A structure to your prayer time will increase the affect and the intimacy of your prayer life. These 12 ingredients will help:
1) Praise – esteem God and His virtues! Pslam 63:3
2) Waiting – “be still and know…” Psalm 37:7
3) Confession – Clear the way for powerful praying Psalm 51:10
4) The Word – pray the Word of God! Psalm 19:7-8
5) Intercession – praying for others Psalm 2:8
6) Petition – personal needs Matthew 7:7
7) Read the Word – not only pray the Word of God, but read the Word of God
8) Thanksgiving – praising God for what He has done! Phil. 4:6
9) Singing – worshiping God in melody Eph. 5:19
10) Meditation – ponder spiritual themes – an active mind. Psalm 1:1-2
11) Listening – the ‘still small voice’ I Kings 19:11-12
12) Praise – We end as we began!
– by Dick Eastman