Could we number the birds of the sky, or fish in the sea? What’s the number of types of trees? How many are the raindrops in spring?

Our God is an infinite God and His creativity is unlimited. We could sooner count sand on the shore as the endless numbers of anything He has made.

How many kinds of prayer are there, do you think? Is it two, or nine? 101? I like what Spurgeon says, As many as are the flowers of summer, so many are the varieties of prayer.

Paul says we must pray with all…praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints… Ephesians 6:18

The dimensions and varieties of all prayer and supplication—

with all kinds of prayer: public, private and secret, social and solitary, solemn and sudden; verbal and silent, long and short;

with all parts of prayer: filled with praises, sprinkled with confession, petitions for mercy, and adorned with thanksgivings for all blessings and graces received;

with all manner of praying: sung to music, and cried out with groans, shouted from a hilltop, and whispered beside a bed;

with all types of prayer: deprecatory prayers when sins have provoked the Lord to jealousy; supplicatory prayers which ask blessings and implore mercies from God for ourselves; and intercessory prayers on behalf of others for God to intervene for them;

with all posture of prayer: on our knees, and standing, sitting, walking, and kneeling. Nothing is said about these; position, place, and time are all left open and available to us, whenever in want or need;

with all perseverance: we must determine to continue in prayer, whatever changes there are in our circumstances; and we must persevere in it while we live in the world, remaining steadfast;

While prayer is personal, these articles are meant to be shared. You can help someone else learn about praying just by sending this. Which also helps me out.

and in the Spirit—our spirits must be engaged in praying and we must do it by the grace of God's good Spirit, helping us in the praying, for the Spirit also helps our weakness: For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. (Romans 8:26) It is the Holy Spirit in us who prays and enables us to pray. It is praying not according the flesh (the selfish desires of the carnal mind) but according the word, will and way of the Lord.

for all the saints: those in our homes and our assemblies; the pastors, elders, those in the seats; the teacher, evangelist, and missionary; from babe in Christ to senior saint.

There is no limit of God’s creation, nor limits on our praying to Him. Pray, with all.

I pray because I have something to say to God, always striving for you in prayers that you may stand complete and fully assured in all the will of God. I write because I have something to say to you about praying to God.

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