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Prayer and Praise List

Prayer and Praise List

Welcome to the Make it Clear prayer page. If you would like to add a name to our prayer list, feel free to e-mail me and let me know so that I can add the person, group, or church to the list. If you would let me know when the prayer is answered, I would appreciate it. If you would like me to, you can tell me about the answer so that I can tell others how that God has worked in the lives of other Christians. Please tell others about this prayer list so that we can have many people praying for the prayer requests, and thank you for your prayers for this ministry.

We now have a section below the praise list with tips on how to have a better prayer life.

Prayer list
Praise list
Tips for Praying
Spiritual Inventory For Hindrances To Prayer

Prayer List

  1. Angel Chest/Sinus infection
  2. Jean Cole - Swelling in feet and ankles.
  3. Kay fell off a lader and is in the hospital
  4. Ben - Back pain and health
  5. Matt - Has really bad social anxiety.
  6. Shanna Stewart - has arthritis In her hip. Not sleeping well.
  7. Abraham - Acholic, diabetic, Health problems and just arrested for DWI
  8. Julia's kindergarten class
  9. Angel has a bad earache.
  10. Tom - Salvation
  11. Dennis - Salvation
  12. Pray for the price of fuel to go down.
  13. Robyn needs wisdom in her life
  14. Make it Clear - That God will bless this ministry.
  15. The families of those who are on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.
  16. All those looking for a new job.
  17. Jessica - Salvation
  18. Unsaved friends and lovedones
  19. Children at the Ronald McDonald house in New York
  20. Michael - salvation
  21. Our President and Governmental officials - Salvation and wisdom to run this country.
  22. Katie - Salvation
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Praise List

  1. Jean Cole home from the hospital
  2. Dorothy's hip surgury went well
  3. A young man was able to get some of his teeth fixed.
  4. Rev. Earl H. Merritt Memorial Scholarship.
  5. New Halloween tract
  6. New Christmas tract
  7. God is providing for the needs of Christians.
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    Tips for Praying

    Many people have questions about how to pray. I will give you a few tips to help you out if you are one of the people that are not sure how to have an effective prayer life. I hope this helps you out.

  1. First of all, come to God as a humble person.
  2. Are you living your life in a way that is pleasing to God? Do you go to church regularly? Do you read your Bible each day or at least several times a week? There are so many people that pray to God to ask Him to help them get a job, a car, or a house but they don't do anything that would please God. If you have a child coming to you and asking for something would you be more likely to give them what they want if they are living a life you approve of or would you give it to them even if they appear irresponsible in your eyes?
  3. Have a set time each day that you can pray. This helps you to pray each day. Some people pray late at night after everyone else has gone to bed. Some pray early in the morning before everyone gets up. Some will pray during the day when everyone else is at work and school. Whatever works for you. I used to drive about 45 minutes to work every day. That was perfect for me.
  4. When you pray, talk to God like you would anyone else. Think of how you talk to your parents or your best friend.
  5. Start out your prayer thanking God for something.
  6. Confess to God any sin in your life and ask God to help you to overcome that sin.
  7. If you are praying in public (At a church service or perhaps at a family gathering) don't use the prayer as a time of gossip. Also don't preach at people during your prayer. It is not the time to preach to others
  8. Don't forget to keep praying for something. Don't just mention it once to God and then forget it. However, don't pray for the same thing 5 or 10 times during the same prayer. The Bible talks about using vain reppetion in our prayers.
  9. Try to have a prayer partner. There is more power in prayer when two or more are gathered together to pray and agree in prayer.
  10. Don't forget to pray for other people and their needs. Your prayers aren't just about you and what you may want or need. You should also be about asking God to help others and take care of their needs.
  11. Remember that God may want to use you to answer prayers to help other people. Be willing to be used of God for His will.
  12. Always pray in Jesus name. We are praying to the Father in the name of the Son through the Holy Spirit.
If you are sincerely interested in having a good prayer life I strongly suggest that you look at and take this Spiritual Inventory test below.

