“Make your life a prayer.”
1 Thessalonians 5:17 TPT

Prayer is for everyone. It is a discipline rather than a grace; however, once you have disciplined yourself to pray, you receive the grace that comes with it.

Prayer should not be an occasional activity but a lifestyle. Let’s briefly discuss three structures of prayer:

• Long Hours Prayer: Praying for long periods allows us to experience new dimensions of God’s glory. This glory does not come from a thirty-minute or an hour-long prayer, but from a lifetime of prayer. Long hours of prayer are not because God’s ears are closed, but for us to become more like our Father through prayer.

• Scheduled Prayer: This involves planning and setting a fixed time each day or night to pray consistently. Without a regular prayer routine, one risks falling prey to the works of the flesh.

• Intermittent Prayer: This is the essence of praying without ceasing. It involves praying at irregular intervals, prompted by the Holy Spirit. It can be as simple as a silent prayer under your breath when you feel moved to pray.

No single structure of prayer is the best. It is beneficial to engage in all three: spend long hours in prayer to experience the fullness of God’s glory and power, set a scheduled time for prayer to bring spiritual discipline into your life, and pray intermittently for an all-round victorious life!

These and more are the benefits you stand to gain when you engage in these structures of prayer.

Prayer:
Father, revive my prayer altar by fire, in Jesus’ name.