Prayer

In this blog, I want to look briefly at closet prayer, corporate prayer and ceaseless prayer.

Closet prayer is when you (a believer) pray to God alone. You close the door behind you to speak to God in secret.

The Lord Jesus said in Matthew 6:6 (LITV) But you, when you pray, enter into your room and shutting your door, pray to your Father in secret. And your Father seeing in secret will repay you in the open. 

Are you spending time with your Heavenly Father alone? Are you spending sufficient time with God? God wants to have that secret time with His people.

Jesus prayed to His Father alone when He was on the earth.

Luke 6:12 (LITV)
And it happened in these days, He went out into the mountain to pray. And He was spending the night in prayer to God. 

Corporate prayer is when a body of believers come together and pray. For example, You have corporate prayer in a local church at the prayer meeting.

In the book of Acts, we read about when Peter was in prison and the people of God came together to pray for him.

Acts 12:5 (LITV)
Then Peter was indeed kept in the prison, but fervent prayer was made by the church to God on his behalf. 

God answered the prayers of His people, and Peter was led out from the prison, and says in v. 12 (LITV)

And considering, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, the one being surnamed Mark, where many were gathered together, and praying. 

God wants His people to pray corporately, not just secretly.

Ceaseless prayer means we (believers) should not restrict ourselves to praying in the morning and evening, or at the prayer meeting only, but God commands us to pray without ceasing.

1 Thessalonians 5:17LITV
Pray without ceasing. 

This does not mean all we do is pray and do nothing else during the day, of course not, but means prayer without intermission.

Never have a full stop after your prayers, only a comma, ready to pray to God throughout the day, everyday.