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Spiritual Inventory For Hindrances To Prayer

Here is a test with over 100 questions that will help you see where you are spiritually. If you answer these questions honestly it can help to improve your walk with God and help improve your prayer life. It will show you areas in your life where you may need to improve on. When taking this test remember that you may not know how to answer a question that you have had trouble with in the past but not today. I would advise you that if you had a problem in your spiritual walk before but not now then you can answer the question in that way or make a little note next to your answer. The important thing is to see where your strong points are and where your weak points are in your spiritual walk with God. Remember that you should never be satisfied with where you are at in your spiritual walk since everyone can improve no matter how good we think we are.

Spiritual Inventory For Hindrances To Prayer
Adapted from Jack Taylor's Preparation for Personal Prayer
1. Matthew 6:12, 14,15 "Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:" Yes No
1. Is there anyone against whom you hold a grudge/
2. Is there anyone whom you have not forgiven/
3. Is there anyone you hate?
4. Is there anyone whom you do not love?
5. Are there any misunderstandings that you are unwilling to forgive? and forget?
6. Is there any person against whom you are harboring bitterness, resentment or jealousy.
7. Anyone you dislike to hear praised or well spoken of?
8. Do you allow anything to justify a wrong attitude toward another? 		____
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2. Matthew 6:33 "But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Yes No
1. Is there anything in which you have failed to put God first?
2. Do you make decisions after your own wisdom, rather than seeking God''s will?
3. Does anything interfere with your surrender and service to God: ambition, pleasures, loved ones, friendships, desires for recognition, money, your own plans? 		____
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3. Mark 16:15 "And He said unto them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Yes No
1. Have you failed to seek the lost for Christ?
2. Have you failed to witness consistently with your mouth for the Lord Jesus Christ?
3. Has your life not shown to the lost the Lord Jesus? 		____
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4. John 13:35 "By this shall all men knnow that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another." Yes No
1. Are you secretly pleased over the misfortunes of another?
2. Are you secretly annoyed over the accomplishments or advancements of another?
3. Are you guilty of any contention or strife?
4. Do you quarrel, argue, or engage in heated discussions?
5. Are you a partaker in any dibisions, or party spirit? 		____
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5. Acts 20:35 "It is more blessed to give than to receive." Yes No
1. Have you robbed God by withholding His due of time, talents, or money?
2. Have you given less than a tenth (tithe) of your income for God's work?
3. Have you failed to support mission work either in prayer or in offering? 		____
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6. I Corinthians 4:2 "Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful." Yes No
1. Are you dependable, punctual, and faithful in the Lord's work with responsibilities?
2. Are your emothios stirred for things of the Lord but you do nothing about it?
3. Are you doing everything (ministries) God has spoken to you about? 		____
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7. I Corinthians 6:19-20 "What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God's" Yes No
1. Are you in any way careless with your body?
2. Do you fail to care for your body as the temple of the Holy Spirit?
3. Are you guilty of intempererance in eating and drinking?
4. Do you have any habits which are defiling to the body? 		____
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8. Ephesians, 3:20 "Now unto Him that is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us." Yes No
1. Are you SELF-CONSCIOUS rather than CHRIST-CONSCIOUS?
2. Do feelings of inferiority keep you from attempting things you should be doing for God?
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9. I Corinthians 10:31 "Whether you eat, or drink, or whatsoever you do, do all to the glory of God." Yes No
1. Do you take the credit for anything good you do, rather than give all the glory to God?
2. Do you talk of what you have done rather than what Christ has done?
3. Are your statements mostly about "I"?
4. Are your feelings easily jurt?
5. Have you pretended to be something you are not? 		____
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10. Ephesians 4:28 "Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that
needeth." 		Yes No
1. Do you underpay?
2. Do you do very little in your work? (Do others have to pull your weight?)
3. Have you been careless in the payment of your debts?
4. Do you waste time for yourself and for others? 		____
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11. Ephesians 4:31 "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice." Yes No
1. Do you complain?
2. Do you find fault?
3. Do you have a critical attitude toward any person or thing?
4. Are you irritable or cranky?
