GENERAL CATEGORIES OF PRAYER
A. Prayer – Communion (with God) that Involves the Mouth & Heart/Mind – Psa. 19:14 Psa. 19:14 - Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my strength, and my redeemer. Psa. 105:2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. Ch 72 Prov. 16:1 – The preparation of the heart - the answer of the tongue - from the LORD Prov. 17:27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words … 28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding Prov. 20:24 Man’s goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? Prov. 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. Eccl. 3:7 a time to keep silence, and a time to speak 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be forever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it … Eccl. 5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools …
2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin … 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. Eccl. 10:14 A fool also is full of words … James 1:19 let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: B. The Communion – 1. Can be Spoken – 1 Cor. 14:14-17 2. Can be Sung – 1 Cor. 14:14-17 C. Categories – 1. Confession – Luke 18:10-14; 1 John 1:5-10 Cp. James 5:14-16