Develop a fixed agenda for your prayers such as thanksgiving, intercessi<strong>on</strong> (church, extendedfamily, nuclear family, special requests), self, thanksgivingTreat <strong>the</strong> prayer as your spiritual breath that you require <strong>to</strong> take at regular intervals.5 Develop an attitude of prayerfulnessTo help in developing <strong>the</strong> prayer habit, we need <strong>to</strong> develop an attitude of prayer.C<strong>on</strong>sider <strong>the</strong> follo<strong>win</strong>g passages:• James 5:13-14 Is any <strong>on</strong>e of you in trouble? He should pray. Is any<strong>on</strong>e happy? Let him sings<strong>on</strong>gs of praise. Is any <strong>on</strong>e of you sick? He should call <strong>the</strong> elders of <strong>the</strong> church <strong>to</strong> pray overhim and anoint him with oil in <strong>the</strong> name of <strong>the</strong> Lord.• Philippians 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petiti<strong>on</strong>,with thanksgiving, present your requests <strong>to</strong> God.These passages <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r describe what your attitude should be about prayer. They say inessence: Something worries you, you pray about it Some<strong>on</strong>e gives you trouble <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> job, you pray about it Some<strong>on</strong>e insults you, you pray about it Some<strong>on</strong>e gossips about you, you pray about it You <strong>have</strong> a fight with your spouse, pray about it You feel slighted by some<strong>on</strong>e, pray about it You achieve a major milest<strong>on</strong>e or success, pray Anything that you c<strong>on</strong>template, you pray about itI call up<strong>on</strong> you <strong>to</strong> just pray! <strong>Pray</strong> for anything and everything. <strong>Pray</strong> c<strong>on</strong>tinually. <strong>Pray</strong> asif your life depends <strong>on</strong> it. In fact, just pray because your life does depend <strong>on</strong> it.6 C<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>Beloved in Christ, as I bring my message <strong>to</strong> end I repeat my observati<strong>on</strong> that manyChristians d<strong>on</strong>’t pray after <strong>the</strong>y leave <strong>the</strong> church building. <strong>We</strong> <strong>have</strong> departed from <strong>the</strong> emphasisKwabena Akufo 4
<strong>on</strong> prayer. But prayer is our weap<strong>on</strong> of Spiritual Warfare that we au<strong>to</strong>matically are engaged inwhen we become Christians. To be effective in engaging in <strong>the</strong> spiritual warfare we need <strong>to</strong>develop a pers<strong>on</strong>al prayer habit and an attitude of prayerfulness. R.A. Torrey has said “<strong>Pray</strong>er is<strong>the</strong> key that unlocks all <strong>the</strong> s<strong>to</strong>rehouses of God’s infinite grace and power. All that God is, andall that God has, is at <strong>the</strong> disposal of prayer. But we must use <strong>the</strong> key. <strong>Pray</strong>er can do anythingthat God can do, and as God can do anything, prayer is omnipotent.” (Torrey R.A., The power ofprayer.)Kwabena Akufo 5
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