There are usually four sources of prayer burdens or prayer assignments. Not all prayer burdens are from the Holy Spirit and it is important not to commit to a prayer assignment without His consent.
The Holy Spirit and prayer burdens
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What are the things that may hinder your prayers and influence your relationship with God?
Waiting on God
Waiting on God is not a passive act. It is an active waiting filled with prayer, reading the Word, listening, discerning, evaluating, deep inner cleansing from sin and deep surrender to the King of kings.
How George Müller determined the will of God
George Müller said that he wanted to prove to Christians that God answers prayer. He used six guidelines to determine the will of God.
Like a mighty rushing wind
God poured out the Holy Spirit on the first believers and that sparked a revival in Jerusalem which spread to many countries in the Roman Empire. Reading the Book of Acts gives us a biblical picture of what normally happens during a revival.
History of 10 days of prayer before Pentecost
In 1861 in Paarl, South Africa, a small group prayed together every evening during the ten days between Ascension Day and Pentecost, like the first Christians who waited to be baptised with the Holy Spirit. There was great expectancy and they were not disappointed.
Obstacles to prayer
Every believer should examine themselves regularly for issues in their life that present obstacles to prayer.
The Isle of Lewis Revival
In 1949 on the Scottish Isle of Lewis, two Gaelic-speaking sisters in their eighties, were praying for revival. Then when evangelist Duncan Campbell arrived on the island, the Holy Spirit started to move among the people.
The revival during the Second Anglo-Boer War
The Boers asked why it had to happen, but God had a bigger plan in the midst of their suffering. Boers who went to the camps as prisoners of war unsaved returned as true born-again Christians, filled with the Holy Spirit. God worked powerfully in these camps.
Pray for Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jehovah’s Witnesses worship one-person whom they call ‘Jehovah’, but they do not believe there is a Trinity. They believe that Jesus is the first thing created by Jehovah and that they must earn everlasting life on earth by good works, such as door-to-door evangelism. Learn more to pray effectively for Jehovah’s Witnesses.
The Zulu evangelist and revival
Nicholas Benghu had a dream in which he heard the words, “Africa must turn back to God.” Out of this was born his ‘Back to God Crusade.’ For forty years, his crusades toured systematically through South Africa.
Pray for New Agers
Christians need to know what the basic differences are between beliefs central to Christianity and to the New Age Movement, so that we can share our belief in the Lord Jesus clearly with New Agers.
Pray for Hindus during Kumbh Mela
Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage held in India every few years. Use the prayer guidelines provided to intercede for Hindus taking part in this gathering.
Focus in prayer
Many people struggle to focus in prayer, and they are too embarrassed to admit it. After reading a few verses in the Bible, you might doze off without having really engaged in prayer in any meaningful way. We provide 10 ideas you can try to help you focus in prayer.
Fathers as watchmen
As head of the house, God appointed men as priests to pray for their families. Men represent their families to God in prayer.
Dealing with criticism
We all face criticism at some time or other. It is unavoidable. We, ourselves, are also guilty of criticising others, and we need to know how to deal with our own critical spirit too.
Difficult economic times
The world economy has experienced much uncertainty recently and it is difficult to predict what the future will entail. How do we pray in these difficult economic times?
One prayer can change your life
Sometimes we don’t ask the Lord for something because we think the matter is too trivial or we think it is too audacious. But one prayer can change your life entirely.
Fulfilment of God’s purposes with creation
Let us pray the Word for the fulfilment of God’s purposes with creation.
How to pray for Hindus
If we understand the differences between the central beliefs of Christianity and those of Hinduism, believers will be able to clearly share their belief in the Lord Jesus Christ with Hindus and pray for their salvation.
Vampire movies
The drinking of blood is the highest or most dangerous involvement in the occult. Vampire movies desensitise the mind and damage the conscience of those watching them. Seeds of occultism are planted and forbidden spiritual desires that lead to death are stirred. Beskikbaar in Afrikaans.
Our motives in prayer
Consider the things you are currently praying about. Why do you pray about them? Often we pray about the right things, but with the wrong motive.
Pray for new believers
It is important that we intercede purposefully for new converts. Allow the Holy Spirit to bring them to spiritual maturity and to change them to be conformed to the image of Christ.
Using the Bible in prayer
God speaks to us through His Word and through prayer we respond. George Müller wrote: “..my heart being nourished by the Truth, being brought into true fellowship with God, I speak to my Father and to my Friend about the things that He has brought before me in his precious Word.”
Pray for personal revival
Every believer can experience personal revival daily and in fact, should experience it.
The work of prayer
Why is the church so powerless? Why does it have so little effect in the world? Why can’t the church succeed in taking the gospel to all the unreached nations? Why do people become converted but fail to grow to spiritual maturity?
