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    Prayer Principles for Beginners
    Prayer Principles for Beginners
    Prayer Principles for Beginners
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    Prayer Principles for Beginners

    By Queen Phillips

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    Do you desire to improve your prayer life, but just cannot maintain consistency?

    Are you a new believer or convert to Christianity and need help on how to develop and maintain a consistent prayer life?

    Good open communication can make the difference in the development of any relationship. The same is true with our relationship with the heavenly Father. For the Christian, prayer is a powerful privilege that keeps the lines of communication open between heaven and earth; it is the spiritual reality of a parent-child relationship that offers a sense of protection and provision even in the natural realm.

    Prayer Principles for Beginners is a resource to help you develop and maintain a consistent prayer life by providing the basics to get you started on the journey of a lifetime through prayer.

    The author outlines six (6) guiding principles to help you. She discusses five (5) of the most common types of prayer with samples prayers. Also included are: Affirmations of personal faith Prayer appetizers to motivate you to pray 10 major hindrances to answered prayers Personal testimony of the "simplest" prayer.

    The author writes from a heart that understands the importance of having a consistent prayer life in order to grow spiritually and maintain a victorious outlook on life even when faced with adversity. The most powerful aspect of your faith walk is staying connected to the Source through a life of prayer. It will be worth it!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQEP Enterprises
    Release dateMar 9, 2018
    ISBN9781386954156
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      Prayer Principles for Beginners - Queen Phillips

      Word of Encouragement

      IF YOU ARE A BEGINNER, meaning a new follower of Jesus Christ, I want you to know that you have made the greatest decision you will ever make in this life! WELCOME to the Family!

      I do not want you to be ignorant concerning this new journey you have begun.  It is a faith walk, meaning you will have some experiences specifically designed to get you to the place of complete trust in your heavenly Father.  You will make some mistakes along the way, but He will never stop loving you. He will never leave you nor forsake you.  Therefore, I encourage you to never walk away from Him; always draw closer to Him regardless of the challenges, difficulties, trials and tribulations.  Now that you belong to Him, He is your Source of strength, comfort and hope in this life.  With Him, you can be confident that even your tragedies will turn out to be triumphs.

      The only way to draw closer to Him is through a consistent and constant prayer life.  Prayer is powerful! It keeps you connected.  There will be times when you don’t feel like praying.  You must discipline yourself to pray.  The enemy knows that prayer and the Word of God are weapons; he will do whatever he can to distract you and keep you from praying and studying God’s Word.

      As Jesus told His disciples in John 16:33, so I tell you:

      I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]

      Be encouraged,

      Queen

      The Premise

      THE SUBJECT OF PRAYER is extensive.  There is no shortage of books on prayer.  It is a universal subject, but different in practice, methodology and style based on one’s religious system of beliefs.   Two things make prayer universal; they are: definition and faith.  A general definition of prayer in any religion is simply talking to or communication with a deity or divine being. 

      The second thing that makes prayer universal is personal faith— believing and expecting that the divine being or deity you’re talking to hears you, will respond favorably to you, and has the power to grant your request and change things.  Prayer is also expressions of devotion that can keep you spiritually connected to God, which should influence every aspect of life and creation.

      Prayer Principles for Beginners was divinely inspired to give basic principles, strategies and instructions from the Word of God (Holy Bible) to inspire you and encourage you to have a powerful, consistent prayer life as a Christian.

      Who are beginners? Beginners are new converts to Christianity, aka, babes in Christ. These converts may be the non-traditionalist and un-churched— those who are not accustomed to the traditional prayers and charismatic antics that sometimes come across as entertainment rather than conversations with Abba Father.  In some instances, beginners are intimidated by the prayer style of others. Consequently, they are too timid to pray, especially in small group prayer setting and corporate prayer services.  Focusing on how others pray can hinder the development of their prayer life; it may never develop in public or private because they’re convinced that a certain style of prayer is required.  When there is no constant and consistent prayer life, which equates to fellowship with God, there can be no spiritual growth and maturity.  Therefore, your relationship with Him is broken because your line of communication shuts down. When that happens, babes in Christ will end up in what is called a backslidden state without having the resources needed for growth.  Since a consistent prayer life is most critical for beginners (new Christian converts), it is imperative that they are provided the necessary resources to enhance their faith walk and help them develop in their new relationship with Christ.

      Additionally, I have witnessed persons accept Jesus Christ as Savior; however, His lordship over their life is never established because there was no constant communication (prayer) to receive the power, strength and stability required to overcome the temptations that arise. When new converts struggle with developing and maintaining a prayer life, their relationship with God suffers. Consequently, they lose hope, become faint and give up on their faith walk, especially if the challenges they faced before accepting Jesus Christ as Savior doesn’t get

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