Intentional Prayer: "Lord, I am here." As an act of worship, I present myself and my will to you. "I'm here. " This wakes me up every day to realize God's person and his independent will for us. Intentional Prayer: "Lord, I am listening." I listen for your voice within me and around me. I open my mind to understand your plans for my life. Intentional prayer is different from spontaneous prayers. With intentional prayer, we take the time to think about what we want prayed for us. We plan out our requests with regard to God's will and timing. We spend time in quiet reflection on these matters before presenting them to him. Spontaneous prayers are prayers that come directly from our hearts. They may be requests for specific things needful at the moment or general petitions for all people. Spontaneous prayers can occur anywhere, any time. We simply open our hearts to God and let him know what we need. Intentional prayers are important because they lead to greater intimacy with God. When we pray without hesitation or doubt, we show him we trust him and his purpose for our lives. This gives us freedom to live according to his will