Let's talk about prayer!

Lord, I hope that the person reading this gets excited about prayer and finds the strength, courage and desire to spend more time in prayer. In Jesus' name, AMEN!

Prayer is so important in the life of every believer.  When we pray, we talk to God and God talks to us!  Have you heard the saying 'Much prayer = much power and no prayer = no power'?  I have and I think it's true.  But, I know there are a lot of people who just don't know where to start.

I think of prayer as a conversation.  I talk to God in a very conversational way... he's my very best friend and I talk to him like he is!  Scripture gives us some information about the model prayer... Here's what Jesus said in Matthew 6:6-13

But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words.  So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
Hallowed be Your name.
 ‘Your kingdom come.
Your will be done,
On earth as it is in heaven.
 ‘Give us this day our daily bread.
 ‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
 ‘And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.’

I love that.  That's always a great starting point... And sometimes when I don't know what to say to God, I just say the Lord's Prayer. But sometimes I want to go from there.  We can talk to God and pray about His promises for our lives, our love for Him, the things that concern us, His plans for us, or whatever else we want to.  Like I said earlier, He's my very best friend so I talk to Him about everything (traffic, money, marriage, work, friends, you name it!)

This week I found an AMAZING resource that I have been excited about telling the world about it. It's a book called Prayers! It is very generic. Not super fancy on the outside, but on the inside it is PACKED with different kinds of prayers.  I started looking through it as soon as I got it and I fell in love.  A few of the prayers that I have marked right now are 1) Prayer for Acknowledgment, Submission & Position, 2) Prayer for Your Divine Purpose, and 3) Prayer to Bind My Mind to the Will of God.

In this season, I'm praying about a lot and hoping for some things and I love having these prayers here to give me a guide or a starting point.  I also love this book because I keep a prayer journal... so, I'm all about writing prayers down.  There are several prayers throughout this book.

I know this could be a great help to so many people so I did some research on how I can spread the word about this Prayers book... it was put together by Christian Word Ministries and they aren't making anymore hardcopies of the book. HOWEVER, there are a few ways that you can get access to it:

1. You can can download a copy HERE.
2. You can download the Prayer ebook on your Kindle or Nook HERE; or
3. You can go to the Mobile Prayers website on your phone.

I am already in love.  I love devotional style writings and books of prayer and I felt like getting my hands on this was just another push towards where God wants me to be.  I HAD to share it with you all.  

So here's what I need you to do... SHARE THIS POST!!! I want the whole world to have access to this book.  I'm not getting anything for writing this, I just want to share a blessing with you!!!  

Thanks for reading!  I love you all!!!

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