All too often I hear these words ‘I don’t know how to pray’. This statement has always caused me to ask one simple rhetorical question in reply, you know how to speak don’t you? And after that puzzled look on their face dissolves the conversation continues.

Here I will quote a few scriptures in the hope that you would read them for yourself and become more acquainted with just how heavy the weight of your words are as a child of God and a co-heir with Jesus Christ Romans 8v17.

I would be remiss in my responsibilities if I did not start with that oh so very popular scripture found in James 5v17

Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months.

In a world where everything is immediate, quick and fast the art of fasting is somewhat lost and considered un-requited today, yet if this spiritual discipline together with prayer were to be practiced and perfected God’s chosen vessel would see just how much could be achieved not only spiritually but physically too.

Exodus 34v28 tells us that Moses fasted for forty days and while I wouldn’t recommend anyone taking on such a mammoth task without medical approval specially going without water for any length of time, we see the ten commandments released into Moses’s hand, a standard by which we are living by today.

Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.

 To the everyday believer the thought of evangelising and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with others would be a little bit uncomfortable to say the least, we put the responsibility of evangelising upon the shoulders of others in the misconception that it is a task best executed by others more anointed and proficient in the things of God than ourselves, yet this is not what the scriptures say, we are all mandated to do the work of an evangelist 2^nd Tim 4v5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

In our own ability most things are difficult because we assess and evaluate ourselves by ourselves and we unfortunately are our own worst critics, continually highlighting what we can and cannot do, not to mention who can do what better than us.  This I’m happy to say is normal.