Praying for an Hour: Part 6...Intercede

 Intercession: Pray For Others

“I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—“1 Timothy 2:1

What does it mean to intercede?  Grab a dictionary and look it up. 

Is this an easy or difficult type of prayer for me? Why?

How often do I pray this way?

Search for intercession/intercede in the Bible. Read the verses that use this word. 

What is God teaching you about intercession? 

Praying for an Hour: Part 5...Watch

Watch: Pray For Things/People You See And The News You See/Read

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” Matthew 26:41

What does it mean to watch?  Grab a dictionary and look it up. 

Is this an easy or difficult type of prayer for me? Why?

How often do I pray this way?

Search for watch in the Bible. Read the verses that use this word. 

What is God teaching you about watching? 

Praying for an Hour: Part 4...Pray Scripture

Pray Scriptures: Pray Prayers & Other Verses In the Bible

“ I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.” Psalm 119:11

What does "pray" and "scripture" mean?  Grab a dictionary and look them up. 

Is this an easy or difficult type of prayer for me? Why?

How often do I pray this way?

Search for "Your Word" in the Bible. Read the verses that use this word. 

What is God teaching you about His Word? 

Praying for an Hour: Part 3...Confess

Confess: Confess Any And All Of Your Sins

“I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.” Psalm 38:18

What does it mean to confess?  Grab a dictionary and look it up. 

Is this an easy or difficult type of prayer for me? Why?

How often do I pray this way?

Search for confess in the Bible. Read the verses that use this word. 

What is God teaching you about confession? 

Praying for an Hour: Part 2...Wait

Wait on the Lord: Be Still And Silent Before God

“Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord.” Psalm 27:14

What does it mean to wait?  Grab a dictionary and look it up. 

Is this an easy or difficult type of prayer for me? Why?

How often do I pray this way?

Search for wait in the Bible. Read the verses that use this word. 

What is God teaching you about waiting? 

Praying for an Hour: Introduction and Part 1...Worship

Introduction

Did you know: We can pray for an hour by focusing on one type of prayer for 5 minutes! After using 12 types of prayer, our hour is up! 

For the next 6 months, we are going to slowly work our way through the prayer wheel I referenced towards the end of the dedicated focus to praying the news. There are several online resources about praying for an hour. A good search phrase is "The Hour That Changes the World" or "prayer wheel". 

Worship: Worship God For Who He Is

“Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker;” Psalm 95:6

What does it mean to worship? Grab a dictionary and look it up. 

Is this an easy or difficult type of prayer for me? Why? 

How often do I pray this way? 

Search for worship in the Bible. Read the verses that use this word. 

What is God teaching you about worship? 

Praying with a Gratitude Sandwich

One way that we can pray is to pray using a "gratitude sandwich". For every request (the meat of the request), we surround it with two praises (the bread of the prayer). 

This challenges us to look for ways that God has blessed us, even as we are making petitions of God. 

It has the added benefit of weighting our prayers towards thanksgiving instead of requests. There is nothing wrong with making requests of God, and indeed He wants us to cast our cares on Him. Yet, we aren't always aware of how many requests and how much thanksgiving we have in our prayer.

So let us write out our requests, but then sandwich them in grateful praises.