SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS VOLUME 1 Prayer Mapping FOR Mighty Prayer HOW TO PRAY WITH STRENGTH AND GET ANSWERS TO YOUR PRAYERS “Ye shall call on the Father in my name, in MIGHTY PRAYER” BY DAVID JOHN POTTER © 2017 DLP ENTERPRISES, INC. – SECOND EDITION 2 SPIRITUAL PREPAREDNESS VOLUME 1 Prayer Mapping FOR Mighty Prayer Table of Contents Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5 SECTION 1: Basics of Prayer ................................................................................................................................................ 9 What is Prayer? ..................................................................................................................... 9 What Are the Different Types of Prayer? ........................................................................... 12 Why is Prayer Necessary? ................................................................................................... 14 How and When Should I Pray? ............................................................................................ 17 Where Should I Pray? .......................................................................................................... 21 What Is the Language of Prayer? ........................................................................................ 22 What Are The Different Sources of Inspiration? ................................................................. 25 Inspiration from the Lord .................................................................................................... 26 Inspiration from Ourselves ................................................................................................. 30 Inspiration from Satan ........................................................................................................ 30 How Do I Get Answers to My Prayers? ............................................................................... 34 How Are My Prayers? .......................................................................................................... 39 Section 2: Mighty Prayer .................................................................................................................................................... 41 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 41 Examples of Mighty Prayer in the Scriptures ...................................................................... 43 The Story of Enos ................................................................................................................. 43 The Story of Jesus’ Disciples in America ............................................................................. 44 The Story of the Brother of Jared ........................................................................................ 44 3 Intercessory Prayer (High Priestly prayer) .......................................................................... 50 Recorded Prayers with the Nephites .................................................................................. 53 Sacred Prayers which Can’t Be Recorded ........................................................................... 54 Section 3: Prayer Mapping ................................................................................................................................................. 55 Introduction......................................................................................................................... 55 The Birth of “Prayer Mapping” ........................................................................................... 61 Prayer Maps ........................................................................................................................ 61 The Key to Mind Maps – “THE QUESTIONS” ....................................................................... 64 Prayer Journals .................................................................................................................... 66 Prayer Cycle ......................................................................................................................... 67 Working out Your Salvation through Prayer....................................................................... 79 Special Mighty Prayers: Annual, Quarterly, Monthly, and Weekly Prayers ................... 80 Additional Possible Prayer Mapping Subjects .................................................................... 82 Section 4: Additional Helps for Mighty Prayer................................................................................................................. 83 Understanding and Using the Gifts of the Spirit ................................................................. 83 Helping Each Other with Our Gifts ...................................................................................... 87 Understanding and Coming to Expect Miracles .................................................................. 88 Inspiration: Be Ready - Any Time – Any Place ................................................................... 91 Being Specific in Your Prayers ............................................................................................. 93 Blocks to Inspiration ............................................................................................................ 94 Fasting and Prayer ............................................................................................................... 95 Sing Hymns of Prayer ........................................................................................................ 104 Conclusion .......................................................................................................................................................................... 106 Appendix ............................................................................................................................................................................ 107 Definition of Prayer ........................................................................................................... 107 How to Obtain Revelation and Inspiration for Your Personal Life ................................... 108 A Sincere Heart and Real Intent ........................................................................................ 113 Learning to Recognize Answers to Prayer......................................................................... 116 Keys for Determining If Administrations Are from God ................................................... 121 The Blessing of a Proper Fast Carl B. Pratt ....................................................................... 125 Word of Caution ................................................................................................................ 129 4 Prayer Mapping FOR Mighty Prayer How to Begin to Pray with Strength and Get Answers to Your Prayers Introduction Hi! I am Grandpa Dave. We are now living in the last days before Christ’s Second Coming. Christ has taught us that If ye are prepared shall not fear” (D&C 38:30). There are two basic types of preparedness. One is “Temporal Preparedness” and the other is “Spiritual Preparedness”. This book is the first in a series of books that addresses the “Spiritual Preparedness” area. In September of 2014, I was awakened at about 5am. This is very unusual for me as I like to sleep right up until 8am when I have to walk across to the next room to start working for the day. For the next three hours I sat down at the computer and began to receive two dozen pages of thoughts and ideas about prayer – and more specifically – ‘Mighty Prayer’, and a concept that I term ‘Prayer Mapping’. I couldn’t type fast enough. By the time I was through, I was exhausted, but also amazed at how everything seemed to fit together. ‘Prayer Mapping’ is a concept of how to organize your thoughts and ideas about things to pray about, how to receive inspiration about those thoughts, and how to put them into action. I hope that you enjoy some of my insights. Have you ever ask yourself … • Why can’t I get answers to my prayers? • Why does it seem like prayers never make it past the ceiling of my bedroom? 5 • How do I know if it is the Lord talking to me, or just myself … or worse … Satan is giving me suggestions? • Why do my knees hurt after 30 seconds of praying? • Why do I run out of things to pray about after only 2 minutes? • Why should I even try to pray? I never seem to get any answers. • Why am I so discouraged about things and feel that the Lord doesn’t even know who I am? • How can I use prayer to overcome some of my real weaknesses and improve my life? • What is this thing called “personal revelation”? I don’t think I have ever experienced it. (No angel has ever come to me. Perhaps I am worthless.) • What is this thing called ‘Mighty Prayer’? Is it different than regular prayer? As you will see, this book is more of a ‘workbook’, not just one for reading. So get your colored markers and pens out, and let’s begin. To start, please circle or highlight those questions above that you may have had, or are having at this moment. Also, in the margins, write down some of your other questions you have had about prayer. As inspirations and thoughts begin to come forth, you may find that you will need to capture/record them immediately or