Prayer, in its simplest essence, is to speak to God, the almighty God of all, the Creator of heaven and earth, who is sovereign over all things, and have the power to change everything according to His will.
As children of God, we can come to God and call Him “Abba, Father” in our prayers.
Jesus taught us the Lord’s Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13, or Luke 11:2-4.
We can also use the ACTS methods when we pray:
A: Adoration
C: Confession
T: Thanksgiving
S: Supplication
You can search on the internet for a more thorough explanation of this traditional method that churches have been using.
Another way is to use the prayers in the Bible as models. The Psalms are very good prayer samples. The prayers that the Apostle Paul wrote are also very rich prayers. You can read more about using Paul’s prayers from “Praying with Paul: A Call to Spiritual Reformation” by D. A. Carson.
Another good book about prayer is “A Prayer Life” by Paul E. Miller. I have been using his methods in this book for a few years. It is a very good system to pray daily, for ourselves, others and for the world.
However, the simplest form of prayer, as we have said, is simply to talk to God. Sometimes we might run out of words or we do not know what to say, we can be assured that the Holy Spirit would help us in our prayers, even when we are simply groaning without words.
This is as it is written in Romans 8:26-27,
“Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.”
Remember that our prayers as saints are like incense in the golden bowls to God (as in Revelations 5:8). Keep praying!
Jas 4 Christ 