What is Prayer? Prayer can be said to be a means of communication between a mortal and an immortal. In our case as Christians, it is a means of communication between us as humans and our creator, God. It is our direct line to heaven. God Himself instituted this mystery called prayer. Read Matthew 6:7-14, when Jesus Christ taught his disciples how to pray. Prayer to a Christian is like petrol to a car. Without it, it would be impossible to make great progress in our Christian journey. We need to talk to God about any and everything that happens with us and around us.

It is important to talk to God at all times; at work, when walking, running, cooking, bathing, every time. But the two most important times we need to talk to God is when we wake up to start the day and when we are ready to go to bed. We need to commit ourselves fully into the divine care of God and we can only do these through the act of Praying.
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Prayer is a tool, a weapon and a means of communication. So many times, people wonder why Prayer is necessary or doubt its effectiveness, but the truth remains that it is a mystery and as such it is beyond human understanding. We only need to have faith, and believe that there is someone up there in Heaven who answers our prayers.

God wants us to communicate with Him, just as we communicate with our earthly father. To so many people, prayer seems like a complicated task, but it is simply a dialogue, a discussion between you and God in heaven. Most people are confused on what to say, how to say it (aloud or silently), what position to stay (kneeling, sitting, standing of pacing from a place to another). Basically, prayer is just like talking to your best friend; at least that’s how I see it.

Here are few tips on how to go about it:

What Do I Say? There are actually no manuals on words to say when you pray, the point is just to talk to God about whatever is bothering you.
. Thank Him for the gift of life in you.
. Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins.
. Talk to Him about your needs.
. How Do I Say It? This is how I personally say my prayer; it could help you position yourself on how you make your requests known to Him.
. Make your intention known with confidence that He will hear and answer you.
. Be joyful in your heart when communicating with Him, for the Bible says ‘in the presence of the Lord, there is fullness of joy (Psalms 16:11)
. Be expectant of the deliveries of your requests (Psalms 5:3).

FORMS OF PRAYERS

Prayer comes in different forms, the Bible reveals different forms of prayers but we would be summarizing them up to just write out a few of them.

Here are some of them.

Prayer Of Faith: When we pray, we are expected to believe in the healing and delivering powers of God (Mark 9:23).
Prayer Of Agreement Or Corporate Prayer: This deals with joining hands with people or joining faith with people around you when you all pray (Acts 1:14 & Acts 2:42).
Prayer Of Binding And Loosing: Just like every other form of prayer, this type of prayer works in accordance to God’s words and will. We can bind foul spirits and demonic powers with this type of prayer. This is one of the most aggressive styles of prayers amongst us Christians, as we all have a thing or two that needs binding or we need to lose angelic spirits to work on our behalf in areas where God have already promised us results. God puts His heavenly seal of this kind of prayer, especially when it is been prayed in accordance to His will (Matthew 18: 18-19).
Prayer Of Supplications Or Requests: Philippians 4:6 teaches us not to be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayers and supplications with thanksgiving let our requests be made known to God.
Prayers Of Thanksgiving: We need to be thankful to God for the things He has done, for the things He is doing and for things He will still do in our lives. This type of prayer is done by being thankful for every situation we find ourselves in.
Prayer Of Praise And Worship: This form of prayer is similar to that of prayer of thanksgiving. The only difference is that in this case, we focus on who God is and His awesomeness.
Prayer Of Intercession: in this form of prayer, we are putting the requests of others before yours. When we present the supplications of others to God in our prayers, then we are praying the ‘intercessory prayer’ (1 Timothy 2:1) also the entirety of the book of John 17.
Prayer Of Adoration Or Blessings: This is done in total silence to adore and concentrate on the awesomeness of God. We exalt the greatness and acknowledge our dependence on Him in all things.

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Great writeup.

cleish:
Great writeup.

Thank you Sir.

