If the son has set you free you are free indeed Sometimes when I wake up, I'll begin to pray and I haven't the faith (shing4 shing1) to know what to pray, or that God is listening, or that today will be a special day. One quick way to tear down this barrier is to do a spirit-check. Check your own spirit for things that seem off. Our spirit isn't some superstitious weirdo 6th sense (although perhaps it can be sometimes), but typically more of the things that are closest to home - the things our heart tells us is going on right now. So, I'll check what's goin on - feeling condemnation? Simply speak out, "There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ." "Where the spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom." "if the son has set you free, you are free indeed." (eph 1) - "the kind intention of His will" fear or anxiety? "cast all your anxiety upon him, because he cares for you." "God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of love, power, and self-control." needy, vulnerable? "the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." "the Lord is my helper, what can man do to me?" "I will never leave you nor forsake you" etc. ... and on and on, and I find that God raises up the standard of his truth to combat "the accuser of the brethren." THEN, I find much more freedom in prayer. In this way, the word of God becomes living and active, sharper than any double edged sword, able to judge the attitudes of our hearts, and to divide our soul from our spirit. Oh yeah, Eph. 1 has some insanely powerful stuff. Recently, in a weekly prayer meeting, we've been dwelling on maybe 4-5 verses a week, and its so rich! soul foood 'mkay that's all.