QUIET TIME PRAYER WILL HELP YOU TO DEVELOP THE ABILITY TO PRAY FOR LONG HOURS.
Years ago, the only prayers I knew about were those that the priests read out to us in church.
The longest I could pray was thirty to forty seconds and that was when I recited the Lord's
prayer. There were three prayers I knew how to pray: The Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary and a Prayerto the Angel of God! However, as I grew in the Lord I learnt how to pray for myself. I can now pray for several hours at a time.
I always remember the first time I prayed for three hours. I was a student in Achimota School (Prince of Wales College)in Ghana. I was in the midst of a crisis and I needed the intervention of the Lord. I can also remember the first time I prayed for seven hours. I was a sixth former in the same Achimota School. I prayed from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
I enjoy praying for long hours.
Praying for thirty minutes is almost like no prayer to me. Do not misunderstand me; I am not saying that God does not hear short prayers. I am saying that I have developed the art of praying for long hours like Jesus did. Jesus prayed for three hours in the garden of Gethsemane.
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed… And he cometh unto the disciples,
and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, WHAT, COULD YE NOT WATCH WITH ME ONE HOUR? He went away again the second time, and prayed… And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the
third time, saying the same words.
Matthew 26:39, 40, 42-44
In this Scripture, Jesus was surprised that the disciples could not pray for one hour.
And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
Matthew 26:40
Jesus prayed all night before He chose His disciples.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all
night in prayer to God. And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he
chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Luke 6:12, 13
Long prayer may not be an explicit instruction in the Bible, but it is implicit throughout the
Word. In later chapters, I will teach you what to pray about when you decide to pray for long
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