Combo Prayer times. Activities. Prayer Weapons. Multiple Weapons = Hope. Multiple Activities = Time. 1. Meals. 1. Bible reading / study. 2.

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1 Combo Prayer times Prayer Weapons Activities 1. Bible reading / study 2. Cd Bible studies 3. Journaling 4. Quoting 5. Praying in Tongues 6. Armor of God 7. Worship 1. Meals 2. Bathroom 3. Driving 4. Exercise & Stretching 5. Yard work 6. House work 7. Massage Therapy Multiple Weapons = Hope Hope that I can find weapons of prayer that FIT my SOUL. Hope that I DON T have to pray like someone ELSE. Hope that I can be STRONG in prayer. Pgs. 1-2 Multiple Weapons = HOPE Multiple Activities = Time Time that I can really SOAK in the Lord s presence. Time in a busy life WITHOUT trying to ADD things to my Schedule. Time that will be CONSISTENT because I do these activities daily Pgs. 3-5 Time to Pray

2 Multiple Weapons = Hope 1. Bible reading / study 2. Cd Bible studies 3. Journaling 4. Quoting 5. Praying in Tongues 6. Armor of God 7. Worship Grace & Encouragement! Many people deeply love Jesus and greatly want to pray, - but - they do NOT know HOW! Both John the Baptist s disciples and Jesus disciples felt so frustrated by this that they asked HOW to pray. Lk. 11:1 Learning that there are DIFFERENT weapons in prayer will give you great HOPE that you can find tools that fit your soul. With each prayer weapon, I have multiple free resources that you can examine to understand how to use this weapon. I personally hope that you will meet with me every few years to learn a new prayer weapon. Jesus made you a very unique and complex person. You have thousands of aspects to your soul. You face millions of different situations in your life. Each situation brings a wide range of emotions and thoughts. When you have MANY different prayer weapons and you know HOW to use each prayer weapon with skill, you can find Jesus grace, wisdom and victory in every situation. 1. Bible Reading / Study This one is so rich. The key is to put in the effort to find some great reading plans, Bible studies, and Christian concept books that interest you. I would love to help you find which types of studies most fascinate you. 2. Cd Bible Teachings A great cd Bible teaching will engage your mind and awaken your brain and heart to fresh hunger. We have hundreds of Textual & Topical cd Bible studies that can be borrowed from our cd lending library or as free downloads on our web site. I would love to dialogue ways & times when you will most enjoy this weapon. 3. Journaling There is one great secret to journaling. Do NOT plan on writing a LONG time. Plan to write for 1-3 minutes. Open up your prayer journal or document and simply write or type these words, Today the things the Lord is doing in my life are.. If you will give yourself permission most days to only write one sentence, then you will have a few days where you write lots of deep personal insights. 4. Quoting Chapters of God s Word This is my greatest prayer weapon. If you will listen to this one sermon, perhaps you will become as addicted as I am to the greatest of all weapons - The GREATEST Weapon. 1

3 5. Praying in Tongues Every person I have ever met who had a negative emotional overreaction to the subject of Tongues had 2 traits. 1) They had not studied all the verses on Tongues. 2) They did not understand the five clear Bible concepts of their own Conscious and Subconscious & their own Spirit, Soul & Body. Tongues is such a simple gift. It is the way to pray when something is strongly burning on your mind and English is Not Enough. Tongues is never meant to be mindless. Tongues is for when something is STRONGLY on your mind! I Cor. 14:14 I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind Because there is so much MIS-understanding about tongues, I give three very clinical, calm, careful studies where we examine every scripture on Tongues. I have a handout with 10 Questions & Answers with these teachings. The three DVDs have many visuals which greatly help you to understand your own Conscious and Subconscious & your own Spirit, Soul & Body You can watch these three videos on-line by clicking on the Praying Hands on the front page of our web site or by borrowing the DVDs from our lending library. They are titled: i. Spirit Soul & Body ii. The Gift of Tongues iii. Tips on Tongues Cds are Easier for some people Some people can listen to a cd 2-3 times for every one time that they can watch a DVD. Thus, we also offer these three messages as cds. Here are some of the benefits of praying in Tongues. Tongues make ALL the OTHER prayer weapons STRONGER. If you spend more than 30 minutes a day praying in Tongues, while also using other prayer weapons your life will burn with Power & Passionate Fire for Jesus. Acts 1:5,8, 2:4 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. But you will receive POWER when the Holy Spirit comes on you. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. Jude 20 But you, dear friends, BUILD YOURSELVES UP in your most holy faith and PRAY in the Holy Spirit. John 7:38-39 Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, STREAMS of LIVING WATER will FLOW from WITHIN him. By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive Matthew 3:11 He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with FIRE. 6. Armor of God Eph.6:10 says that the Armor of God makes you STRONG in God s Mighty Power. The Armor is seven subjects that affect our lives every day. When you pray these seven subjects in advance, you win all the battles that day of: 1) Conflicts 2) Emotions 3) Schedule 4) Favor 5) Thought life 6) Hearing God s Voice Today 7) Anointings Because these seven subjects are so emotional, only about 5-8 minutes of my time of praying on the Armor is in English. Most of the time I pray in Tongues as I ask the Holy Spirit to sort out my questions or concerns for that day. You can download a free copy of my Armor of God book or pick up a free copy in our church office. You can also borrow the cds on the Armor of God or download the cds off of our website. I recommend using both cds and book. 7. Worship What a weapon to open your mouth and sing to the Lord with all your heart! 2

4 Multiple Activities = Time You have 2-4 hours a day where you could EASILY have POWERFUL prayer times and you would NOT have to add ONE MINUTE to your busy hectic life. There is one secret! You have to learn to make ADJUSTMENTS. No new prayer time fits perfectly the entire time. If you will let me meet with you, I will find 3-5 small adjustments that allow you to feel more comfortable. You will be shocked that you are able to pray longer and with more power and it is EASIER simply because of a few adjustments. I hope you become addicted to making simple adjustments. Jesus wants our prayer time to be rich, easy, comfortable & powerful. 1. Meals 2. Bathroom 3. Yard work 4. House work 5. Driving 6. Exercise & Stretching 7. Massage Therapy 1. Meals It is easy to plan meals that you eat by yourself. This is a perfect time to READ. As a tip, please keep MULTIPLE options of reading material near where you eat regularly whether that is your kitchen or your office. Keep a Bible and 2-3 fascinating Christian study books that you picked up at the Christian bookstore. Having these books handy and easily accessible is the key to consistency. 2. Bathroom time This is a free 1-2 hours a day. Here are some tips. Toilet time Have lots of Reading/ Bible Study options. Whether you spend 2 minutes or 20 minutes on the toilet daily, it is the perfect time for reading a chapter a day through the New Testament, plus possible additional time for extra Bible Study. The secret is to keep lots of interesting Bible study options in your toilet area. Shower, getting Dressed, Make up time Here are FIVE different options 1) Worship Music - make the worship music so loud that you almost HAVE to sing along. 2) Instrumental worship music much better for praying in tongues. 3) Audio Bible 4) Great Topical cd Bible study teaching 5) Great Textual cd Bible study teaching. With a textual study, you will be hungry to get to the breakfast table so you can look up the verses and write some notes. 3. Yard work Time During this time, I like to listen to strong worship music, pray in the Holy Spirit and kind of float in the Lord s presence. I will also mix in some quoting if my mind begins to wander. 4. House work Time If I can be loud, I crank up the worship music and raise my voice in worship or praying in the Holy Spirit. If I can t be loud, I use headphones. 3

5 5. Drive time If you have a daily commute that lasts more than 30 minutes, then you are one of the RICHEST people on the earth. This is the EASIEST time of all for powerful prayer. I will give you a Bribe to learn the Three Key Weapons for Driving 1) Praying in the Spirit 2) Armor of God 3) Quoting Chapters Backward If you are strong in one of these weapons you can have a Good prayer / driving time for 30 minutes. If you are strong in two of these weapons you can have a Very Good prayer / driving time for 60 minutes If you are strong in all three you can have a AMAZING prayer / driving time for 2-3 hours a day & want more. Here is my Bribe offer. I will give a free set of 8 great instrumental worship cds to anyone who will meet with me until they are strong in all three of these three key leadership skills. I believe in Bribes On the way TO work If you have at least a 30 minute drive to work, there are a few obvious ESSENTIALS to effective prayer time in the car. Please be warned that these four points are ESSENTIALS. If you skip any of them, you will steadily lose your joy in praying while you drive. The essentials are: 1. Leave for work very EARLY. You can NOT be distracted or worried by traffic & concentrate on prayer. 2. Don t CHANGE LANES unless absolutely necessary. Because you left early for work - you have plenty of time and are not stressed by slow traffic. Your mind is now calm and can focus on your prayer time. Changing lanes greatly intrudes on your ability to focus on prayer. 3. Completely REMOVE the option of ever listening to the RADIO in the morning. If you have the option of radio that temptation will constantly distract you. On the days when you most NEED prayer, you will feel weak and listen to the radio instead. That break in rhythm will greatly discourage you. If you will refuse to listen to the radio in the morning, then you will have your most POWERFUL prayer times on the days you feel most weak. Instrumental Worship music is the best background sound. 4. Please invest in a PORTABLE RECORDER. The Lord will speak many things to you and you do not want to try to write & drive. Also, the Holy Spirit loves to help you organize your day. Thus, as the Holy Spirit gives you reminder tips and strategies for your day, you can record them and have your mind free to go back to prayer. On the way Home Many people feel so worn out that they have no energy to pray out loud on the way home AFTER work. If you listen to some gripping quality cd Bible teachings they will engage your mind & will wash the stress of your job off of your soul and leave you refreshed, recharged and re-energized by the time you get home. You may even find fresh grace to worship, pray or record thoughts about the message. Your family will appreciate you coming home refreshed instead of exhausted. 4

6 6. Exercise & Stretching Time This has been my main prayer time for over 25 years. When you learn how to exercise & pray at the same time you guarantee that you will be HEALTHY both physically and spiritually for the REST of your life. There are two free DVDs on: i. Exercising while praying & ii. Stretching while praying. The DVDs tend to have so much information and so many tips that they can overwhelm people. That is why it is great to meet with me, after you watch the two DVDs so we can find the few keys that best fit your soul. 7. Massage Therapy Time I have a fun story to tell you. For 25 years, I have averaged 2-3 hours of prayer a day through my morning time of bathroom, stretching, exercise and more stretching. Yet, I often felt weak, empty and drained by the end of the day. In ministry you give out a lot. For over 20 years, I asked the Lord to please give me grace for a SECOND season of prayer every day. Yet, I could not find the grace. I often spend 8-12 intense hours in front of the computer on a busy day. The older I become the more that long hours on the computer cause extra tension in my body. Last year, through a series of experiments, I learned that I need to take a half hour break after two hard hours of work to use a pillow massager on different parts of my shoulders, back and legs. During these half hour breaks, I lie on the bed in my prayer room, turn on my instrumental worship music, set the egg timer for 30 minutes and position the pillow massager under different parts of my body for 30 minutes. As you can already imagine, this has become my second daily season of prayer. With a great smile, I can tell you that no one ever has to TWIST my Arm to have my afternoon or evening prayer times. Do I fall asleep some times? Of course I do. Whether I sleep or pray, I am much more refreshed. I now have 3-4 extra 30 minute sessions of prayer each day and I feel great physically. I wish that I could express to you the difference this extra prayer time has made in my life. The anointing of the Holy Spirit on my life has doubled in the past year. I have more peace and victory in my life than I ever dreamed I could. I have more passion and joy in my life than I ever dreamed I could. I have seen more miracles & blessings in my life in the past year than in the past 35 years of my life. All of this happened because I learned a new combo prayer time. This is what I yearn for you to have. It would be the greatest honor of my life if you would please let me meet with you to help you find God s grace to have rich, powerful, easy times of prayer. 5