5. Do you ever carry hidden anger?
6. Do you get angry?
7. Do you become impatient with others?
8. Are you ever harsh or unkind? 		____
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12. Ephesians 5:16 "Redeming the time, because the days are evil." Yes No
1. Do you listen to ungodly radio or TV programs?
2. Do you read unworthy magazines?
3. Do you partake in worldly amusements?
4. Do you find it necessary to seek satisfaction from any questionable source?
5. Are you doing things that show that you are not satisfied with the Lord Jesus Christ? 		____
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13. Ephesians 5:20 "Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." Yes No
1. Have you neglected to thank Him for all things, bad & good?
2. Have you virtually called God a liar by doubting His word?
3. Do you worry? Are you fearful?
4. Is your spiritual temperature based on feelings instead of on the facts of God's Word" 		____
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14. Philippians 1:21 "For me to live is Christ (to live all over again), and to die is gain." Yes No
1. Are you taken up with the cares of this life?
2. Is your conversation or Heart Joy over "things" rather than the Lord and His Word?
3. Does anything mean more to you than living for and pleasing Christ? 		____
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15. Philippians 2:14 "Do all things without murmurings and disputings." Yes No
1. Do you ever by word or deed seek to hurt someone?
2. Do you gossip?
3. Do you speak unkindly concerning people when they are not present?
4. Do you harbor prejudice because someone is different than you, or because they do not see everything exactly like you? 		____
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16. Philippians 4:4 "Rejoice in the Lord always: again I say Rejoice." Yes No
1. Have you neglected to seek to be pleasing to Him in all things?
2. Do you carry any bitterness toward God? Are you angry or disappointed with God?
3. Have you complained against Him in any way? Grumbled because of circumstances?
4. Have you been dissatisfied with His provision for you?
5. Do you have any reservations in obeying His perfect will?
6. Have you disobeyed some direct leading of the Holy Spirit? 		____
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17. Colossians 3:9 "Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds." Yes No
1. Do you engage in empty and unprofitable conversation?
2. Do you ever lie, fib deceive or withhold the whole truth of a matter?
3. Do you ever exaggerate to make yourself look good?
4. Do you cheat (on taxes, expense reports)?
5. Do you steal (from your employer, or from God)?
6. Have you forgotten to return anything you borrowed? 		____
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18. 2 Timothy 2:22 "Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart." Yes No
1. Do you have any personal habits that are not pure?
2. Do you allow impure thoughts about the opposite sex to stay in your mind?
3. Do you read that which is impure or suggests unholy things?
4. Do you indulge in any unclean entertainment?
5. Are you guilty of the lustful look? Lustful thoughts? Lustful fantasies?
6. Do you flirt with your co-workers, spouces friends, neighbors? 		____
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19. Hebrews 10:25 "Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the day approaching." Yes No
1. Do you deliberately stay away from some church services?
2. Are you irregular in attendance at services?
3. Do you neglect to attend & participate in meetings for prayer?
4. Have you neglected/slighted daily or private prayer?
5. Have you neglected thanksgiving at meals?
6. Have you neglected family devotions? 		____
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20. Hebrews 13:7 "Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation." Yes No
1. Do you hesitate to submit to leaders in the church or elsewhere?
2. Are you lazy in spiritual disciplines?
3. Do you rebel at requests given to you to help in the work of the gospel?
4. Do you have a stubborn streak, or an unteachable spirit? 		____
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21. James 1:27 "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction and to keep himself unspotted from the world." Yes No
1. Have you allowed yourself to become "spotted" by the world?
2. Is your manner of dress pleasing to God?
3. Do you spend beyond what is pleasing to God on anything?
4. Do you neglect to pray about things that you buy? 		____
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22. James 4:6 "But He giveth more grace, Wherefore He says, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble." Yes No
1. Do you feel that you are not so bad as others?
2. Are you stubborn?
3. Do you insist on having your own way?
4. Do you insist on your own "rights"? 		____
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23. James 3:11 "Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?" Yes No
1. Have you dishonred Him and hindered His work by criticizing his servants?
2. Have you failed to pray regularly for your pastor and other spiritual leaders?
3. Do you find it hard to be corrected?
4. is there a rebillion toward one who wants to restore you?
5. Are you concerned about what people will think more than what will be pleasing to God? 		____
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