Prayer (2)
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Prayer
Prayer
Prayer fellowship (conversation) with our Heavenly Father through Jesus
Christ our intercessor.
Prayer is our opportunity to express adoration, confession, thanksgiving,
supplication, and intercession.
intercession
and confession
Adoration .... worship
Adoration
Confession … of sin
Thanksgiving …
Supplication … petition … self
Intercession … for others
Prayer believers draw near to God to learn more of the Father’s will
for their lives.
The Word of the Heavenly Father stresses the vital role of the Holy Spirit in
stimulating and guiding the prayers of believers.
PRAYER A RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR HEAVENLY FATHER
Our Heavenly Father loves us. We enjoy his grace for the things we do not
deserve and his shield of mercy.
Prayer under the old covenant.
8 Yet you, Lord, are our Father. We are the clay, you are the potter; we are all the work of your hand. 9 Do not be angry beyond measure, Lord; do not remember our sins forever. Oh, look on us, we pray, for we are all your people.
Isaiah
Prayer under the new covenant.
9 “This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’
Matthew 6:9-13
This prayer is the result of the disciples asking Jesus to teach them how
to pray. -ff.
Jesus’ prayer life with his Father.
36 “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
We see Jesus Christ as the great intercessor.
He prays for himself to do the Father’s will and restoration to former
glory.
He prayers for the church, the divine keeper, for unity, to be kept pure, he
prays for future believers that will believe when they hear the Word of God.
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We can approach God in prayer because of Jesus Christ’s sacrifice.
19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, 20 by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
Hebrews 10:
Prayer reflects a longing after God
1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
Psalms 42:
12 Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:
PRAY RESPONSE TO GOD ACKNOWLEDGING HIM, SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR
DAILY LIVING
OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK GUIDANCE CONCERNING HIS FOR OUR LIVES
We direct our prayer upwards towards God
1 I lift up my eyes to you, to you who sit enthroned in heaven. 2 As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female slave look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.
Psalm 123:
Fellowship with God through prayer
23 Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. 26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:
The habit of prayer
16 But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Contemplative prayer as a response to God’s presence
4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.
Psalm
Prayer of acceptance in response to God’s call.
Revelation
20 Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
Prayer of confession in response to God’s holiness
1 John 1:
5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 8 If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.
Prayer of confession in response to sin being exposed
Psalm
1 Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin.
Pray working with God His purposes
7 If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
John 15:17
Because of God’s mercy and grace we can have confidence when we pray.
16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
PRAYER OPENING THE DOOR TO GOD’S WILL
In prayer we move from our well-being to allowing the will of God to be
done and bring glory and honour to the Father’s name.
True motives of prayer desire for Father’s name be honoured
1 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
True motive of prayer desire for God’S WILL BE FULFILLED
42 He went away a second time and prayed, “My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to be taken away unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
Matthew 26:
1 John 5:14-
God answers prayer that accords with his will
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
1 John
We can enquire of God to discover his will
10 Teach me to do your will, for you are my God; may your good Spirit lead me on level ground.
Psalm 143:
Holy Spirit helps believers to pray in God’s will
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Romans 8:
God’s response to prayers allows believers to discern his will
2 Corinthians 12:
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. 9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.
HOLY SPIRIT AND PRAYER
The Holy Spirit intercedes for God’s people, prompts their petitions
supplications and thanksgivings.
The Holy Spirit enables God’s children to address him as “Abba”
Romans
15 The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.”
The role of the Holy Spirit in prayer
Holy Spirit prompts supplication
10 “And I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication. They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
Zechariah
Holy Spirit inspires prayers of priase
21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
Luke
Holy Spirit inspires praying in tongues
4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
Holy Spirit intercedes for believers
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
Romans
When we see the work of the Holy Spirit leads to praise and thanks
2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words but also with power, with the Holy Spirit and deep conviction. You know how we lived among you for your sake.
1 Thessalonians 1:
Believers are exhorted to pray in the Spirit
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
Ephesians 6:18-
The love of the Holy Spirit is a motive for prayer
30 I urge you, brothers and sisters, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. 31 Pray that I may be kept safe from the unbelievers in Judea and that the contribution I take to Jerusalem may be favorably received by the Lord’s people there, 32 so that I may come to you with joy, by God’s will, and in your company be refreshed.
Romans 15: