I’ve been reading, Prayer: Finding the Heart’s True Home, by Richard
Foster. And the book has got me thinking about all the different ways
to pray.
So, I started writing down some things that came to mind on ways to
pray. (The following is in no particular order)
– Pray the Bible
– Tongues
– Confession
– Repentance
– Intercession
– Listening to God’s voice
– Seeking direction and guidance
– Giving thanks and praise
– Recite verses, prayers from memory
– Pray for missionaries
– Pray for persecuted church
– Review events of the day
– Forgive others
– Rest
– Ask God who to bless
– Sing
– Dance
– Journaling, Diary
– Fasting
– Salvation
– Revelations
– Surrender
– Prostrate, humility
– Flags, banners
– God’s name, character
– In a group
– Privately
– As a family
– By candlelight
– Outdoors
– Prayer walk
– Purification of heart
– Lifting of hands
– With music
– Spiritual warfare
– Words of knowledge
– Pouring out of heart
– Love words to God
– Thanks for problems
– Drawing, Painting
– Poems
– Healing (physical, spiritual, emotional)
– Protection
– Crucifixion of self
– Receive God’s love
– Upcoming events
– Breakthroughs
– Walk in power and aroma of Christ
– Celebrate
– Lift up leaders (church, country)
– Sensitive to what God is doing
– Relatives, Parents, siblings
– Revelation of secret sins
– Healing of hurts
– Children
– Co-workers
– Neighbors
– Church members
– Wisdom
– Meditate on God’s bigness
– Receive God’s cleansing and forgiveness
– New ideas
– Devotional
– Sayings, parables
– More faith
– Weep, cry
– To be a light in the world
– Shout
– Kneel