How to Pray

Many of us have been praying and praying and praying but soon to realize that our prayers are not effective. Why?

Some of us would more than often complaint that we don’t have time to pray due to busy schedules, but not knowing that prayer is a form of communicating and keeping in touch with our Master, our Lord, our Father. Jesus finds time to pray no matter how busy you could claim

How to Pray

1. Place to pray
· Solitary Place Mark 1:35, Luke 5:16, 6:12, Matthew 14:2, Mark 6:36
· A place where you could be alone
· A place where you could find quietness
· A place where no disturbance
· We have to learn today how to be quiet if you don’t have this place; you have to find one or create one. e.g. waits up earlier, find a quiet room in you home while everyone is till sleeping….

2. Time to pray Mark 1:35, Luke 5:16-17
· Jesus wakes up early to pray
· Jesus stays in touch with the Father so he knows what Father wants
· Jesus wants Father to direct Him the way
· Jesus wants the Holy Spirit to come alongside with Him

3. Attitude of praying
· Pray sincerely
Ø Don’t pray for show
Ø Don’t pray to impress man or God
Ø Pray from the heart and from the Spirit not from the brain

· Pray specifically
Ø Be précised
Ø Be focused

· Pray persistently Luke 16:1
Ø Keep asking, don’t be oppressed by the thought that God is not answering to your prayers, because you are sinner, that’s the reason why or telling you that you are lousy in prayers, that’s why God not hearing in you… NO! Be persistent!
Ø Keep knocking
Ø Persistency doesn’t mean only praying once and persist in that one and only prayer e.g. Father I trust and insisted that You do this …….
Ø Do not loose heart even when you need to ask again and again. Once you loose heart, you will pray using your brain not the heart and spirit.


· Pray humbly
Ø Be humble and God will lift up your prayers
Ø Declaration does not give you the right!
Ø Pray with humility; Lord have mercy, Lord have Grace, By your grace….., Not because I am faithful but you are faithfully, we know we don’t deserved all these but we asked by your grace …….

4. Items to pray Matthew 6:9
· Understand, you can pray for anything but always put God purpose first
· He is hallow, He is God
· Pray for God’s Kingdom – Jesus is here to restore God’s Kingdom
· You were the first on earth as this in heaven. How?
Ø Heaven is here all the time if you acknowledge it. It is in you and me. It is in us.
· Asked for forgiveness and remember, you have to forgive those who hurt you, against you and harm you by God’s Grace.
· These are all because you are serving the kingdom. You are always in the battle. When you are fighting for the Kingdom of God, you are also fighting against the kingdom of darkness. So you need the Father, Son and The Holy Spirit to guide you, give you strength and to come alongside you in this battle. Not by human strength but by His, because you will always be tempted, disturb, loose faith so you must stay very close with your Master, your Lord, your Father.

James 5:6

Our basis of our prayer is faith. Mark 11. Faith must be placed in God, with God and for God. By faith we are justified. By faith we are righteous because God has inputted His Grace in us.

By Your Grace I am righteous; the promise is by Your Grace. Amen!