1) We pray to the Father in the name of Jesus Christ by the help of the Holy Spirit (John 16:23-24): When making our requests in prayer, we pray to God the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ, by the help of the Holy Spirit (John 16:23 and 24). We do not pray to Jesus in the name of Jesus but we pray to the Father in the name of Jesus. We also don’t pray through Jesus or for Jesus` sake, but we pray in his name. We do not pray to God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, but just as I have explained, we pray to the Father. We also don’t pray in the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Spirit but in the name of Jesus.

2) Worship, praise and thanksgiving can go to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

3) We pray in faith (Mark 11:24): When we pray, perhaps asking for something from God, we pray for it once, from then on, we thank God for the answer and we take actions of faith that shows our expectation. Even when we command as kings we speak in faith, and we expect to see what we have spoken come to pass, we still hold on to our confession of faith (Mark 11:23). Sometimes we might have to take action and speak our confession of faith regularly until it is perfected physically.

4) We pray in line with the word (1John 5:14): when praying, we must learn to pray with the word of God because His word is His will. Include verses in our prayers e.g. when you are sick this is how you could pray, ‘Father I thank you because by Jesus’ wounds I am healed’. When you pray in faith you will always get answers (John 15:7 and 8).

5) We pray with persistence (Luke 18:1): When we pray we need to be persistent. We need persistence because it could take time for our prayers to manifest physically from the spiritual realm. At that time, we need to maintain our confessions of faith and start thanking God for the answers even before they manifest. Our persistence is not in requests but in thanksgiving and our actions of faith. At times we must pray until we feel peace and assurance in our spirits that it is done. This normally happens during intercession. Its not a sign of lack of faith, but persisting is a sign of our faith in God`s ability and our understanding of the spiritual realm.

6) We pray with patience (Hebrews 6:12): When praying we need to be patient. Reasons could vary from: God has His time of fulfilling what we prayed for, or what we expect; it could take time for answers to move from the spiritual realm into the physical but it could also take time just to grow our faith until the state where it is able to receive answers we expect. God gives answers but we have the responsibility of receiving them by faith.

7) We pray with boldness: The bible tells us that we have to pray boldly because we know our position with our Father, and our right to receive answers. (Hebrews 4:16) We also know that He wants to answer us because He loves us.

OUR RIGHTS IN PRAYER: We need to pray with understanding of our righteousness and relationship with God. We have a right to receive answers in our prayers because of our relationship with God. We are his sons and daughters; he is our loving Father who wants to answer us when we ask. Now we have to ask or pray in faith, knowing that we have the right to receive answers for to our prayers because we are His children. (John 16:23, Hebrews 4:16) We are not supposed to pray as people who do not know God. Jesus Christ bought us this position of sons and daughters of God with his blood.

POSITION/ POSTURE IN PRAYER: There is no law as to whether we pray sitting down or standing. A believer has to do what he feels comfortable in doing. One could sit down, another could kneel; yet another could stand, one could also walk, perhaps walk up and down, and still one could lie down. But one could walk with the intention to pray while walking. The important thing is to have time with God, and most of our prayer has to be in secret with God (Matthew 6:6-7).

Music in prayer: You can play music in your time of prayer. Doing so could help you focus on God easily and it can help you in your time of praise and worship. Music is very important in prayer. Music helps us yield to the Holy Spirit.

Lifting of hands in prayer: Lifting hands during prayer is very important. It is a sign of respecting God, lifting Him up or surrendering to Him. It is a big sign in the New Testament when we pray, praise or worship (1Timothy 2:8).
We can pray with our eyes closed or open. Closing our eyes is just an action of faith that shows that we are focusing on the unseen Lord and closing our eyes helps us focus on Him easily.