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Asking for Yourself and Others
We are expected to pray for ourselves and others.
Much of our prayer, though, might be described as ‘crisis praying.’
We pray for healing, for deliverance, protection, and assistance in difficult circumstances.
We are to pray for those requests.
Looking over these (and countless other passages) Dr Hunt suggests that we can/should focus our requests on the following categories:
Praying for Ourselves:
Daily Needs
Forgiveness of sin
Deliverance from temptation
Guidance
There are multiple accounts in God’s Word of individuals praying for guidance in specific circumstances:
1 Sam 23:2-4; Gen 24:12-14;
Wisdom
Examples include 1 Kings 3:9-12; Rom 16:19; Matthew 10:16
Intercessory Prayer/Praying for Others
A survey of Jesus’ prayer in John 17; and Paul’s prayers for the churches he served, highlight a different style of praying, a different type of request.
Praying for friends/family/ neighbors/co-laborers
Crisis praying is always appropriate.
However, we should slow down and pray for those closest to us in much the same way Jesus prayed for His followers and Paul prayed for those in the churches he started.
What are the most important needs of those closest to us?
It will take time - and maybe a conversation or two- but our prayer life will be deeper and much more effective if we try and pray for concerns as Jesus and Paul.
Praying for our Nation
Praying for leaders in government service - from the local city, the county, the state, and the federal level.
Wisdom, guidance, heart transformation, and so on.
Praying for the lost
T. W. Hunt offers several steps in developing a heart to pray for the lost:
1. Cultivate a deep concern for their soul
2. Pray for them by name
3. Pray in detail
4. Persist in Prayer
5. Thank God for every small step towards Him
Praying for other believers
Pray for ‘oneness’ among believers
Pray for persistence and diligences
Pray for growth in holiness and spirituality
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