Prayer, Prayer and More Prayer

It's happening all over the world. We can hear them; we can see them; we can feel the ground shake as they march, kneel, dance, walk and jump for joy. What is it anyway? Prayer.

A few years ago I walked with over 50,000 men, women and children as we wound our ways through Singapore in a silent prayer walk. The government allowed us to walk but not to talk; sing: shout or make any noise.

I see three main types of prayers.

1. Seeking Prayers focus on hearing from God.
2. Speaking Prayers focus on talking to God and comes after we have sought and heard God speak.
3. Soaking Prayers focus on intensive intercession for a person, a situation or issue that is in a crisis. It follows hearing God as to what He wants us to do.

Seeking Prayers

We do not know how to pray as we ought but the Holy Spirit will pray through us according to the will of God.(RO 8:26-27)Seeking Prayer is the normal first step in warfare.

The WATCH acrostic guides us as we Seek Him.

Welcome the Lord to our midst
Ask God how to pray and what to put on our prayer agenda.
Tell each other what the Spirit is saying to pray about
Confess, repent and Call out to God
Hear God's voice.

The purpose is to follow the Spirit's leading as we pray. We do not set the agenda, take prayer requests or assume we know what God wants us to do or say.

The process can include Bible reading, visions, words from the Spirit, discussions, etc. In all things keep the focus on hearing and following the lord's will.