Category Prayer Lessons

5. Kinds of Prayer

Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Psalm 100:4

There are many types of prayer and we will cover some of them in this lesson. This will be an overview and not an indepth study.

Intercession
In Genesis 18, Abraham talked (prayed) to God. He interceded and asked God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah if he could find a certain number of righteous people. This was intercession, which is going to God on behalf of another person or situation. Intercessory prayer has a number of methods, all of which are the Holy Spirit working through the intercessor.

  • First, it is the simple form mentioned above.
  • Second, the intercessor will pray for a person or situation until the intercessor knows he or she is done.
  • Third, it is a “work of prayer” that may take a long t...
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