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Introduction

I believe the most important possession you have that Satan wants to steal is your TIME.

One can make more money.

Money comes and it goes and for the most of us it does more going than coming.

Tonight I want us to see the importance of Prayer being our top priority.

Time is important.

It is clear throughout God’s Word that time is very important.

We must use our time wisely.

In the Power of God, he chose to use men in his unfolding plan here on earth.

God chose prayer as the communication route and needed preparation time to give us the energy and understanding we need to carry out His Will.

Prayer aligns the body of Christ with Christ.

It gets things in line to be effective in its purpose.

For many of us, We are to busy to stop and pray intentional, specific, and targeting prayers.

However, I have noticed we are never to busy for what we are busy for.

It seems much easier to go and rush and attempt to fix and carry out our day ourselves than to stop and spend needed time with the Father.

Many times we tend to put off prayer and save it for when we cannot fix something.

We must understand we are approaching a HOLY, PERFECT, ALL POWERFUL GOD.

We should prize this and be careful not to take that for granted.

God created the universe by word, WE have not created anything

He is perfect and maintains all power in heaven and earth.

We stumble and rely on his strength.

Prayer aligns the body of Christ with Christ.

It gets things in line to be effective in its purpose.

God is not dependent of anything at all, we are totally dependent on Him

He knows every detail of every thing at any time day or night and at all times.

This is why prayer should be kept in the the front of things.

1 Timothy

Jesus Prioritized Prayer above anythings else.

The disciples were constantly seeing him pray and watching.

Every time he would pray the disciples would notice that his prayer was answered by the Father.

He prioritized praying therefore his disciples said in Lord teach us how to pray.

Your kids and grandkids must be taught the importance and how to pray.

It is important that they see the importance and the necessity in praying.

Even when he ran the money changers out of the temple Jesus reminded them that his house shall be a house of prayer.

HE did not say a house of evangelism, teaching, fellowship, He said a house of prayer.

To prioritize prayer is to prioritize God himself.

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How do I do that?

Must put God first.

Seek God first.

How do I do all of this??

Seek God desperately in prayer taking what you are hearing and learning to God’s Word also Take God’s Word what you are learning and hearing to prayer.

Get and and be obedient to what you have learned and heard.

God’s Voice will never contradict His Word.

I believe Jesus knew that everything that eats up the church’s time would be powerless without Prayer.

Connecting to God to get linked together in Heart and Mind.

Page 23 The Author Writes, “Too often, however, we put the cart before the horse by making prayer an add-on.

An afterthought.

A bonus feature to what we’re already doing, placing our own work ahead of God’s.

But this puts us on a path to eventually becoming dead churches with lifeless worship, featuring well prepared but powerless sermons, delivered to lukewarm, distracted members who live in sinful defeat and share superficial fellowship with one another.

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God’s plan has always been for us to rely on the Power and Strength of the Holy Spirit and be obedient to God in what he has revealed to us in prayer and in His Word.

Allowing Christ to be manifested in our life and through our life.

Let Christ Shine.

If we as Christians would pause our fast pace lives and repent for lack of and abusing our weapon of prayer and begin to prioritize prayer our lives, families, marriages, churches, would be so much more healthy.

A deep devotion to prayer was always connected to the success of the NT Church.

Word devote means to insist on something and cling to it.

It is a pretty picture of a solider who listen and obeyed his commanding officer.

Acts Chapter 1:24 People Prayed - Holy Spirit falls on the people and 3,000 souls get saved.

Peter and John Prayed - many who they preached to believed and the number came to about 5,000 devoted themselves to prayer- next couple of verses disciples multiplied greatly Stephen prayed and Jesus Gives him a standing ovation- Chapter 8:4 the people that were scattered were preaching everywhere they went.

Acts chapter 9 Paul meets God and is converted and meets with Ananias which all of chapter 9 is in the context of prayer.

peter goes to the housetop to pray.

10:30 Cornelius is praying and by Gods grace they come together through prayer.

A door is open for the gospel to be preached and the Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles.

Peter in jail verse 5 the church was in constant prayer for peter.

Verse 7 an angel taps him on the side and leads him out of Prison.

Church was worshipping and Praying - Holy Spirit says to them separate for me Barnabas and Saul.

This begins a missionary movement that forever changes the Roman Empire.

Romans 12:10

When you study Prayer in relation to the NT church you will be intrigued by what happens in the context of prayer.

Evangelism of the Lost.

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cultivation of discipleship (; )

True Christian Fellowship ()

Wise decisions ()

Obstacles overcome ()

Needs Met (; )

True Worship ignited (; )

Revival Sparked ()

Conclusion:

The Early Church.

Acts Chapter 1:24 People Prayed - Holy Spirit falls on the people and 3,000 souls get saved.

Peter and John Prayed - many who they preached to believed and the number came to about 5,000 devoted themselves to prayer- next couple of verses disciples multiplied greatly Stephen prayed and Jesus Gives him a standing ovation- Chapter 8:4 the people that were scattered were preaching everywhere they went.

Acts chapter 9 Paul meets God and is converted and meets with Ananias which all of chapter 9 is in the context of prayer.

peter goes to the housetop to pray.

10:30 Cornelius is praying and by Gods grace they come together through prayer.

A door is open for the gospel to be preached and the Holy Spirit falls on the Gentiles.

Peter in jail verse 5 the church was in constant prayer for peter.

Verse 7 an angel taps him on the side and leads him out of Prison.

Church was worshipping and Praying - Holy Spirit says to them separate for me Barnabas and Saul.

This begins a missionary movement that forever changes the Roman Empire.

Message

How to prioritize prayer?

Block your time.

Have an organized prayer list.

Target certain request on certain days.