The power of individual prayer
The accounts of prayer in the Bible are the stories of individuals who laid hold of God and He performed miracles in answer to their prayers.
Victory over feelings of guilt
All people struggle with feelings of guilt at some point. Some suppress these feelings and others are oppressed by their guilt feelings. What you do with your feelings of guilt, is your choice.
Pray as an employer
There is a difference between a career and a calling. Your calling has priority over your career. As a Christian, you are called to proclaim the gospel of the salvation and Lordship of Christ to people. God gives us a career through which we can live out our calling.
Personal prayer checklist
Determine your actual standing as far as your prayer life is concerned. Go through the questions one by one and check your own prayer life.
Steps to true holiness
Holiness is the opposite of worldliness. It is to say “no” to the world, the flesh and the devil. Holiness, however, is more than just a list of don’ts.
Living in God’s presence
God’s presence is based on the Word, where God clearly states that He lives in us through the Holy Spirit. To live in the presence of God and to live in the reality of this presence is an act of faith.
Simple and meditative prayer
Simple and meditative prayer takes you to deeper intimacy with God. This is how the church fathers, monks in monasteries, many of the early Christians, and Christians through the centuries learned to pray and to enter into a deeper relationship with God.
Pray for marriages and families
Marriages and family life are under much strain. Purposeful, systematic, focussed and persevering prayer is critical and necessary for Christian families.
Jesus se bloed vir ons uitgestort
Met die kosbare bloed van Christus is ons losgekoop en ons sondes vergewe. Ons is nou versoen met ons hemelse Vader en kan met vrymoedigheid na Sy genadetroon gaan. Laat ons danksegging betuig teenoor die Here, ons Verlosser!
The thorn in your flesh
Most Christians will testify to having a thorn in the flesh. It may be present for a while, but also something you may have to deal with for the rest of your life. [Ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans.]
Humility and confession
Don’t hide your sin. “Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.” Proverbs 28:13. [Ook beskikbaar in Afrikaans.]
10 Things to pray for a hospital
Hospitals need to be equipped and able to treat sick and hurting patients. Let us regularly pray for our local, provincial and academic hospitals, their staff and for patients.
Verootmoediging en sondebelydenis
Moenie jou sonde wegsteek nie. “Wie sy sonde wegsteek, moet niks goeds te wagte wees nie; wie sy sonde bely en daarvan afsien, sal genade ontvang.” Spreuke 28:13. Also available in English.
Jou doring in die vlees
Min of meer alle Christene kan getuig van ‘n doring in die vlees. ‘n Doring in die vlees kan iets wees wat vir ‘n leeftyd deel van jou lewe gaan wees – soms net vir ‘n bepaalde tyd. [Also available in English.]
Spiritual warfare
The Cross of Jesus is at the centre of the whole struggle against the evil one, because Satan was conquered at the Cross.
The disciplines of silence and solitude
Whenever you get away from the noise and busyness of life to encounter God through silence and solitude, He’ll change your soul in ways that go beyond words.
Bible reading simplified
Almost 90% of all believers struggle to read their Bibles on a regular basis. Some start well, then fall behind on a reading plan, and just give up. Get started with fresh zeal this year!
Praying in Jesus’ Name
To pray in Jesus’ Name is to acknowledge His full role as God’s anointed – your Prophet, Priest and King.
Keeping a prayer journal
If you keep a prayer journal, in time you will notice how God worked in your own and in other people’s lives and it will be a great testimony!
Become a Prayer Missionary
The purpose of prayer missionaries is to fulfil the Great Commission through prayer. (Matt.28:18-20). A prayer missionary is someone who adopts a country or geographic area and prays for that country. It is someone who does not physically go to the mission...
As for me and my house…NO Halloween
Halloween is on 31 October every year. The uninformed Christian has no idea that demonic spirits are actually contacted and activated as people call out to them in jest or in seriousness.
Hope for the South African Police Service
There may be problems in the police service, but it is the responsibility of believers to intercede for them.
The prosperity gospel
Increased destruction is being sown amongst people on the Continent of Africa (especially those who are unsuspecting, impoverished, and needy) as a result of the preaching of the ‘Prosperity Gospel’.
Praying for the Church
Let us fervently pray for the church of our Lord Jesus Christ with the same passion He has for His church.
Die vervulling en salwing met die Heilige Gees
Dit is belangrik dat ons daagliks sal bid vir die vervulling en salwing met die Heilige Gees. Sy daaglikse en voordurende werking en leiding in ons is onontbeerlik.
Bid vir jou kinders
Wat kan vir ’n kind ’n groter seën wees as om ’n ouer te hê wat vir hom of haar bid? Gebruik hierdie praktiese riglyne en Skrif om vir jou kinders te bid, met ’n verwagting dat God in hulle lewens gaan werk.
