Prayer
Prayer can take many forms, such as journaling or drawing to express your heart to God, choosing a space where you feel spiritually connected, or using tools like the One Minute Pause app to center your focus. You can also pray through categories like thanksgiving, worship, personal needs, intercession for others, and confession to guide your conversation with God.
There are 7 key parts to the model Jesus gives us:
1. Relationship – “Our Father in heaven,” Begin by receiving God’s love and recognizing the relationship and deep connection you have with Father God through Christ.
2. Worship – “Hallowed be your name,” Respond to the revelation of the glory of God’s Name. He is Holy and the names of our Holy God are to be declared by us in prayer. Isaiah 6:3 says, “And they were calling to one another: ‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory.’” When we truly understand His holiness, and experience it while being in His presence, all other cares clear the room. There isn’t room for anything other than God’s presence and glory, and all things that are not eternal will disappear.
3. Lordship – “Your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” Once you declare the glory of His Name, you call for the advancement of His Kingdom reign. Pray for His will to be done in your life today, tomorrow, and in each season ahead.
4. Sonship – “Give us today our daily bread.” God loves to provide for His children. He meets our most basic needs, and also loves to provide for our big needs as well.
5. Fellowship – “Forgive us our debts. As we forgive our debtors.” With the forgiveness we have received from Christ, we are able to extend forgiveness to others. Until we understand the magnitude of the forgiveness we’ve received, it’s difficult to fully extend forgiveness to the ones who need it the most.
6. Leadership – “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.” Our two greatest enemies are sin and Satan. This portion of the Lord’s Prayer pattern confronts both of these enemies. Prayer is the most powerful thing we can do to fight against the spiritual forces in the heavenly places.
7. Ownership – “For yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever.” Prayer moves us to a place of surrender, acknowledging that God is the source of everything and deserves all the glory.