Prayer - Learning from Luther

I found this model for prayer useful and thought I'd share it with you.

From "Minister's Prayer Book" Doberstein

1) Pray for the presence of God
2) Scripture - (What is it saying? Try to repeat the substance in your own words. What are the parallel passages? The Scriptures are their interpreter. What is the main point? Search for the inner aim of the passage.)
3) Self-Examination - What is there here that incites thanksgiving? What is the "gospel" of the passage? What sin must I confess? REgard the pangs of bad conscience stirred by the Word of God. What must I do, therefore, in my life and ministry? Be ye doers of the Word, not hearers only.)
4) Prayer on the basis of the insights gained.
5) Intersessions.

Try it during your prayer times.