Model Prayer

Written by:Pastor Jonathan

19 MAIN POINTS IN THE MODEL PRAYER

1. JESUS SAID IT. JESUS PRESENTED THIS MODEL AND TOLD US, TO USE IT. WHEN ASKED BY HIS FOLLOWERS HOW TO PRAY, HE TOLD THEM WHAT TO PRAY AND INSTRUCTED THEM NOT TO PRAY LIKE THE RELIGIOUS PEOPLE OF OUR DAY WHO PRAYED PRAYERS FILLED WITH MEANINGLESS WORDS.
2. IT IS GOD CENTERED. THE MODEL PRAYER HELPS OUR PRAYERS TO BE GOD – CENTERED INSTEAD OF SELF-CENTERED.
3. IT IS PRODUCTIVE. GOD’S WAYS ARE PERFECT; THEREFORE, GOD’S MODEL FOR PRAYING WILL PRODUCE MORE OF HIS RESULTS FOR OUR LIVES.
4. IT IS SCRIPTUAL.
5. IT IS STRATEGIC. THE MODEL PRAYER OFFERS A BALANCED STRATEGY FOR PRAYING.
6. IT IS PRACTICAL. ONCE YOU BEGINE TO PRACTICE THE MODEL, IT BECOMES SECOND NATURE.
7. IT IS TRANSFORMATIONAL. BECAUSE THE PRAYER FOCUSES ON GOD’S WILL, IT WORKS TO TRANSFORM YOU.
8. IT IS EXCITING. YOUR PRAYER LIFE WILL BECOME MORE MEANINGFUL AND EXCITING AS YOU WORK WITH GOD TO PRAY FOR HIS INTEREST.
9. IT IS INTIMATE. BECAUSE THIS PRAYER IS GOD CENTERED, YOU WILL ENJOY A NEW AND FRESH AWARENESS OF GOD THE FATHER, GOD THE SON, AND GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT.
10. IT IS THE LIVING WORD.YOU WILL EXPERIENCE THE POWER, PRESENCE, AND PROVIDENCE OF GOD BECAUSE OF THE REPEATED USE OF HIS WORD.
11. IT PRODUCES FAITH. YOUR FAITH IN THE DEPENDENCE ON GOD WILL INCREASE AS YOU LEARNHOW TO PARTNER WITH HIM AND FOLLOW THE ORDER OF THE MODEL PRAYER.
12. IT IS RELATIONAL. YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD WILL GROW AND MATURE AS YOU LEARN TO FOLLOW HIS LEAD WHILE PRAYING THROUGH THE MODEL PRAYER PATTERN.
13. IT IS BROADLY APPLICABLE. THIS MODEL CAN BE APPLIED TO YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE.
14. IT IS POWERFUL. AS YOU PRAY FOR GOD’S KINGDOM TO BE ESTABLISHED, YOU WILL BECOME A POWERFUL CHANGE AGENT FOR YOUR FAMILY, BUSINESS, COMMUNITY, AND NATION.
15. IT BRINGS GLORY TO GOD. THE MODEL PRAYER GLORIFIES GOD, BOTH IN ITS PRAISE FOR HIM AND THROUGH THE RESULTS IT YIELDS.
16. IT EXALTS JESUS.
17. IT MAGNIFIES THE HOLY SPIRIT.
18. IT DEFEATS DARKNESS. AS YOU PRAY FOR GOD’S WILL TO BE DONE, THE WORKS OF THE DEVIL WILL BE DEFEATED.
19. IT WORKS. ANYTHING THAT CREATES IS, BY NATURE, EFFECTIVE.

SIX SECTIONS OF THE MODEL PRAYER

1. INTIMATE PRAISE AND WORSHIP. OUR FATHER IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME.
2. PRAYING GOD’S WILL. YOUR KINGDOM COME. YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
3. PRAYING FOR YOUR NEEDS. GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.
4. PRAYING FOR FORGIVNESS. AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.
5. PRAYING FOR PROTECTION. AND DO NOT LEAD US INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM THE EVIL ONE.
6. KINGDOM PRAISE AND WORSHIP. FOR YOUR IS THE KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER. AMEN.