The Battle Plan for Prayer Quotes

“Heavenly Father, I come to You in Jesus’ name, asking that You draw me into a closer, more personal relationship with You. Cleanse me of my sins and prepare my heart to pray in a way that pleases You. Help me know You and love You more this week. Use all the circumstances of my life to make me more like Jesus, and teach me how to pray more strategically and effectively in Your name, according to Your will and Your Word. Use my faith, my obedience, and my prayers this week for the benefit of others, for my good, and for Your glory. Amen.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Lukewarm belief is the weakest form of praying. Doubt locks us out of our own prayer closets.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“There is no greater privilege for anyone than being able to personally talk with and speak into the ears of Almighty God.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“But approaching a holy and sovereign God in prayer is something we should prize and never take for granted. We are very needy of God. He created the universe from nothing by the power of His spoken word. We, on the other hand, have never created anything. He is perfect and maintains all authority in heaven and earth, while we stumble in many ways (Luke 9:23; James 3:2). God is dependent on nothing at all, while we are completely dependent on Him every second of every day (John 15:4–5). He knows every detail of everything in all places at all times (Psalm 139:1–18), while we don’t know what will happen tomorrow and are already forgetting what we did yesterday.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“God never intended for us to live out the Christian life or accomplish His work on the earth in our own wisdom or strength. His plan has always been for us to rely on the Holy Spirit and live a life of obedience in prayer.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“First, READ this book a chapter a day. We suggest at least five days a week for the next seven weeks, but whatever works for your schedule. Each chapter should only take you around ten minutes to read. Second, READ the Bible each day. Let the Word of God mold you into a person of prayer. We encourage you to read through the Gospel of Luke during these seven weeks and be studying it through the lens of what you can learn from Jesus about prayer. You are also encouraged to look up and study verses in each chapter that you are unfamiliar with that spark your interest. Third, PRAY every day. Prayer should be both scheduled and spontaneous. Choose a place and time when you can pray alone each day, preferably in the morning (Ps. 5:3). Write down specific needs and personal requests you’ll be targeting in prayer over the next few weeks, along with the following prayer: Heavenly Father, I come to You in Jesus’ name, asking that You draw me into a closer, more personal relationship with You. Cleanse me of my sins and prepare my heart to pray in a way that pleases You. Help me know You and love You more this week. Use all the circumstances of my life to make me more like Jesus, and teach me how to pray more strategically and effectively in Your name, according to Your will and Your Word. Use my faith, my obedience, and my prayers this week for the benefit of others, for my good, and for Your glory. Amen. May we each experience the amazing power of God in our generation as a testimony of His goodness for His glory! My Scheduled Prayer Time ___:___ a.m./p.m. My Scheduled Prayer Place ________________________ My Prayer Targets Develop a specific, personalized, ongoing prayer list using one or more of the following questions: What are your top three biggest needs right now? What are the top three things you are most stressed about? What are three issues in your life that would take a miracle of God to resolve? What is something good and honorable that, if God provided it, would greatly benefit you, your family, and others? What is something you believe God may be leading you to do, but you need His clarity and direction on it? What is a need from someone you love that you’d like to start praying about? 1. ______________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________ 5. ______________________________________________ 6. ______________________________________________”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“about Your kingdom and Your will in my heart, my home, and my generation. In Jesus’ name, I pray, amen.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“I ask You to pour out Your Holy Spirit on me and Your church. Draw me into a daily, more intimate walk with You. May prayer become as natural to me as breathing, and may You work through my prayers to help bring”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“What if we decided to get right with God and begin humbly seeking His face in faith for revival and spiritual awakening like they did during the first and second great awakenings?”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Answered prayers aren’t merely highly unlikely coincidences. They are fingerprints of a living, loving God who invites all of us to draw close to Him, the One who made us and “is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Prayer means that God’s miracle-working power is always a possible solution to whatever challenge stands before us.