Have you ever noticed how many different kinds of prayer are listed in the Bible? With this week’s emphasis on prayer, I’m going to give you a quick recap of the kinds of prayer we can pray. And then add another type that is invaluable for the spirit filled believer.
1) Casting Your Cares Prayer: Don’t Worry, be Happy! I Peter 5:7 Don’t worry about your life.
2) Consecration – Choosing God’s will over my own – Paul ran with endurance the course before him, choosing God’s will over h Gal 2:20 .
3) United Prayer – Lifting up your voice to God in one accord with others– Acts 4:24 Dramatic changes result.
4) The Prayer of Praise, Worship and Thanksgiving – Heb 13:15 Power is released as we worship God. Worship is the language of faith! And faith is voice activated!
5) The Prayer of Faith – Mark 11:22-24 There is a praying part, and a saying part. Thanksgiving follows, because you believe you receive as you pray.
6) The Prayer of Agreement – Matt 18:19-20 When two or three agree there is a symphony created with our prayers – follow the same conductor!
7) The Prayer of Supplication – heartfelt fervency – earnest, sincere, desperation for God to move. Phil 4:6
Praying in the Holy Spirit, or in tongues is a excellent way to pray what actually needs to be prayed without the filter or our mind or our circumstances.. When the Holy Spirit was poured out on the earth, praying in our own personal prayer language became a possibility. What a wonderful gift to use to bring heaven to earth, and pray directly the perfect prayer without human interference.
Each type of prayer has it’s place and it is good for us to know which prayer to pray in each circumstance. How encouraging to know that effectual, fervent prayer produces great results. I encourage you to pray in the Spirit all the time. Paul prayed that we too!