We have to say our prayers everyday and we were taught how to say prayer, the flow and the format of it typically are as follows:
First of all, we have to praise God for He is a God worthy to be praised. He had created the universe, all things big and small on this earth, and He is the origin of life and everything!
(Sometimes I do wonder, God behaves a bit like small kid, need to be praised?)
After that we have to admit that we are no perfect being and ask for His forgiveness of sin committed intentionally or unintentionally, through the redemption and sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ!
Then we categorize the next portion of our prayer as corporate prayer, that is, we pray for the world, our country, all our leaders and citizens of the nation, the company that we work for etc.
Then we pray specifically for persons such as friends, members of the church, colleagues, relatives that we know for their needs, protection or healing of illness etc.
We will then pray for our family members, each and every one of them with their names specifically mentioned.
Finally we only pray for our own self.
Most of the time I pray for health and wisdom, only ask God to provide what is necessary for me and have never directly requested God to increase my wealth. I know very well that once we have a healthy body, everything else could be made possible and other things will come naturally. We have to offer our tithes in any form with a cheerful heart, seek God's kingdom and righteousness, income will come automatically. It is very true that we have to give God a portion of what we earned, I wanted to write it down here as a reminder to myself that I had experienced God's generosity and tremendous blessings whenever I contributed my portion. He will give it back to us more than what we expected!
May God's spirit always acts as a counsellor to guide us to avoid any misdeed, lead us not into temptation and away from all evils.
We close our prayer by mentioning "in the name of Jesus" and then "Amen" !
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