The One Hour Prayer Cycle x 10預覽

Opportunity In The Face of Crisis

When the world is turned upside down, it might just be that God is offering you and the rest of the Church an opportunity to influence for His good. Devote approximately five minutes per Scripture passage segment for focused prayer, asking God, “What is it You would have me do in times like these?”

1. Praise - Psalm 61:8 - Start your prayer hour by praising the Lord. Praise Him for things that are on your mind right now. Praise Him for one special thing He has done in your life in the past week. Praise Him for His goodness to your family.

2. Wait - Psalm 40:1-2 - Spend time waiting on the Lord. Be silent and let Him pull together reflections for you.

3. Confession - Psalm 65:3 - Ask the Holy Spirit to show you anything in your life that might be displeasing to Him. Ask Him to point out attitudes that are wrong, as well as specific acts for which you have not yet made a prayer of confession. Now confess that to the Lord so that you might be cleansed.

4. Read the word - Ephesians 5:5-16 - Spend time reading the word. The Psalms, in the prophets, and passages on prayer located in the New Testament are great.

5. Petition - Psalm 34:17 - Ask or make requests on behalf of yourself.

6. Intersession - Galatians 6:2 - Ask or make requests on behalf of others.

7. Pray the word - Galatians 6:10 - Pray specific passages. Memory verses, scriptural prayers, as well as a number of Psalms lend themselves well to this purpose.

8. Thanksgiving - Psalm 107:8-9 - Give thanks to the Lord for the things in your life, on behalf of your family, and on behalf of your church.

9. Singing - Psalm 40:3 - Sing songs of praise or worship or another hymn or spiritual song.

10. Meditate - Colossians 4:5 - Ask the Lord to speak to you. Have a pen and paper ready to record impressions He gives you.

11. Listen - Hebrews 5:7 -  Spend time merging the things you have read, things you have prayed and things you have sung and see how the Lord brings them all together to speak to you.

12. Praise - Psalm 63:4 - Praise the Lord for the time you have had to spend with Him and the impressions He has given you. Praise Him for His glorious attributes.

Invest about 5 minutes practicing what each of these verses instruct us to do and you will be surprised how quickly a whole hour in prayer will go.