LEARNING TO PRAY – A HELPFUL PRAYER LIST BASED ON THE LORD’S PRAYER

Prayer can be difficult but prayer is our life line to the Father. Here are some helpful suggestions on things to pray for and about from - https://www.thetrumpet.com/literature/17249-how-to-pray/print

• Praise God as your Father
• Praise God as your Provider
• Praise God as your Master
• Praise God as your Creator, and your Sustainer
• Praise God as your Judge
• Praise God as your Healer
• Praise God for His perfect character
• Praise God for His love, grace, mercy, faithfulness
• Praise God for the blessings He has given you
• Praise God for your incredible human potential

Here are some subjects you can pray about.

• Rehearse why world evils: that Satan is the ruler of this present world
• Pray about the other cause of world problems, human nature (Satan’s nature in mankind)
• Pray for mankind to be free from Satan and from sin
• Pray about the restoration of God’s government
• Pray for God’s one pure religion, when all will know how to worship God
• Pray for God’s knowledge and God’s education to cover the Earth as waters cover the seas
• Pray for a world free from crime and violence
• Pray for God’s true justice to fill the Earth
• Pray about the solutions to society’s problems
• Pray about God’s new world economy that will enable prosperity and abundance for all
• Pray for a world free from sickness and disease
• Pray about the happiness and joy that is soon coming to every land and family
• Pray that God would hasten the fulfillment of these prophecies and make the Kingdom a reality
  Here are more specific subjects you can pray about.

• Church members: Faith, righteousness, strong marriages, excellent child rearing, hope and vision, members’ needs and wants
• Sick and suffering: Healing, deliverance; miracles
• Teens and children; singles; elderly
• Strong congregations
• Enemies of God’s Work; those persecuting you
• Pray for direction, guidance, wisdom (Jeremiah 10:23; James 1:5); Holy Spirit (Luke 11:13)
• Ask God to heal your ailments (in many cases, anointing is necessary—James 5:14)
• Pray about your personal finances
• Pray you are accounted worthy to escape the coming time of trouble (Luke 21:36)
• Pray for your hopes and dreams
  Here are more specifics you can pray about:

• To hate sin and see it for what it is
• For discernment to clearly see our faults, sins and human nature
• For help in turning away from worldliness; to replace your human nature with His righteousness
• To deepen your understanding of God’s sacrifice for spiritual and physical sin
• To see God’s goodness
• For power to resist the devil
  Claim that promise of God in your prayers, both for you and for God’s people. This isn’t just about physical protection though. Satan can also attack us mentally, emotionally and spiritually; thus we should ask God to protect us in all these ways.

• Pray God gives you the help to master any wrong desires and to do His will daily
• Pray you learn what you need to so you don’t need to undergo sore trial
• Pray to be teachable, humble and contrite, like a child
• Pray you know when to seek counsel
• Pray to apply instruction and counsel
• Pray to handle trials and tests God allows, and that you learn what you need to from them.
  Close With Praise and Adoration
  Just as Jesus’s inspired outline of prayer begins with praise and adoration of God, so does it close: “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen” (Matthew 6:13). This reminds us, again, to whom we are praying, and of the character and office of the true God who rules over the nations of men.
  Close your prayers with a sincere acknowledgement—in a spirit of worship—that all real and lasting glory and power belongs to the great God of the universe! Thank God for taking the time to listen to and answer your prayers. Thank God for His wonderful plan and for your part in it. Remember God’s throne room and its splendor, and praise Him for being the wonderful Creator, Ruler, Sustainer and Father that He is.