Kingdombase:
■ Here are few tips on how to go about it: What Do I Say? There are actually no manuals on words to say when you pray, the point is just to talk to God about whatever is bothering you.
. Thank Him for the gift of life in you.
. Ask Jesus to forgive you of your sins.
. Talk to Him about your needs.
. How Do I Say It? This is how I personally say my prayer; it could help you position yourself on how you make your requests known to Him.
. Make your intention known with confidence that He will hear and answer you.
. Be joyful in your heart when communicating with Him, for the Bible says ‘in the presence of the Lord, there is fullness of joy (Psalms 16:11)
. Be expectant of the deliveries of your requests (Psalms 5:3).

■ FORMS OF PRAYERS Prayer comes in different forms, the Bible reveals different forms of prayers but we would be summarizing them up to just write out a few of them. Here are some of them.

Prayer Of Faith: When we pray, we are expected to believe in the healing and delivering powers of God (Mark 9:23).
Prayer Of Agreement Or Corporate Prayer: This deals with joining hands with people or joining faith with people around you when you all pray (Acts 1:14 & Acts 2:42).
Prayer Of Binding And Loosing: Just like every other form of prayer, this type of prayer works in accordance to God’s words and will. We can bind foul spirits and demonic powers with this type of prayer. This is one of the most aggressive styles of prayers amongst us Christians, as we all have a thing or two that needs binding or we need to lose angelic spirits to work on our behalf in areas where God have already promised us results. God puts His heavenly seal of this kind of prayer, especially when it is been prayed in accordance to His will (Matthew 18: 18-19).
Prayer Of Supplications Or Requests: Philippians 4:6 teaches us not to be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayers and supplications with thanksgiving let our requests be made known to God.
Prayers Of Thanksgiving: We need to be thankful to God for the things He has done, for the things He is doing and for things He will still do in our lives. This type of prayer is done by being thankful for every situation we find ourselves in.
Prayer Of Praise And Worship: This form of prayer is similar to that of prayer of thanksgiving. The only difference is that in this case, we focus on who God is and His awesomeness.
Prayer Of Intercession: in this form of prayer, we are putting the requests of others before yours. When we present the supplications of others to God in our prayers, then we are praying the ‘intercessory prayer’ (1 Timothy 2:1) also the entirety of the book of John 17.
Prayer Of Adoration Or Blessings: This is done in total silence to adore and concentrate on the awesomeness of God. We exalt the greatness and acknowledge our dependence on Him in all things.

1. I am afraid all your tips amount to nothing because no matter what you do, you will never be able to change God's mind in this.

God instead said He does not answer the prayers of the unrighteous. (The prayers of the unrighteous are tainted by their sins and hence an unholy abomination to God.). God, however, answers all of the prayers of the righteous, no matter what they are. God delights in granting the righteous the desires of their hearts. So, God is not the one who says No, or Yes to prayers. It is your pastors that do such. Instead, God made clear from the go that He does not hear the requests/pleas/prayers of the unrighteous at all. But His response to the righteous is always YES! Strategies, and tips will never change God's standard as far as prayer is concerned, nor will any of that change one's status with God.

Righteousness cannot be achieved through more meaningless prayers. Jesus Christ said, to those who are born-again, "Seek first the Kingdom of God(Holiness) and God's righteousness, and all these things — the benefits of the Kingdom of God including answers to prayers — shall be added onto you. It is not possible to get God to bend His Law and Will for any man. So, if answers are what one seeks in the Kingdom of God, then one must be born-again — born of the Spirit of Eternal life as well—and seek holiness and righteousness through continuous obedience and submission to the teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ in order to then be made righteous and obtain all the benefits therein - John 8 vs 31 - 36.

2. Again, it does not matter the kind of prayer or the labels you add to them. God will not answer any of the prayers of the unrighteous. As long as one remains in sin, God will not answer his or her prayer no matter how sincere or broken the one may be. God only answers the prayers of the righteous, and so the priority of all who are born again is to seek first the Kingdom of God — holiness — and God's righteousness in order that all his prayers will be answered by God afterward, not before.