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Walking With God Lesson 6 Levels of Prayers

Walking With God Lesson 6 Levels of Prayers. Review. Types of Prayer Routine: Prayer before sleep; meal, day Need based: All-night, prayer walk Deeper: Seasons of prayer Daily: Pray without ceasing

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Walking With God Lesson 6 Levels of Prayers

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  1. Walking With God Lesson 6 Levels of Prayers

  2. Review Types of Prayer Routine: Prayer before sleep; meal, day Need based: All-night, prayer walk Deeper: Seasons of prayer Daily: Pray without ceasing Of all skills – teaching, preaching, soul-winning, church planting… Luke 10:42 Only 1 thing is needful 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  3. Take Home Item: Ta Pow, Bungkus or Doggie Bag What Happens When You Pray 1 Recognise God’s Power 2 Willing to let His will be done 3 God is willing – Matt 7:11 4 You are changed – Luke 18:14 Bottomline: Faith of the 3 Hebrew Children Daniel 3:16-18 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  4. Introduction: • What is prayer to you? Do you pray only when you have a need or do you pray like Daniel, on a regular basis? Daniel 6:10 • We often teach how we should pray - ie. with faith, according to God’s will etc. but not about the levels of prayer • Many Christians take prayer for granted and do not grow in this devotion. When you mature in prayer, nothing can touch you 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  5. 1. Confession Introduction • - Luke 18:13 And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast,saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. • First contact: cleanse us from our sin before meeting a holy God • Romans 8:35 tells us that nothing can separate us from God; there is one exception – our sins 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  6. 2. Supplication Introduction 1. Confession • Matthew 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread • Basic: asking for our needs • Prayer is not so much for us to seek gifts, as it is for us to seek the Giver • God is not a genie in a lamp that we give homage to in order for Him to grant us our every whim and wants eg parking space 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  7. 3. Petition Introduction 1. Confession 2. Supplication • 1 Samuel 12:23 Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: • For what are men better than sheep or goats that nourish a blind life within the brain, if, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer both for themselves – A. Tennyson • Something seriously wrong if all we pray for is for ourselves only 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  8. 4. Thanksgiving Introduction 1. Confession 2. Supplication 3. Petition • 1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men • At this level, we move from looking at self to look up towards God • Even in severe circumstances, yes even death, the child of God is always thankful (Romans 8:28) 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  9. 5. Adoration Introduction 1. Confession 2. Supplication 3. Petition 4. Thanksgiving • Luke 11:2 And Jesus said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done • Adoration is the natural outcome of a thankful heart • If you do not walk with God, your adoration will be brief, curt and shallow • David and the Psalms 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  10. 6. Watch 6. Memorize the Word: Introduction 1. Confession 2. Supplication 3. Petition 4. Thanksgiving 5. Adoration • Mark 13:33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is • To watch is to sense the spiritual condition of self, the church and the world • God’s people are those who mourn because of the lost state of the world • Higher than petition; more than praying for people but conditions and signs of the times 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  11. 7. Wait Introduction 1. Confession 2. Supplication 3. Petition 4. Thanksgiving 5. Adoration 6. Watch • Psalms 130:5 I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. • The most difficult thing for a person to do is to wait without a deadline. • Only the person who submit to God’s agenda can wait in hope and not be worn out waiting • Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD… 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  12. Conclusion: Introduction 1. Confession 2. Supplication 3. Petition 4. Thanksgiving 5. