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    How to Pray
    How to Pray
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    How to Pray

    By Dag Heward-Mills

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    Anyone who is too busy to pray is too busy. No matter who you are, you cannot allow yourself to become too busy to pray.

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    PublisherDag Heward-Mills
    Release dateApr 3, 2013
    ISBN9781613959206
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    Dag Heward-Mills

    Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a medical doctor by profession and the founder of the United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (UD-OLGC). The UD-OLGC comprises over three thousand churches pastored by seasoned ministers, groomed and trained in-house. Bishop Dag Heward-Mills oversees this charismatic group of denominations, which operates in over 90 different countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, the Caribbean, Australia, and North and South America. With a ministry spanning over thirty years, Dag Heward-Mills has authored several books with bestsellers including ‘The Art of Leadership’, ‘Loyalty and Disloyalty’, and ‘The Mega Church’. He is considered to be the largest publishing author in Africa, having had his books translated into over 52 languages with more than 40 million copies in print.

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      How to Pray - Dag Heward-Mills

      Unless otherwise stated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the King James Version of the Bible.

      How To Pray

      Copyright © 2013 Dag Heward-Mills

      First published 2013 by Parchment House

      Find out more about Dag Heward-Mills at:  

      Healing Jesus Campaign

      Write to:  evangelist@daghewardmills.org

      Website:  www.daghewardmills.org

      Facebook: Dag Heward-Mills

      Twitter:  @EvangelistDag

      EBOOK ISBN :  978-1-61395-920-6

      All rights reserved under international copyright law.  Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book.

      Table Of Contents

      Chapter 1: If You Are Too Busy to Pray You Are Too Busy

      Chapter 2: Why Prayer Is Mysterious

      Chapter 3: What Exactly Happens When You Do Not Pray

      Chapter 4: How to Talk to a Great Person

      Chapter 5: How You Can Be Helped by Praying in Tongues

      Chapter 6: The Three Greatest Prayer Topics

      Chapter 7: How to Pray With All Kinds of Prayer

      Chapter 8: Does God Answer All Our Prayers?

      Chapter 9: Twelve Steps to 100% Answered Prayer

      Chapter 1

      If You Are Too Busy to Pray Then You Are Too Busy

      Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

      Daniel 6:10

      Anyone who is too busy to pray is too busy. No matter who you are, you cannot allow yourself to become too busy to pray. You will notice from the Scripture above that Daniel prayed three times a day. An important phrase used in this verse is as he did aforetime. That means that Daniel had been praying these prayers on a regular basis. Daniel was not just praying because he was in trouble; he had a habit of praying.

      Many times when people become prosperous they stop going for prayer meetings and eventually backslide. Not so with Daniel! He was the Prime Minister of his country, second in authority only to the king. He was a successful man who had risen from slavery to the high office of Prime Minister. He was one of the most respected and feared men in the nation. He was a major politician of the day. He was a civil servant. Yet, he prayed three times a day, every day!

      What were the principles that guided Daniel to have such an unusual and consistent prayer time? Here they are, read them and let them become your principles. You too can have the success that Daniel had. I want you to read through, study and analyze the following principles that I believe guided Daniel in his life.

      Principle No. 1: Prayer Is Very Important

      Someone once said that it is more important to know how to pray than to have a degree from the university. There are many things that are important in this life. A good education is important. Money is important. A good marriage is important. But, a good prayer life is most important!

      Let this enter your spirit — in all your getting, get prayer! In all your activities, make room for prayer!

      Principle No. 2: No One Is Ever Too Busy, Too Blessed or Too Successful to Pray

      You may have a busy life style and you may be a very important person; however, I do not think that you are busier than Daniel was. Daniel was a Prime Minister, a leader in the nation. Many people think that Heads of State and Ministers of government have a relaxed and enjoyable life, flying all over the world. That is not true! I am the head of a large organization myself, and I know that people in high positions do not have an easy life. The higher you go, the greater the responsibility you have.

      There is so much hard work involved in staying on the cutting edge of life and ministry. Did you know that successful executives like Daniel are so stressed out that they are prone to diseases like stomach ulcers and heart attacks? These conditions are more common with very busy people because of the hard work that they do.

      Daniel was one such person. He was a Prime Minister, yet he felt that he was not too busy to pray three times a day. If you think you are too busy to pray, then you are deceiving yourself. If you do not pray, it is because you do not want to pray. It is because you do not think that prayer is important now! Daniel was successful, yet he prayed. Why was he able to pray three times a day?

      People have grown out of poverty and into prosperity. When they were poor, they had a lot of time to attend prayer meetings. But when they became blessed, they felt everything was all right. No! Everything is not all right! Your prosperity is not the signal to stop praying.

      Principle No. 3: Prayer is the Source of Our Power and Protection

      You must realize that it is prayer which releases the power of God on our behalf. Jesus knew the power of prayer. That is why he spent long hours in prayer. Maybe you are a successful businessman, and you do not think that you need any of this spiritual stuff. Perhaps you are a politician and you think your protection must come from fetish or occult powers.

      Let me tell you right now, there is power in prayer. We do not need any other power when we have the power of prayer. There is protection for us when we pray. The last part of the armour of God is prayer (Ephesians 6:18). In other words, prayer is an important part of your spiritual defence.

      Many people become afraid when they prosper. Job was filled with fear when he prospered. Eventually he said, what I feared greatly has happened to me. Such people feel that somebody may use supernatural powers to try to kill them. You have nothing to fear when you are a prayerful person like Daniel. Many people wanted to kill Daniel. These people did not just think about killing Daniel, they actually tried to eliminate him. Through the power of prayer, Daniel was protected from the lions.

      I see all the lions in your life scattering away in fear! I see your prayer power rising! I see you going forward because of a new-found prayer life!

      …that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

      Luke 3:21

      I see the heavens opening over your life! Never forget this! The heavens opened when Jesus prayed. Both physical and spiritual blessings rain upon you when you are a prayerful person.

      Principle No. 4: Prayer Is Important in Acquiring and Sustaining the Blessings of God

      Do you have anything that you are proud of? Have you achieved anything in this life? Let me tell you that it is by the grace of God. By the power of prayer, you will achieve even greater things. It is by prayer that you will sustain what God has placed in your hands.

      There are people who have received thousands of dollars as gifts. Today, that money has disappeared into thin air. God may give you something but it also takes His grace to sustain that blessing. Are you the pastor of a great ministry? Let me tell you, it takes prayer to sustain you in the ministry. Why do you think Jesus kept running away to pray?

      There is a law of degeneration at work in the world. Everything is decaying. Your business is decaying. Your church is decaying. Your very life is decaying. It takes the power of God, through prayer, to preserve everything that God has given to you.

      Principle No. 5: For Prayer to Be Effective It Must Be Habitual

      A man called Dostoyevsky said, The second half of a man’s life is made up of the habits he acquired in the first half.

      Pascal said, The strength of a man’s virtues is made up of his habitual acts.

      If you are going to be a great person in this life, you need to have good habits. An action becomes a habit when it is repeated many times; sometimes consciously, other times unconsciously. It becomes your custom!

      Habits can be either good or bad. Remember that good habits are repeated as easily as bad habits. A good habit will lead to consistent breakthroughs even without you intending it to. Bad habits will also lead to consistent failure. If you decide to develop a habit of prayer, you are developing a habit for success. Jesus went to church on the Sabbath because it was his habit. The Bible tells us that Jesus had customs or habits.

      …as his custom [habit] was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day…

      Luke 4:16

      Daniel had a custom of praying three times a day.

      …he [Daniel] kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed...

      Daniel 6:10

      Life in the secular world is not designed to include a prayer time. Work starts early in the morning and continues late into the night. Weeks may pass before you even think of prayer. For many people, it is only an

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