Prayer Pt 1
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What is Prayer?
What is Prayer?
Two different words for prayer are used in Acts 1:14 and Philippians 4:6. What are they?
14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
1. Prayer- This is the broadest and most common term.
1. Prayer- This is the broadest and most common term.
2. Supplication- This is a petition or request made to God.
2. Supplication- This is a petition or request made to God.
Why Should I Pray?
Why Should I Pray?
What specific command is given in I Thess 5.17?
17 Pray without ceasing.
What does I Samuel 12:23 teach about forgetting to pray?
23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
List some of the benefits of prayer from the following verses: Hebrews 4:16; James 4:8a; James 5:15-16; Philippians 4:6-7.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
8 Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. 7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
What three promises does Jesus give in Matthew 7:7?
7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
Will God Hear my Prayer?
Will God Hear my Prayer?
What does God promise in Jeremiah 33:3?
3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
How is God described in 2 Chronicles 16:9a?
9 For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
1. The Grounds of Prayer
1. The Grounds of Prayer
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
4 According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
What instruction did Jesus give regarding prayer in John 14:13-14 and John 16:24?
13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
9 But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
According to Hebrews 4:14-16, we need only one High Priest to gain entrance to the Father. Who is it?
14 Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
I Timothy 2:5 calls Jesus the mediator between God the Father and men.
5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
According to Hebrews 7:25, what is Jesus doing on your behalf at this very moment?
25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
2. The Conditions of Prayer
2. The Conditions of Prayer
List the conditions that God places on prayer from the following verses:
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, The Lord will not hear me:
14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
21 Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
15 And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done.
22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.
6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
5 Then He said to them, “Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves;
6 for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’;
7 and from inside he answers and says, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.’
8 “I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
12 Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.
19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
What is God’s Name?
What is God’s Name?
Elohim, The Great Creator- Genesis 1:1
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
El-Roi, The God Who Sees Me- Genesis 16:13
13 And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
El-Shaddai, God Almighty- Genesis 17:1
1 And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the Lord appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
Jehovah-Jireh, The Lord Our Provider- Genesis 22:14
14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovah-jireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.
Jehovah- Rapha, The Lord Our Healer- Exodus 15:26
26 And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
Jehovah-Nissi, The Lord Our Banner (of Victory)- Exodus 17:15
15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi:
Jehovah-Mekaddishkem, The Lord Who Sanctifies You- Exodus 31.13
13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.
Jehovah-Shalom, The Lord Our Peace- Judges 6:24
24 Then Gideon built an altar there unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah-shalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites.
Jehovah-Rohi, The Lord Our Shepherd- Psalm 23:1
1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Jehovah Tsidkenu, The Lord Our Righteousness- Jeremiah 23:6
6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.