ONE HOUR PRAYER WHEEL - DESCRIPTIONS
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PRAISE
Start your prayer hour by praising the Lord. Praise Him for things that are on your mind right now. Praise Him for one special thing He has done in your life in the past week. Praise Him for His goodness to your family. WAIT Spend time waiting on the Lord. Be silent and let Him pull together reflections for you. CONFESS Ask the Holy Spirit to show you anything in your life that might be displeasing to Him. Ask Him to point out attitudes that are wrong, as well as specific acts for which you have not yet made a prayer of confession. Now confess that to the Lord so that you might be cleansed. READ THE WORD Spend time reading in the Psalms, in the prophets, or passages on prayer located in the New Testament. ASK Make requests on behalf of yourself. INTERCESSION Make requests on behalf of others. |
PRAY THE WORD
Pray specific passages. Scriptural prayers as well as a number of Psalms lend themselves well to this purpose. THANK Give thanks to the Lord for the things in your life, on behalf of your family, and on behalf of your church. SING Sing songs of praise or worship or another hymn or spiritual song. MEDITATE Ask the Lord to speak to you. Have a pen and paper ready to record impressions He gives you. LISTEN Spend time merging the things you have read, things you have prayed and things you have sung and see how the Lord brings them all together to speak to you. PRAISE Praise the Lord for the time you have had to spend with Him and the impressions He has given you. Praise Him for His glorious attributes. |
From Dick Eastman’s book The Hour that Changes the World © 2002 by Dick Eastman, Chosen Books, Grand Rapids, MI.