The One Hour Prayer Cycle x 10Sample

Resilience In View of Danger

This time of quarantine is going to take some resilience to get through. It is going to take the ability to grab the hand we have been dealt and play it, so that in the end we will not just win, but we will be better than when we began. After all, perseverance develops character. We’re going to have to believe that life is still worth living, that we have a purpose and God is achieving that purpose in us, that we have a future that’s worth hanging in there for, and that God will bring it all together. On the other side of this pandemic, we are all going to have some stories to tell.

1. Praise - Psalm 54:4 - 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.

2. Wait - Isaiah 26:3 - Spend time waiting on the Lord. Be silent and let Him pull together reflections for you.

3. Confession - Romans 12:1-3 - 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.

4. Read the word - Psalm 121:1-8 - Spend time reading the word. The Psalms, in the prophets, and passages on prayer located in the New Testament are great.

5. Petition - Philippians 4:6-7 - Ask or make requests on behalf of yourself.

6. Intersession - Psalm 59:9-10 - Ask or make requests on behalf of others.

7. Pray the word - Psalm 118:14-17 - Pray specific passages. Memory verses, scriptural prayers, as well as a number of Psalms lend themselves well to this purpose.

8. Thanksgiving - I Thessalonians 5:18 - Give thanks to the Lord for the things in your life, on behalf of your family, and on behalf of your church.

9. Singing - Psalm 5:11-12 - Sing songs of praise or worship or another hymn or spiritual song.

10. Meditate - Luke 22:31-32 - Ask the Lord to speak to you. Have a pen and paper ready to record impressions He gives you.

11. Listen - Isaiah 55:3 -  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.

12. Praise - Psalm 54:6-7 - 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.

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Invest about 5 minutes practicing what each of these verses instruct us to do and you will be surprised how quickly a whole hour in prayer will go.

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