I have learned that prayer is not primarily about asking. I have learned that prayer is primarily about connecting.

Prayer is the place where all the puzzle pieces of our relationship with God and His people come together and solidify into action.

I have learned that before asking I need to connect with God and His thoughts about the subjects that concern me. the Bible calls this connection “abiding”.

If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. John 15:7

Abiding prayer, then, is the key to successful intercessory prayer (that type of prayer that involves lists of things we would like God to do in the name of Jesus).

Abiding prayer starts with listening…. Listening to the Word of God. Discovering the promises of God in the Bible and learning to stand on them. This requires us to read and memorize the Word of God. For most of us that requires a lot of going over. I generally read a book of the Bible over and over until I have it deep in my heart. My current method is to read through the Bible and in between each book I read one of the biblical books that I have chosen over and over. I have done this with the book of The Revelation, the book of Genesis, and now the book of Psalms. That means I have read through The Revelation 66 times and Genesis 66 times. When you read something that many times through, things start to stick. This is the beginning of abiding prayer.

I will write more soon, but tell me…

WHAT SECRETS HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT ABIDING IN PRAYER?