What Prayer Does for Us, Ways to Pray, and Prayer Practices

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These notes are from my message on October 8. You can watch the message here or listen to the message here.

What Prayer does for us…

  • Lowers stress levels dramatically and prevents stress-related health problems.

  • Reduces blood pressure and boosts heart health.

  • Makes you a happier person.

  • Reduces your ego and makes you more humble.

  • Makes you more optimistic and reduces your risk of developing depression and anxiety.

  • Improves your self control.

  • Helps you live longer.

Ways to pray

  • Circling prayers

    • Defining the prayer

    • Possessing the prayer

    • Perspective

  • Prayer Postures

    • Kneeling 

    • Sitting

    • Hands facing down

    • Open hands

    • Breathing

  • Formula for prayer

    • Gratitude

    • Confession

    • Intercession

    • Silence

    • Devotional

    • Close by sitting in silence until God gives you a name or a positive act

  • Other prayer practices

    • Fasting

    • Prayer Groups

    • Prayer Partners

    • Lay on Hands

    • Anointing with oil