How Can I Cultivate Private Prayer?

Prayer is a crucial part of the Christian life, and believers must give it careful attention and cultivation. As they pray, Christians exercise their faith in repentance, in submission to God’s will, and in praise to God. Believers in Christ, then, must grow in their prayer life―in their communion with God.In this pamphlet, Joel R. Beeke gives readers helpful, practical ways to improve their prayer lives by first disciplining themselves, in dependence on the Holy Spirit, and by then taking hold of God. Learn what a blessing it is to pray!Take Inventory of Your Prayer LifeTake Hold of YourselfRemember the Value of PrayerMaintain the Priority of PrayerSpeak with Sincerity in PrayerCultivate Continual PrayerOrganize for PrayerUse the Bible as Your Guide for PrayerRefresh Your Prayers with Biblical VarietyTake Hold Of GodExercise Faith in Jesus Christ for PrayerPlead God’s Promises in PrayerLook to the Glorious Trinity in PrayerBelieve That God Hears and Answers PrayerSeek the Glory of God in PrayerDevelop a Right Heart toward God in PrayerRest with Contentment in God’s All-Sufficiency in PrayerSeries DescriptionD. Martyn Lloyd-Jones once said that what the church needs to do most all is “to begin herself to live the Christian life. If she did that, men and women would be crowding into our buildings. They would say, ‘What is the secret of this?’” As Christians, one of our greatest needs is for the Spirit of God to cultivate biblical godliness in us in order to put the beauty of Christ on display through us, all to the glory of the triune God. With this goal in mind, this series of booklets treats matters vital to Christian experience at a basic level. Each booklet addresses a specific question in order to inform the mind, warm the affections, and transform the whole person by the Spirit’s grace, so that the church may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things.