Let your prayers be as easy as breathing.
Breathing isn't something a healthy man would put energy to do it. It's rather natural to breath without even thinking about it. When you suffocate, it indicates there's something wrong. True enough, you make sure to correct the source of it lest you die.
Prayer should be normal act to a Christian. When praying gets tough, you should know there's something wrong and make sure to find the source of it. Once you find it, deal with it asap!
What hinders (suffocates) Prayer:
1. Hidden Sin
2. Unforgiveness
3. Laziness
4. Not knowing your identity
5. Being carnal minded
6. Faithlessness
7. Broken relationship with God
Let us be intentional about prayer. Bible says, "pray without ceasing." I am committing to keep prayer first. I would pray for any anyone comes my way and at every situation, at every place. Would you walk along the same path?
Suggestions:
• Let Jesus' prayer life inspire you. Jesus prayed as though it's be a thing. He prayed all time.
• If you can't commit to one particular time, pray some other time but pray!
• Find a prayer partner or five someone accountability for your prayer life as a mentor.
• Learn to wait on the Lord in your prayers. Don't speak all the time, listen too!
Keep prayer as your fuel.
Few Bible verses on Prayer:
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. - 1 John 5:14
And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. - 1 John 5:15
Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive. - 2 Chronicles 6:21
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. - John 17:15
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. - Mark 11:24
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 4:6-7
Inspiring quotes on prayer:
Prayer does not change God, but it changes him who prays. - Soren Kierkegaard
"Our prayers may be awkward. Our attempts may be feeble. But since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not in the one who says it, our prayers do make a difference." - Max Lucado
"She (my mother) became a warrior far superior to any epic hero. She became a giant on her knees. With a sword in one hand she battled the enemies of death and disease, and with her other hand stretched toward heaven she kept beseeching God’s help and His mercy." - Bishop T.D. Jakes
"There are parts of our calling, works of the Holy Spirit, and defeats of the darkness that will come no other way than through furious, fervent, faith-filled, unceasing prayer." - Beth Moore
"The reality is, my prayers don't change God. But, I am convinced prayer changes me. Praying boldly boots me out of that stale place of religious habit into authentic connection with God Himself." - Lysa TerKeurst
"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" - Corrie ten Boom
"To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing." - Martin Luther
"The Christian life is not a constant high. I have my moments of deep discouragement. I have to go to God in prayer with tears in my eyes, and say, 'O God, forgive me,' or 'Help me.'" - Billy Graham
"True prayer is neither a mere mental exercise nor a vocal performance. It is far deeper than that - it is spiritual transaction with the Creator of Heaven and Earth." - Charles Spurgeon
"If you believe in prayer at all, expect God to hear you. If you do not expect, you will not have. God will not hear you unless you believe He will hear you; but if you believe He will, He will be as good as your faith." - Charles Spurgeon
"Let no one profess to trust in God, and yet lay up for future wants, otherwise the Lord will first send him to the hoard he has amassed, before He can answer the prayer for more." - George Muller
"I know that the Lord is always on the side of the right; but it is my constant anxiety and prayer that I and this nation may be on the Lord's side." - Abraham Lincoln
"Prayer is simply talking to God like a friend and should be the easiest thing we do each day." - Joyce Meyer
"God is looking for people to use, and if you can get usable, he will wear you out. The most dangerous prayer you can pray is this: 'Use me.'" - Rick Warren
"Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'let's pray about this right now.'" - Thomas Kinkade
"Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden." - Corrie Ten Boom
"Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at His disposition, and listening to His voice in the depth of our hearts." - Mother Teresa
"I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day." - Abraham Lincoln
"The prayer offered to God in the morning during your quiet time is the key that unlocks the door of the day. Any athlete knows that it is the start that ensures a good finish." - Adrian Rogers
"God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world the better the world will be, the mightier the forces against evil." - Mother Teresa
"God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer." - Mother Teresa
"To get nations back on their feet, we must first get down on our knees." - Billy Graham
"It is not well for a man to pray cream and live skim milk." - Henry Ward Beecher
"Prayer makes a godly man, and puts within him the mind of Christ, the mind of humility, of self-surrender, of service, of pity, and of prayer. If we really pray, we will become more like God, or else we will quit praying." - E.M. Bounds
"Prayer should not be regarded as a duty which must be performed, but rather as a privilege to be enjoyed, a rare delight that is always revealing some new beauty." - E.M. Bounds
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