Prayer of Consecration and Prayer of Contrition

Ephesians 6:18 (KJV)

18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;

Many believers go into the altar of prayer with one tool. They always pray the prayer of supplication. But there are different types of prayers that God expects us to implore in our prayer life.

The prayer of consecration

What is this kind of prayer?

This is a prayer used in times of following God’s will even if our comforts seem to outweigh God’s will in our lives. Apostle Grant’s calling did not permit him to do ministry and business hence he had to consecrate his soul and mind through the prayer of consecration to go in the direction of the Spirit and God’s will. The greatest joy in life is to realise you are in the center of God’s plan and His will. A believer who has never engaged in this prayer will live a very frustrated life.

Consecration means the act of dedicating and separating one’s self and even something to God (biblical terms).

Matthew 26:39 (KJV)

39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

It would have been easy for Jesus to make his decision and choose the way which didn’t involve death but then he chose the center of God’s will despite what he was to face.

Acts 13:2-4 (KJV)

2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

Sometimes we blame God for the mistakes that happen in our lives yet we don’t engage in the prayer of consecration. Sometimes you make decisions based on what looks attractive yet in the center of God’s will is a journey that doesn’t look attractive at all yet it yields results later.

The devil can disguise himself like an angel because he wants to derail and disassociate you from the path God has chosen for you thus you need to engage in the prayer of consecration. Sometimes when the Holy Spirit prompts you to fast, engage in the fast heartily.

With this engagement the Holy spirit is allowed to respond because of the prayer of consecration that you engage. Don’t ever send yourself on assignments when you have no grace and in the centre of God’s will because you might think God is not there at all.

In the midst of God’s will you have a peace of mind and you get all round rest. To get into God’s center and will you need to engage the prayer of consecration.

You Sometimes pray it like this

Father, not in my will but Lord I pray for the grace to follow your will

Father I ask for the blood of Jesus Christ to cleanse my soul spirit and body to make it Holy and fit for your manifest presence because i am your temple

Holy Spirit burn every chaff in me that hinders me from total dedication in serving God

Prayer of confession and contrition

What is this type of prayer?

• Regretful, remorseful, and repentant type of prayer
• The Holy Spirit Sometimes warns you, and you get into this type of prayer of contrition and Repentance
• Usually, sin and transgression poses as a legal right to some attacks in our lives
• If this is not attended to, you might find yourself going back to the world and backsliding
• Don’t play with your life because you don’t have a spare, so when you feel the prompting of the Holy Spirit, just get into this type of prayer
• God is Holy, hence sin and transgression profoundly grieve our God if it’s unrepentant.
• When Adam sinned, he started running away from God, but don’t run away from God get into repentance

Isaiah 59:2 (KJV)

2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

• God doesn’t look on iniquity, and if you carry unrepentant sin, He won’t look at you no matter His love for you
• This state, if not attended to, will eventually lead to spiritual decay, and you will die spiritually
• Remember no one is perfect, that’s why God gave us this type of prayer, so we employ it.

Psalms 51:1 (KJV)

1 Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

• Some things play out in you not because you want them to but because it’s in your bloodline and this nature becomes habitual
• God is a just God, and His Judgment is pure, but approach Him with a heart of repentance for all the iniquities found in you and your bloodline
• Employ this prayer and use it from time to time as we are not perfect beings
• David was a man after God’s heart because of His prayer of repentance.

1 John 1:10 (KJV)

10 If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

• God desires that we check our walk before him as we come to him in true repentance
• This prayer draws us closer to God.