A Guide To Intercessory Prayer
by Rev. Richard W. LaFountain

Places of Prayer
Places of prayer are important to God.  The word "trysting place" is
unfamiliar to most of us but a "tryst" means a secret lovers
rendezvous. God challenges his people to meet him in the trysting
place. In Psalm 91:1 He extends a promise:

         "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High
          shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. "

Men of the Bible like Moses, Daniel and Jesus himself had special
prayer retreats where they met alone with God.  Jesus tells us to pray
to the Father in "secret", and to enter into our "closet" of prayer.

         "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
          and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father
          which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in
          secret shall reward thee openly." (Matthew 6:6)

The closet is the Secret Place of the Most High where you retreat
often to seek the Lord as your refuge and strength.

We need to grow in prayer by learning to get away alone with God.



    SECRET PLACES                          PLACES OF TROUBLE

Mountain top - Luke 9:28-29            In a fiery furnace - Dan 3:25
Wilderness - Mark 1:35                 On a boat - Jonah 1:6,14
Desert place - Mark 1:35               Tossed at sea - Mark 4:8
Roof top - Acts 10:9                   Lions den - Daniel 6:22
Riverside - Acts 16:13                 Bottom of a well - Jer 38:6
Bed room - Daniel 6:10                 In a dungeon - Acts 16:24-25
Garden - Mat 26:39-42                  Island of Patmos - Rev 1:1-2
Hillside - Mat 14:23                   Hanging on a cross - Luke 23:42
On camping trip - Gen 32:24-30         While being stoned - Acts 7:59-60
Under a tree - 1 Kings 19:5            From belly of whale - Jonah 2:1
In a cave - 1 Kings 19:9
Beside a brook - 1 Kings 17:3-5
In a chariot - Acts 8:36-37
Up a tree - Luke 19:3
In a home - Acts 12:12-13
On the street - Acts 3:1-6
Upper room - Acts 1:13-14
Apart about a stone cast - Luke 22:41
In synagogues - Mt 6:5
Street corners - Mt 6:5
In a closet - Mt 6:6
By a brook - 1 Kings 17:3-5
On a walk - Luke 24:32
At the table - Acts 27:35