Praying with and for each other as a community is one of the main focuses of sweepusaway.com. This page will serve as a place where we encourage you to come and read the comments every day that you check out the site. The goal is for those who have a prayer request, praise, or even a question or comment concerning prayer, that it would be posted in the comments. That way, we all can be praying for each other continually and through this I believe we will truly see God move. Sweepusaway.com will periodically put some requests as a post on the home page but utilizing the prayer page is very important. Also, if there is a confidential prayer, do not hesitate to send your request, etc via email to sweepusaway@yahoo.com . We would love to hear from you! Below is a standard that sweepusaway.com uses for prayer, let is not be a rulebook but an encouragement as we fall to our knees before our powerful Creator!
Method of Prayer:
1) Do not be afraid to spend time in humility, meditation, and silence as you begin this sacred time with the Lord. Several times we focus too much on the words to say but refuse to listen.
2) Lift up the Name of the Lord. The entire purpose of God’s being is to bring glory to Himself. He enjoys it and requires it. Tell God how great He is, I promise He won’t mind =) Even Christ, when modeling how to pray, gives God his due glory to begin (Matthew 6:10-14).
3) Thank the Lord for being truly blessed. Often times we, as Christians, get down and tend to pray for all of the hardships that we are facing. Yet, we underestimate how truly blessed that we really are. Tell God how thankful you are for everything He has allowed you to enjoy. Even thank Him for the small things, He is your Heavenly Father and smiles upon your gratitude.
4) Pray for the lost and the struggling. Earth is in a constant battle for souls. One of the most important commandments in the Bible is the Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). We should long to see the lost be found and the staggering to be rescued. Take this time to pray for those in need spiritually.
5) Finally, pray for your needs. We save this for last not because your needs are not important but because silence, lifting up God’s name, thankfulness, anguish for the lost, and prayers for the suffering allow your heart to be in the right place to pray for the needs of yourself, friends, and family. Also, the Lord’s nature is humility and putting others first (Phil. 2) We at sweepusaway.com hope and pray that this method might help you in your prayer walk with the Lord. We pray that God acts and shakes our lives through this interactive time of crying out to Him. Amen.
