A SIMPLE SAMPLE PRAYER

By Dr. Hoyt W. Allen, Jr.

No matter how busy one gets - no one should never get too busy to pray. One can pray without a single cent in one’s pocket. A person can pray as they drive down the freeway as well as in a church building. A prayer can be offered to the Creator on Sunday morning at 10:00 from a pew or at 3:00 AM in an Emergency Room in a local hospital. Some important things about prayer are: 1) Do it often 2) Do not pray only in the ”asking mode” 3) Offer more prayers of “Thanks” than prayers of request

A Sample Prayer:

Father, I ask you to bless those reading this right now.
It is my prayer that each reader is a Christian and if not, that he become one.
I am asking You to minister to their spirit at this instant.
Where there is pain, give them relief.
If they are skeptical, grant them assurance that You will help them.
Where there is weariness, I ask You to give them strength as they learn submission to Your governing.
Where there is spiritual recession, I ask You to renew them by revealing Your nearness, and by drawing them close to You.
If they have fear, reveal Your love and deliver Your courage to them.
Where there is sin obstructing - reveal it, and break its hold on them.
If there is a need for vision, please grant to them insight.
Give each of them judgment to recognize the evil forces and reveal to them the power they have in You to defeat evil.
I ask You to do these things in Jesus' name.

The Bible teaches in the Book of Acts that one must:

1) Believe In Jesus As Savior (16:31) 2) Repent Of Sins (17:30)
3) Confess Christ Audibly (8:37) 4) Be Baptized In Water (2:38)
5) Live A Christian Life (14:22) 6) Be Active in Church (2:47)

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