The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

(Jer. 7:16–17).

So we should be wise and careful in the asking.

Praying for Your Children

But praying isn’t always easy. It can feel very counterintuitive to pause when we have so much to do, trying to focus our thoughts in the midst of a million distractions, say no to our selfishness and self-sufficiency, and humble ourselves before an Almighty God whom we cannot control and cannot presently see or hear with our physical senses.

The more you abide in the Word—reading it, journaling it, underlining it, memorizing it—the more it will become second nature, almost like a second language.

1 The Legacy of Prayer

1. Yes, immediately.

But if the enemy is constantly tormenting you with something, there’s a good chance unconfessed sin from your past has given him a foothold of operation he’s using to establish a stronghold (a network of lies) in your heart (2 Cor. 10:3–5).

9 When: Spontaneous Prayer