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The importance of developing a consistent prayer life
Discuss the purpose of prayer
Show how to develop and effective prayer life
Discuss possible hindrances to effective prayer
What is Prayer?
Prayer is a basic ingredient to abundant Christian living
It is impossible for us to grow significantly in our relationship with Jesus if prayer is missing from our lives
Prayer was discussed when talking about developing our devotional lives, this lesson will get more into prayer specifically.
What is prayer?
Prayer is verbal communication with Jesus, most times.
It is simply talking to Jesus.
Just as we communicate primarily by talking with those around us, so we communicate by talking with Jesus.
Our mouth is given to us to communicate.
In a sense, prayer is the second part of the Divine communication process.
The first part is God speaking to us by His Word and His Spirit.
The second part is our response to Him in prayer.
Prayer is not dependent upon the right set of prescribed /prewritten prayers, terminology, or ritual.
It is simply a matter of talking with Jesus.
Prayer is not just a matter of saying words, the words we speak need to be an expression of our heart, those things that matter to us and to those around us.
We must mean what we say.
Prayer not flowing from our heart, or just telling Jesus what He wants to hear is useless and meaningless.
This is like a husband telling a wife he loves her just for sake of saying it without meaning it.
The Purpose of Prayer
God reveals to us a number of purposes for prayer
Prayer satisfies the deepest need of the human heart, which is fellowship, or spending time with The One who fully understands us
Prayer alone meets the deep, inner loneliness, and restlessness of the human heart.
Psalm 139:1-
Psalm 42:
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2. Prayer is a means of discovering God’s guidance.
It is one of the necessary ingredients in discovering God’s will/desire for our lives.
Jesus desires to gives us peace and direction through prayer.
3. Prayer is the means that God has given us to deal with worry.
Through prayer, worry and anxiety can be a foreign experience to us as we learn that Jesus will always provide or make a way for us.
The
Freedom from these is a mark of the supernatural change in our lives.
The natural man can only provide temporary means to take away worry and anxiety by way of drugs, alcohol, and distractions.
Philippians 4;6-7
4. Prayer is the means of communicating our needs and concerns to God.
We don’t need to merely hope God knows our needs.
Through prayer, we have been given the means of communicating these needs.
It is also a vehicle to something constructive about the various things that concern us such as people, projects, missions.
etc.
Hebrews 4:
5. Prayer aids us in our fight against sin and temptation and the spiritual opposition in our lives, and in the lives of others.
It is the most effective way to deal with these.
We pray for strength and wisdom to fight temptation and win victory over sin.
Matthew
Matthew 26:41
2 Thessalonians
Ephesians 6:
Developing Effectiveness in Prayer
It is not only important on “why” we pray, but also “how” to pray.
1.
We must be well rounded.
We don’t want to become extreme in only “one type” of prayer such as asking only for our personal needs and that of our family, or only for missionaries, or for others at the exclusion of our own needs.
There should be a good balance over.
Prayer is for or about us and our needs.
Supplication is for others and their needs.
Thanksgiving is expressing our gratitude for everything we can think of, even the day to day things like cool or warm air, clothes, finances, answered prayers, etc.
2. We want to be systematic or have a flow/structure.
We can use a prayer list or prayer structure/flow to give our daily prayers direction so that we’re not all over the place and losing focus.
Such structures include the prayer wheel, prayer hand, Tabernacle Plan, etc.
Ephesians 1:16
3. We want to be consistent.
We not only want to be systematic but also consistent in prayer overall.
We gain the benefits of prayer through our consistency such as when we want to get in shape, our consistency in the gym is where we will see results.
Prayer must develop into a vital and constant communication with Jesus.
A good way to work on this is pray short prayers throughout the day.
4. Be specific.
Do not be general in your prayers, Jesus wants our specific requests.
It’s through specific requests that we will see clear answers to our prayers.
5. Be persistent.
When we only pray once for something and don’t see the answers, we can become discouraged.
Sometimes Jesus delays answers and sometimes they are hindered, whether by things in our lives that we have to clear up, demonic opposition, or we’re not praying according to God’s will/desire.
Jesus desires for us to be persistent and patient in our prayers.
It demonstrates our willingness to trust Him and His timing for answers.
Matthew 26:
6. Be sensitive to The Holy Spirit (of God)
We want to be sensitive to when Jesus “touches” us with His Spirit about a certain topic or area of prayer.
This is a topic or area (prayer, thanksgiving, supplication) that Jesus wants us to stay on for a while due to a need of someone to pray on it so He can act on it.
Jesus can lead, guide, or even pray through us by His Spirit.
Possible Hindrances To Prayer
God discusses a number of possible obstacles to prayer and warns against them.
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We are not praying in faith/trust or believing that Jesus hears our prayer.
2. We are not praying enough or really being specific.
Matthew 21:
James 4:3
3. We are asking for the wrong reasons (i.e.
selfishness)
James 4:3
4. We have unconfessed/unacknowledged sin in our lives.
5. We have unresolved marital issues.
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We are living outside of God’s will/desire.
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