Putting Prayer into Practice - Myles Munroe

March 30

Take some time today to review your prayer habits. Ask yourself these questions: Do I quiet myself before the Lord prior to prayer, or do I usually pray hurriedly, just to get through one more task in my day? Do I pray sporadically and haphazardly, or do I pray purposefully according to God’s Word? Is there any sin in my life that I am trying to justify?

This week, gradually incorporate the twelve action steps into your prayers. If you have been justifying wrongdoing in your life, agree with God that it is sin and truly repent by turning from it and asking God to cleanse you from all unrighteousness. (See 1 John 1:9.)

Take one of your prayer requests and start living in expectation of it, practicing active belief. Anticipate that what you pray for according to God’s Word will happen, and make preparation for the answer. Now, let’s pray together:

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, thank You for giving us principles for prayer in Your Word. Help us to continually meditate on Your precepts and contemplate Your ways. Don’t allow us to walk away from Your truths and forget them. Help us to study these principles and consider carefully Your desires as revealed in Your Word. Then encourage us to step out in faith to put these principles into practice in our lives. As we do, we thank You for answering our prayers and doing immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to Your power that is at work within us. We pray this in the name of Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant. Amen.

Thought: Pray, believe, expect!

Reading: Judges 9–10; Luke 5:17–39

-Daily Power And Prayer Devotional

Putting Prayer into Practice - Myles Munroe

Putting Prayer into Practice - Myles Munroe

March 11

Today, let’s review Jesus’ teachings on effective prayer. Ask yourself a few questions: Do I seek an intimate relationship with the Father on a daily basis? Are my prayers heartfelt expressions of communion with God or more like a shopping list or rote repetition? Are my life and ministry effective, bringing about God’s will and kingdom on earth?

 

The following are some action steps for putting prayer into practice in your life. During the next few weeks, increase the time you spend with God in prayer each day in order to build a relationship of intimacy with Him. Use Jesus’ model prayer to guide your prayers. Take each step and personalize it as a heartfelt expression of your growing relationship with God. I challenge to you to set a goal to spend an hour in prayer each day. As you follow Jesus’ model prayer, you will find that the hour in His presence passes quickly.

 

Let’s pray together:

Prayer:

Heavenly Father, like Jesus’ disciples, we, too, need to learn to pray. Thank You for giving us this model prayer so we can know how to pray as Jesus did and be effective in ministry as He was. Your Word says that You who call us to prayer and ministry are faithful and You will do it. You have called us to a lifestyle of prayer, and we ask You to fulfill that calling in us. Give us a heart to seek an intimate relationship with You every day and to follow Your thoughts and ways rather than our own thoughts and ways—or others’ opinions. We pray this in the name of Jesus, our Great Intercessor. Amen.

 

 

Thought: What will your prayer time be like this week?

 

 

Reading: Deuteronomy 14–16; Mark 12:28–44

 

 

-Daily Power And Prayer Devotional

Putting Prayer into Practice - Myles Munroe