5 Questions to Assess Your Prayer Motives

There are many things that a Christian can and should pray for in this life. A short list may include: safety, healing, job promotions, priority registration for your kids, help with your business, good grades in school, or favor with some situation you are facing. None of these things are wrong to pray for, but if you had a scale and could weigh the motives of those prayers, would a focus on the gospel and your spiritual growth factor in? The Scriptures give us a picture of prayer that is less “American Dream” and earthly, and is much more heavenly minded and eternal. You and I may pray for many good things, but a vibrant prayer life and solid spiritual growth is anchored by a focus on the greatest things. In this episode, Costi Hinn outlines 5 questions every Christian should ask when assessing their motives in prayer.

Costi Hinn

Costi Hinn is a church planter and pastor at The Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, Arizona. He is the president and founder of For the Gospel. He has authored multiple books including God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel [Zondervan, 2019], More Than a Healer [Zondervan, 2021], and a children’s book releasing in the Fall of 2022. Costi and his wife, Christyne, live in Gilbert, Arizona with their four children. Follow him @costiwhinn.

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