (<strong>Acts 2:42<\/strong>) in response to Jesus\u2019 admonition: \u201c<strong>\u2018For where two or three gather together in my name, I am there with them\u2019<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Matthew 18:20<\/strong>). When we pray with other believers, the same Holy Spirit knits us together in a unique bond of fellowship found nowhere else in life for the express purposes of praising and lifting up His name. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The immediate purpose of prayer is the accomplishing of God\u2019s will on earth; the ultimate purpose of prayer is the eternal glory of God.&nbsp;These two elements are found within ten specific types of prayers recorded within Scripture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer of Adoration<\/strong>: This type of prayer is focused on worshiping the Lord out of deep\nlove, respect, and admiration. These prayers come from a place of genuine awe\nof who the Lord is and all that He does: \u201c<strong>Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is\nexalted; his splendor is above the earth and the heavens<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Psalm 148:13<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer of Thanksgiving<\/strong>: For some, beginning each day with a prayer of thanksgiving is a habit they practice. Prayers of gratitude are prompted by an answered prayer, deliverance, recognition of how good and merciful God is, or simply because we have been given another day of life: \u201c<strong>Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Cry out, \u2018Save us, God our Savior; gather us and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise<\/strong>\u2019\u201d (<strong>1 Chronicles 16:34-35<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer of Confession: <\/strong>Confessing our sins is a significant way to pray as\nfollowers of Jesus. Often, Jesus called those he interacted with to confess\ntheir sins and sin no more. In the Bible, we get a glimpse of confession\nprayers and many reminders that God forgives those who confess their sins: \u201c<strong>Then I acknowledged\nmy sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, \u2018I will confess my\ntransgressions to the Lord.\u2019 And you forgave the guilt of my sin<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Psalm 32:5<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer of Vows<\/strong>:\nPraying a promise to the Lord is a prayer that we may pray when we are making a\nlife-changing commitment that we need God\u2019s strength, guidance, and help to\nfulfill. Perhaps we vow to the Lord never to drink alcohol, or to abstain from\npremarital sex, or to live in a certain righteous way that is pleasing to the\nLord. A pledge to God, just as we see in Hannah\u2019s vow, should be followed\nthrough, and made with great consideration and certainty:&nbsp; \u201c<strong>In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping\nbitterly. And she made a vow, saying, \u2018Lord Almighty, if you will only look on\nyour servant\u2019s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her\na son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no\nrazor will ever be used on his head<\/strong>\u2019\u201d (<strong>1 Samuel 1:10-11<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer of Quiet Reflection:<\/strong> Prayers of silence draw us away from prayers filled\nwith words, and into a place where we quiet ourselves down and reflect. These\ntypes of silent prayers provide us needed time to reflect on God\u2019s goodness.\nThis type of prayer is valuable to how we learn to hear from the Lord and allow\nhim to guide our steps: \u201c<strong>On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches\nof the night<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Psalm 63:6<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer for Healing:<\/strong> A prayer for healing is usually spoken when we seek restoration for\nour physical bodies, spiritual wholeness, or emotional wounds. A key component\nof Jesus\u2019 earthly ministry was healing those who were physically ill. The Bible\naffirms that we can come to God asking for all types of healing: \u201c<strong>Heal me, O Lord,\nand I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise<\/strong>&#8221;\n(<strong>Jeremiah 17:14<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer for Deliverance and Help: <\/strong>When we are facing challenges, hardships, or\noppression, we find ourselves praying for deliverance and breakthrough. We say\nthese prayers for help because God is the one who can aid us in ways no one\nelse ever could. In the Bible, many followers of God cried out for His\nintervention in this type of prayer for help and deliverance: \u201c<strong>Then they cried out\nto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress<\/strong>\u201d\n(<strong>Psalm 107:6<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer of Intercession: <\/strong>Praying for others is a crucial part of being part of\nthe body of Christ. The Bible instructs us to pray for one another and to\nintercede on our or someone else\u2019s behalf. In the book of Nehemiah, prayer is\nmade for God to intercede on behalf of His people and their work: \u201c<strong>But we made\nintercession for judgement to God<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Nehemiah 4:9a<\/strong>).&nbsp; In the Gospels, we read that Jesus prayed for\nothers in his final hours before being arrested. The apostle Paul wrote of how\nhe often kept other Christians and new believers in his prayers, as well: \u201c<strong>And so, from the\nday we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled\nwith the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as\nto walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in\nevery good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. May you be strengthened\nwith all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience\nwith joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the\ninheritance of the saints in light<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Colossians 1:9-12<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer for Transformation:<\/strong> As followers of Jesus, we aim to live like him, live\naccording to his ways, and enter into a lifelong process of sanctification.\nPraying for this type of transformation in our hearts, minds, and lives is\npurposeful and we can find these types of prayers in God\u2019s word: \u201c<strong>Search me, God, and\nknow my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any\noffensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Psalm 139:23-24<\/strong>);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><strong>Prayer of\nBlessing:<\/strong> Prayers of blessing are\noften said for visiting missionaries, or families relocating to another church,\nthose starting a new job, new graduates, newlyweds and newborns.&nbsp; Prayers of blessings are found throughout\nScripture and are powerful ways to ask for God\u2019s best to be poured out: \u201c<strong>And this is my\nprayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of\ninsight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and\nblameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that\ncomes through Jesus Christ\u2014to the glory and praise of God<\/strong>\u201d (<strong>Philippians 1:9-11<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prayer provides immediate access or connection to God. &nbsp;In prayer we confide to God our most intimate feelings, thoughts, concerns and requests.&nbsp; We also praise God for that for which we are grateful, ranging from our salvation to His every provision as we know every good gift comes from Him (James 1:17).&nbsp; The investment of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ten Biblical Prayers - Grace Evangelical Free Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ten Biblical Prayers - Grace Evangelical Free Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prayer provides immediate access or connection to God. &nbsp;In prayer we confide to God our most intimate feelings, thoughts, concerns and requests.&nbsp; 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