burdens in prayer | Stephen Nielsen

Prayer A to Z

To help you remember these 26 points, I have categorized them alphabetically–A to Z.

Authority – Prayers fail when we don’t pray with authority.

Burden – Prayers fail when we do not allow ourselves to be burdened with prayer needs.

Confidence – Prayers fail when we don’t have confidence in God

Desire – We don’t desire Him.

Earnestness – We don’t pray with earnestness.

Fasting – We refuse to fast.

God’s way – We don’t pray God’s way.

Holy Spirit – We don’t pray in the Holy Spirit.

Importunity – We don’t pray with importunity.

Jesus Name – We do not pray in Jesus Name.

Kneeling – We have not prayed using the appropriate prayer posture.

Length of prayer – we aren’t willing to pray long enough.

Motives – We pray with wrong motives.

Needs – We don’t see the real needs.

Obedience – We do not obey God.

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Prayer A to Z

The following article is an excerpt from this book.

Prayer is all about carrying burdens, not only the burdens of people but the burdens of God. He calls us to be burden bearers with Him for people, for the sake of His kingdom.

THE BURDEN OF GOD

Throughout the Bible we see the great love and compassion of God toward all people. Psalms 86:15 tells us, “He is full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth.”

Jesus was and is full of compassion toward us too. While He was on this earth He was always going about from city to city preaching and teaching God’s good news; and He was healing all who were sick and diseased. And when He saw the multitudes He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd (Matt. 9:35-36). And now…

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