Gentle0wavez:
1. SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT. This is very important. Here is a Bible text about it
Ephesians 1:17-18 KJV
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: [18] The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. It's important that we pray to God to open our spiritual eye so that we would know how to use the word of God to bear fruit in our life.

2. GRACE TO RESIST TEMPTATION AND TO WALK ABOVE SIN. This may sound odd but it's scriptural. Here are a few text from the bible.Jude 1:24 KJV
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
Psalm 119:37 KJV
Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way.
Even the whole of psalm 119 says a lot about it. Jesus didn't live a sinless life by his power, he prayed for the grace.

greencard:
That no3 en...I have never prayed it before , I will start doing so henceforth

Thanks for the post very insightful
God bless

Gentle0wavez:

3. PRAY THAT GOD WOULD SHOW YOU YOUR FAULT AND WEAKNESS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE BUT WILL AFFECT YOU. How can you pray to God to help you in an area of weakness if you don't know it. The devil uses our weakness against us, the day I prayed this prayer God revealed that tribalism is my weakness. Once I see an IMO state person for example I have concluded that he/she is immoral. That is how I had bad stereotypes for every state. But the bible say "Judge no man after the flesh and if any one is in Christ, he is a new creature" that's how I changed. Read this bible text
Psalm 139:23-24 KJV
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: [24] And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

5. PRAY FOR YOUR LEADERS/POLITICIANS. Calm down, I know it's hard but it's a duty to pray for them. No matter how bad they are they are not completely useless and we still need them. What do we gain by not praying and only cursing them.

Kobojunkiee:

1) Where God is concerned, the one and only fault we have is sin, that desire to go against God, setting our egos before and ahead of Him in our lives. That is it. There really isn't a need to pray for discovery of this since all one needs to do to overcome sin is to choose to honor God .I.e. submit to and obey the teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ in all things.

Jesus Christ, in john 8, makes it all too clear that the only way to overcome slavery to sin, to freeing oneself from that bondage, is to accept and obey His commandments for in so doing, one Knows the Truth and the is set free by the truth. There is no other way.

2. As for praying for political leaders and the lot, my question is why? You never finish the work wey God send you finish, na to carry another wahala put for head you dey consider add. Abeg, first free yourself from slavery to sin, and find God's righteousness, if then you have free time, you can use it even more productively in doing good works, something your politicians can barely record ever doing even after a lifetime in politics .

Gentle0wavez:

The bible commands that you pray for those in authority. I'm still convinced that God needs to show you areas in your life that you need to straighten up but if you don't agree, no problem

Kobojunkiee:
I don't know who COMMANDS you that, but Jesus Christ is the only one who COMMANDS all of those who belong to Him and, He, Jesus Christ, never said to pray for those in authority- He never prayed for the political leaders of His time either.

Gentle0wavez:

It's Apostle Paul's command.

Kobojunkiee:
I only take my matching orders from Jesus Christ.
And as far as His teachings go, Jesus Christ, who made it very clear to us that His Kingdom is not of this world, never commanded His followers to pray for this world or its politicians.

Jesus Christ did not even pray concerning the subjugation of His people, the Israelites, who were under Roman occupation during His time.

Gentle0wavez:

God first gave the order to the Israelites to pray for the prosperity of the land that he gave them. Apostle Paul teachings cannot contradict the mind of Christ. We pray for peace in the nation for bcuz it makes preaching the gospel easier.

Kobojunkiee:
1. Jesus Christ said that you should use the understanding you have and when you do, more will be given to you- He didn't say you had to ask first. Jesus Christ also said that those who do not use what they have will have even that which they have taken away from them.

It is ok to ask God for wisdom, but it is even better to begin using the wisdom one has already been given since obedience is the key to pleasing God.

2. Does a child require special grace to obey his or her parents?

Does even an adult need special grace in order to obey orders given by his boss or employer?

Does a driver need special grace in order to obey traffic signs , watching out for pedestrians and obstructions on the road?

Why then does grace have to do with resisting of temptation?

What is sin if nothing but a choice to disobey God's commandments, and temptation simply the desire to put one's ego ahead of God's Will and command.

Sin is a choice and like any other choice, it can be overcome throgh the making of a better choice.. a choice to obey God, dying to one's ego. If one is unwilling to master one's ego - bring it under submission and control of God's Law -, what can grace(eternal life) do to help with that?

Kobojunkiee:
Where is this "order" that you claim God gave to the Israelites so we can carefully examine the contents and mine it for truth.

P.S. we are not called according to the Old Covenant Law of Moses, an agreement between God and those of the blood of Jacob. God intentionally left gentiles out of that agreement. So when you say that Paul commands you to do that which instead God commands of only the Israelites, what you infact declaring is that Paul commands you to sin against God.