PRAYER:
Prayer is the most powerful tool the Christian
has. When we pray, we are in the very presence of God Himself. The
door of prayer is always open no matter what we have done or not done.
When we have a need, God is always there waiting to hear from us and to
grant our request. Every person who accepts Jesus Christ as their
personal Saviour should set his or her heart and mind to learn how to
pray. Praying is the Christians right given to him or her by God. Our
help is just a prayer away.
Memory
Verse: (Phil 4:6 KJV) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by
prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made
known unto God.
Prayer is more than just talking to God. Prayer is asking. About 30
times in the New Testament the word ask is used to describe prayer.
These
versed tells us the promises of God to those who pray:
(Mat 7:7 KJV) Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;
knock, and it shall be opened unto you:(8) For every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it
shall be opened. (11) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in
heaven give good things to them that ask him?
(Mat 21:22 KJV) And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
believing, ye shall receive.
(Luke 11:13 KJV) If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts
unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the
Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
(John 14:14 KJV) If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
(John 16:24 KJV) Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye
shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Prayer is simply you talking to God and asking God for the things you
need which He can supply.
HOW TO
PRAY:
A lot of
people think we have to fold our hands and kneel, bow our head and close
our eyes. However, learning how to pray has nothing do with our physical
body. Prayer has a great deal to do with the attitude of the heart. When
we pray, we must learn how important it is for our hearts to be in a
right relationship with God.
1.
We must pray with God's WORDS abiding in us.
(John 15:7 KJV) If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall
ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
2. We must pray in Jesus' name:
(John 14:14 KJV) If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
3.
We must believe that God can answer us when we pray.
(Mark 11:24 KJV) Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire,
when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
4. We should boldly come before God's throne:
(Heb 4:16 KJV) Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace,
that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
5.
When we bring our requests before God by prayer and supplications with
thanksgiving.
(Phil 4:6 KJV) Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and
supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
6.
We should pray directly to God and not through some other person.
(1 Tim 2:5 KJV) For there is one God, and one mediator between God and
men, the man Christ Jesus;
REASONS
WHY WE SHOULD PRAY ?
1.
Because God commands it. God tells us to pray all the time.
(1 Th 5:17 KJV) Pray without ceasing.
2.
Prayer is essential in our fight against Satan and our doubts:
(Eph 6:16 KJV) Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall
be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.(17) And take the
helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of
God:(18) Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit,
and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all
saints;
WE CAN
PRAY ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME
1.
God says we are to pray privately and He will reward us openly.
(Mat 6:6 KJV) But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and
when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and
thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
The Jewish believers would cover their head with a cloth called the
prayer talleet. Many referred to this as their closet.
2.
Every Christian should have a "prayer closet." or a place to
meet alone with God every day and pray. Think of a place and a time you
can be alone every day with God and make an appointment to meet Him
there every day.
THE
BEST TIME TO PRAY
1.
ALL THE TIME!
(Psa 55:17 KJV) Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry
aloud: and he shall hear my voice.
2.
Daniel prayed on his knees:
(Dan 6:10 KJV) Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went
into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward
Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and
gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
3.
We should pray all the time and as often as we need too.
(Luke 18:1 KJV) And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men
ought always to pray, and not to faint;
We should
pray every day with God. We should pray with other Christians at church.
We should pray at meal times. We should pray once each day as a family.
Anytime there is a need for prayer is the time to pray. Even when we are
alone, that is always a good time to speak to God.
THERE
ARE SOME THINGS THAT CAN HINDER OUR PRAYERS
Every
Christian should know that certain things will hinder his or her prayers
before God.
1. (Psa 66:18 KJV) If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will
not hear me:
2. (Mark 11:25 KJV) And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought
against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you
your trespasses.(26) But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father
which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
3. (James 4:3 KJV) Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that
ye may consume it upon your lusts.
4. (Jer 5:25 KJV) Your iniquities have turned away these things,
and your sins have withholden good things from you.
5. (1 Pet 3:7 KJV) 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.
Write Down Some Things That you Want To Pray To God For:
Prayer Request
Date Asked
Date Answered
1. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ___________________________
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