Levels of Prayer and God's Heart – With Scripture
Here’s the thing:
We ask God for things that fade—or are honestly meaningless a lot of the time. Will God answer those prayers? Yes. Because He is a God of love and compassion.
Most people ask for things like:
Then there’s the third level—the deep stuff. The God-sized dreams. The prayers no one dares to ask:
I. Commonly Asked (Surface-Level) Prayers
These are often physical needs, and while God provides, they tend to focus on temporary, earthly comfort.
Examples:
These reflect God's priorities: transformation, salvation, wisdom, and His kingdom.
Examples:
These require bold, childlike faith and align with God’s creative nature and eternal purpose.
Examples:
God hears every prayer, but He also invites us to come higher. He wants more than just to meet needs—He wants partnership, intimacy, and bold faith. The more our prayers align with His heart, the more we begin to walk not just in answered prayers—but in relationship with the Answer Himself.
Here’s the thing:
We ask God for things that fade—or are honestly meaningless a lot of the time. Will God answer those prayers? Yes. Because He is a God of love and compassion.
Most people ask for things like:
- Money
- Clothes
- Food
- Water
- That others get right with God
- Healing (spiritually and physically)
- Restoration of His creation
- His wisdom
- His Holy Spirit
- Our families to be saved and walk in truth
Then there’s the third level—the deep stuff. The God-sized dreams. The prayers no one dares to ask:
- Restoring extinct animals
- Creating new types of animals that reflect His glory
- Bringing forth new technology that blesses and heals
- Restoring Earth itself—and even other planets
- To walk and talk with God like Adam did in Eden
“Walk with Me. Talk with Me. Know Me.”
We’ve been asking too small. Too shallow. But God’s not just a provider—He’s a Creator. A Father. A Friend. And He’s still listening.I. Commonly Asked (Surface-Level) Prayers
These are often physical needs, and while God provides, they tend to focus on temporary, earthly comfort.
Examples:
- Money
- Clothes
- Food
- Water
- A better job
- A new house
- Good health (personal)
- General protection
- Matthew 6:31-33 – "Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ ... But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you."
- Philippians 4:19 – "And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
- James 4:3 – "You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures."
These reflect God's priorities: transformation, salvation, wisdom, and His kingdom.
Examples:
- Salvation for others
- Spiritual revival in our homes and churches
- Healing for others (spiritual and physical)
- Growth in wisdom and discernment
- Baptism of the Holy Spirit
- Strength to endure trials
- Unity in the Body of Christ
- A deeper walk with Jesus
- Restoration of God’s created nature (animals, ecosystems)
- 1 Timothy 2:1-4 – "I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people... This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved."
- James 1:5 – "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God... and it will be given to him."
- Luke 11:13 – "How much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!"
- Romans 8:19-21 – "For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed... the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay."
These require bold, childlike faith and align with God’s creative nature and eternal purpose.
Examples:
- Restoration of extinct animals for God’s glory
- Creation of new species reflecting God's creativity
- God-inspired technology that heals, not harms
- Restoration of Earth and even other planets
- To walk and talk with God daily like Adam did
- To see God’s face (Psalm 27:8, Revelation 22:4)
- To dwell in His manifest presence continually
- Luke 1:37 – "For with God nothing shall be impossible."
- Ephesians 3:20 – *"Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think..."
- Genesis 3:8 – "And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden..."
- Revelation 21:5 – "And He who was seated on the throne said, ‘Behold, I am making all things new.’"
- Isaiah 65:17 – *"See, I will create new heavens and a new earth..."
- Revelation 22:4 – "They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads."
God hears every prayer, but He also invites us to come higher. He wants more than just to meet needs—He wants partnership, intimacy, and bold faith. The more our prayers align with His heart, the more we begin to walk not just in answered prayers—but in relationship with the Answer Himself.
"You have not because you ask not." – James 4:2
"Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know." – Jeremiah 33:3
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