The Simple and Best Way to “Powerize” Your Prayers

Mark Furlong
4 min readJul 8, 2024

What it is and Why it’s So Powerful

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The Most Powerful Prayer Accelerant

There are many prayer accelerants but I believe the simplest and most powerful of them is found in Philippians 4:6–7 NASB.

“Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

God designed us to live with Jesus as the Vine and us as the branches.(John 15:5, NASB). This means, among other things, cultivating a prayer lifestyle.

This doesn’t come naturally to most of us, but if we see living a life of prayer as an essential part of living God’s way, the abundant, fruit-bearing life, then we’ll keep practicing it.

Prayer as a Lifestyle takes Practice

I’m still practicing it decades after believing that I can bear no fruit apart from Jesus, that He is the true vine of real life.

As I’m practicing an abiding, life of prayer lifestyle, this passage gives us this super…

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Mark Furlong

Author, Coach Helping busy, active people know and live ALL of God’s purposes for their life: the COMPLETE life. www.TruVineMission.com,