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Prayer is a spiritual practice that gives us spiritual victory, and the enemy knows that prayer is the way we can defeat him. This is why Ephesians 6 warns us that our battle is not against flesh and blood, but against forces in the heavenly or spiritual unseen realm. That battle will affect our prayer Read more

This is where you come into agreement with God’s promises and pray them over your life. Our tenth prayer is a prayer of promise where you pray God’s Word back to Him. 2 Corinthians 1:20 says: “For all the promises of God find their Yes in him. That is why it is through him that Read more

A powerful type of prayer is a prayer of lament. This is crying out to God with our sorrows and grief. Psalm 88 is one of the saddest and most dismal chapters in the Bible. The writer expresses feelings of being overwhelmed, cut off, forgotten, grieved, rejected, terrified, and despaired. Sometimes, we are ashamed of Read more

When it comes to prayer and we find ourselves at a loss for words, it’s okay. In times like this, we can pray by the Spirit. Romans 8:26-27 says: “Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for Read more

Many times, we approach prayer and we just talk and talk and talk, and then we say, “amen,” but God wants to talk to us just as much as we want to talk to Him. I would argue He wants to talk to us even more. It’s important to set aside time just to hear Read more

A prayer of agreement, or corporate prayer is simply when we pray with others. Matthew 18:20 says, “For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20 ESV) Corporate prayer is really special because there is power in unity. We can experience that unity when we come together Read more

A prayer of repentance, also known as a prayer of confession, involves asking God to forgive you for your sins. It includes confessing our sin to God, committing to turn from our sin, asking for forgiveness, and requesting God’s strength and power to keep us in His will so we don’t turn back. A prayer Read more

A prayer of thanksgiving focuses on God for what He has done, but the next type is known as a prayer of praise or worship and honors God for simply who He is. This type of prayer helps us to keep our focus on God. When we’re reminded of how big our God is with Read more

Intercessory prayer is where we pray on behalf of someone else. The Bible calls us to pray for all of God’s people (Ephesians 6:18), to pray for each other to be healed (James 5:16), and to even pray for our enemies (Matthew 5:44). Romans 8:34 says, “Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one Read more

Supplication is a powerful way to pray. This is what many would consider the easiest type of prayer because it is the one we’re most familiar with and what we often think of when we think of prayer. A prayer of supplication is simply asking God for what we want. It’s us presenting our requests Read more