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FOF #8: Prayer

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PRAYER

TALKING TO GOD
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1. THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER

REVIEW INTRODUCTORY PARAGRAPH

2. THE NATURE OF PRAYER

BRINGS GLORY TO GOD (JOHN 14:13)
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PRAYER

ALIGNS OUR WILL WITH GOD’S WILL (LUKE 22:42; MATT 6:10)

PRAYER

BRINGS PEACE (PHIL 4:6-7)
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PRAYER

IS TO CONFESS SIN (1 JOHN 1:9)

PRAYER

IS TO CAST OUR BURDENS UPON GOD (1 PET 5:6-7)
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PRAYER

IS POWERFUL (JAM 5:16-18)
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PRAYER

IS WHAT JESUS DID CONTINUALLY (MATT 14:23; LUKE 5:16; 6:12)
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PRAYER

IS COMMANDED OF US AT ALL TIMES (1 THESS 5:17; EPH 6:18)

3. THE PRACTICE OF PRAYER

WITHIN GOD’S WILL, CONFESSING SIN
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YOU MUST ABIDE IN CHRIST

AND HIS WORDS MUST ABIDE IN YOU (JOHN 15:7)
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CHRIST IS “LORD”

ABIDING IN CHRIST MEANS CONFESSING THAT FACT (1 JOHN 4:15)
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ABIDING IN CHRIST

OBEDIENT & COMMITTED TO GOD’S WORD (1 JOHN 3:22)

ACCORDING TO GOD’S WILL

1 JOHN 5:14

PRAY IN HIS “NAME”

CONSISTENT WITH WHO HE IS (JOHN 14:13-14)
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PRAY FOR HIS GLORY

FOR THAT WHICH WILL BRING HIM GLORY (JOHN 14:13)
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PRAY THAT YOUR WILL

WILL ALIGN WITH GOD’S WILL (MATT 6:10)

HINDRANCES TO ANSWERED PRAYER

SIN (PS 66:18) WRONG MOTIVES (JAM 4:3) LACK OF FAITH (JAM 1:5-8)
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HOW TO PRAY

FATHER (MATT 6:9) SON (ROM 1:8) HOLY SPIRIT (EPH 2:17-18)
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PRAYER

IS INTIMATE COMMUNICATION W/ GOD (MATT 6:6)
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PRAYER

NOT WORDY, HASTY, OR MEANINGLESS REPETITION (MATT 6:7-8: ECC 5:2)
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PRAYER

THE HOLY SPIRIT MAKES INTERCESSION FOR US (ROM 8:26)
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THE DISCIPLE’S PRAYER

ALSO CALLED THE LORD’S PRAYER (MATT 6:9)

OUR FATHER

WHY IS THE WORD “FATHER” IMPORTANT?
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HALLOWED BE YOUR NAME

WHAT DOES “HALLOWED” MEAN?
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YOUR KINGDOM COME

CHRIST WILL RETURN IN GLORY...SOON
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YOUR WILL BE DONE

WHOSE WILL? WHERE DOES THIS HAPPEN?
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GIVE US THIS DAY

OUR DAILY BREAD: JEHOVAH JIREH

FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS

DEBTS=SINS THIS MEANS CONFESSION

LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION

WE CAN DO NOTHING WITHOUT GOD (JOHN 15:5)
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BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL

SUBMIT TO GOD, RESIST THE DEVIL (JAM 4:7)
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AND GOD DESERVES THE GLORY

HE IS THE VINE AND THE VINE DRESSER
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A. C. T. S.

ADORATION CONFESSION THANKSGIVING SUPPLICATION
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ADORATION

HIS ATTRIBUTES, MAJESTY, & CHRIST
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CONFESSION

HE ALREADY KNOWS, BE HUMBLE

THANKSGIVING

IT WILL HELP YOU SEE HIS PURPOSES
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SUPPLICATION

BE SPECIFIC; FIRST OTHERS THEN YOURSELF
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4. THE STRUGGLE OF PRAYER

IT CAN BE DISCOURAGING (PS 22:1-28)
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VERSES 1-2

DAVID IS DISCOURAGED, WHY NO ANSWER?

VERSES 3-6

REMEMBERING GOD’S FAITHFULNESS, HE IS HUMBLED

VERSES 7-18

HE POURS OUT HIS BURDENS ON THE LORD
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VERSES 19-21

ASKS GOD FOR HELP, ASSISTANCE

VERSES 22-24

MOVED TO PRAISE GOD, HE KNOWS GOD CARES
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VERSES 25-28

DAVID IS LIFTED UP
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ANSWERS TO PRAYER

PRAYER AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD

SOMETIMES IMMEDIATELY

ISAIAH 65:24
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SOMETIMES DELAYED

LUKE 18:7
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WE ARE TO BE PERSISTENT

LUKE 18:1

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED

2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-9
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CAN WE NAME IT AND CLAIM IT?

GOD’S WILL HIS SOVEREIGNTY AND THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER: HIS GLORY

DO YOU PRAY?

AS YOU SHOULD?