Pray for your Children
What can be a greater blessing for a child than having a parent that prays for him or her? Use these practical guidelines and Scriptures to pray for your children, expecting God to work in their lives.
Die Uur wat die Wêreld Verander
Dick Eastman, in sy boek “The hour that changes the world”, doen aan die hand dat ‘n mens ‘n uur in 12 periodes van 5 minute elk indeel. Hier is ‘n opsomming van die 12 vorme van gebed. (Also available in English)
Seek My Face
This is a practical guide on how to watch and pray for one hour, seeking God’s face. (Ps.27:8)
Gebedsgids – Woordgefokusde Gebed
Riglyne vir individue en groepe In hierdie klein gids is daar 'n aantal afdelings waardeur jy daagliks kan bid. In elkeen van hulle is daar 'n groot rykdom van inligting. Laat die Heilige Gees toe om die dieptes van hierdie gedeeltes vir jou oop te sluit wanneer jy...
Bid vir Mense in Gesagsposisies
1 Timoteus 2:1-2 het ‘n baie duidelike opdrag dat ons moet bid “vir die wat regeer en almal wat gesag uitoefen.” Dit is in direkte opdrag vanuit die Skrif en ons moet dit met groot erns hanteer. Daar is in stryd in die lug aan die gang vir politieke heerskappy oor...
31 Woordgebede
Hudson Taylor het gesê: "Ons (Christene) is bonatuurlike mense, weergebore deur 'n bonatuurlike geboorte, aangedryf deur 'n bonatuurlike krag en gevoed deur bonatuurlike voedsel, geleer deur 'n bonatuurlike leermeester uit 'n bonatuurlike Boek." E.W.Kenyon het gesê:...
Vas en gebed
Fasting is a laudable practice, and we have reason to lament it, that it is generally neglected among Christians. ~ Matthew Henry I wonder whether we have ever fasted? I wonder whether it has ever occurred to us that we ought to be considering the question of fasting?...
Gebed in Jesus se Naam
Die Naam van Jesus is van die allergrootste belang in voorbidding. Daarsonder is ons tot niks in staat nie, daarsonder het ons in werklikheid geen reg om na God toe te gaan of enigiets in gebed van Hom te vra nie. Om in die Naam van Jesus te bid, sê Wesley Duewel,...
Vampier-films
In die Bybel lees ons dat die Here baie duidelik die drink van bloed verbied. Vampier-films maak die mense wat daarna kyk se gewete onsensitief vir die werking van die Heilige Gees. Okkultiese saadjies word gesaai en ontketen negatiewe geestelike begeertes wat tot die dood kan lei. Available in English.
The Hour that Changes the World
In his book, The hour that changes the world, Dick Eastman suggests that one divide an hour into 12 periods of 5 minutes each. After 5 minutes you change to another form of prayer. The following is Dick Eastman's groupings Praise and Worship Waiting on the Lord...
Bid vir ongereddes – 1 vir 1
Hoe om vir ongereddes te bid Dit is God wat deur die werking van die Heilige Gees mense lewend maak en wedergeboorte in hulle bewerk. Ons verantwoordelikheid is om vir hulle te bid, sy liefde aan hulle te bewys en teenoor hulle te getuig. Die volgende 4 stappe sal jou...
Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire
Authors: Jim Cymbala & Dean Merrill Description: The times are urgent. God is on the move. Now is the moment to ask God to ignite his fire in your soul! Pastor Jim Cymbala believes that Jesus wants to renew his people—to call us back from spiritual dead ends,...
Wêreld kos- en waterkrisis
Wie vir 'n arm mens iets oor het, sal self niks kortkom nie, maar wie anderpad kyk, sal baie verwensings hoor. (Spr. 28:27). Al is daar lande wat met hongersnood worstel, is die wêreldprobleem nie 'n voedselkrisis nie, maar 'n prys krisis omdat ander mededingers, soos...
With Christ in the School of Prayer
Author: Andrew Murray Description: Few books have had as much impact on calling the church to prayer as Andrew Murray's classic, With Christ in the School of Prayer. As you saturate yourself in the timeless wisdom found here, you will discover how to prepare yourself...
Onbeantwoorde gebede (Deel 2)
“Wat is die redes vir my onbeantwoorde gebede? Is daar iets fout met hoe ek bid?” Daar is geen eenvoudige antwoorde nie. Hierdie is die tweede artikel in die 2-delige reeks. (Also available in English.)
Malagasy Articles
All Malagasy prayer articles are listed below and can be downloaded as PDFs. Ny Fomba Fiasa Andrea (The Andrew Principle)