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Every prayer request (and every scenario that triggers a prayer request) is actually an opportunity for us to witness His glory firsthand. Because when He answers, that’s what He’s doing. He’s wanting us to see what He is like. Our Provider. Our Healer (2 Kings 20:5). Our Sustainer (Ps. 54:4). The One who is wiser than our own wisdom (1 Cor. 1:25). He wants you to know Him as your Creator, Savior, Lord, Provider, Protector, Friend, Counselor . . . and for you to worship Him as such with full appreciation. Not just generally, but personally.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“unity can be for people who worship and obey the God of the universe. If they seek the Lord and act in unity, nothing can stop them. That’s why the enemy does everything possible to keep God’s people divided. Because once we come together in unity, we gain momentum and take ground for the kingdom.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Lord,”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“By worshiping God wholeheartedly with our lips and lives, we get to do the greatest thing in the greatest way for the greatest One.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“trying to cook over the fire, plugging in the lamp before attempting to flip it on, or cranking up the engine before trying to put the car into gear. We”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Father, forgive us for relying on our wisdom, strength, energy, and ideas rather than abiding in You and seeking You first. Help us lay aside anything that hinders us from pursuing Your best. Help us prioritize prayer and devote ourselves to it in our personal lives, our families, and our churches. Make our churches truly houses of prayer for all nations. Revive us again, O Lord. Help us walk by Your strength and bring You great glory in our generation. In Jesus’ name, amen.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Elijah was basically a walking example of answered prayer and became an inspiration for New Testament believers (James 5:16–18).”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Prayer means hope. Prayer means help. Prayer means relief. Prayer means power. And a lot of it.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“It can feel very counterintuitive to pause when we have so much to do, trying to focus our thoughts in the midst of a million distractions, say no to our selfishness and self-sufficiency, and humble ourselves before an Almighty God whom we cannot control and cannot presently see or hear with our physical senses. It seems easier just to go out and attempt to fix things ourselves than to stop and pray about them. So we tend to put it off and save it as an emergency parachute during times of crisis. But approaching a holy and sovereign God in prayer is something we should prize and never take for granted. We are very needy of God. He created the universe from nothing by the power of His spoken word. We, on the other hand, have never created anything. He is perfect and maintains all authority in heaven and earth, while we stumble in many ways (Luke 9:23; James 3:2). God is dependent on nothing at all, while we are completely dependent on Him every second of every day (John 15:4–5). He knows every detail of everything in all places at all times (Psalm 139:1–18), while we don’t know what will happen tomorrow and are already forgetting what we did yesterday. This is why prayer should be first in the order of things (1 Tim. 2:1–8).”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“What would happen if believers and churches today followed the great people of the Bible and in Christian history and began to pray powerfully and effectively?”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Answered prayers aren’t merely highly unlikely coincidences. They are fingerprints of a living, loving God who invites all of us to draw close to Him, the One who made us and “is not far from each one of us; for in Him we live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:27–28 nkjv).”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“The intimacy you desire with God travels through the connective bond of your obedience to Him.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“I sought the Lord, and He answered me. (Ps. 34:4)”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men. (1 Tim. 2:1 nkjv”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Ultimately, all prayer is for the glory of God. The best answer He can give to any prayer is whatever answer brings Him the most glory.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“We would all worship better, sing better, fellowship better, give better, evangelize better, share better, and behave much better if we were first humbling ourselves, confessing our sins, asking God’s Spirit to fill us, and submitting ourselves to Him in prayer.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“If we were to press the pause button, repent, and move prayer to a place of priority in our families, schedules, and church lives, everything would be ignited and impacted by it.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“Prayer is privileged access to the God of the universe, bought and paid for by the blood of His Son on our account for all those who freely receive Him as Lord.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies

“No church program, religious event, political effort, or humanitarian cause can trump the awesome power of what God can do in response to the prayers of His people.”
― Stephen Kendrick, The Battle Plan for Prayer: From Basic Training to Targeted Strategies