Do you want to know how to pray like Jesus and have your prayers be more effective and more in line with God’s plans for your life? You may have figured out that if you’re going to pray, you do want your prayers to be pleasing to God, effective and in line with God’s plans for your life. So why not pray like Jesus? Praying like Jesus can improve your prayer life substantially in ways that makes sure you cover all the bases that please God, instead of praying the selfish me, me, me orientated prayers that most people pray.

Or if you simply need to figure out how to pray and need a template to help guide you through effective prayer then listen to this.

Matthew 6:9 “After this manner therefore pray ye:”

Step #1 Acknowledge Our God.

“Our Father which art in Heaven,”

The Bible says that God is in Heaven so by acknowledging that He is in Heaven you are clear about who you are praying to. But more important than that is the fact that Jesus gave us the right to call God our father, which He is because He takes care of our needs and protects us anyway.

Step #2 Praise Our God

“Hallowed be thy name.”

By saying that Gods name is hallowed or holy you are praising and glorifying His name and putting Him on high where He deserves to be. And of course there are plenty of other reasons in the Bible to praise Him and you may have even experienced some miracles of your own.

Step #3 Ask For His Will To Be Done In Your Life.

“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven.”

God can do anything He loves us and knows whats best for us. Therefore before you go telling God what you think should happen or what you think you need, do this. Ask that His will be done in your life so He can bless other people and you at the same time and not just feed your desires.

Step #4 Ask For Your Needs.

“Give us this day our daily bread.”

Hey we all have needs and God knows it and takes care of them.

But sometimes you may have a need that will also benefit other people like if you need to take care of your family and you’re out of work. There’s nothing wrong with asking Him to help you find a good job so you can take care of the kids, spouse or whoever in addition to yourself.

Step #5 Ask For Your Forgiveness.

“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.”

God wants you to be willing to forgive others as you’ve been forgiven and as He’s forgiven you. The Bible is pretty clear when it comes to forgiveness if you don’t forgive God won’t forgive you.

Step #6 Ask For Your Protection.

“And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:”

It’s not God’s fault when bad things happen to us but the devil is clearly trying to kill, steal and destroy us. So it’s important that we ask God to not let us fall into temptation and especially when we’re recovering from something. We all fall to temptation and need extra help from God. So ask.

Step #7 Acknowledge And Confirm Your Belief In His Word.

“For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.”

Want and need your prayers to be effective? Pray daily,nightly,weekly and monthly like Jesus and watch, listen and wait for God to work things out in your life according to His plans and purposes for Your life, you’ll be so glad you did!

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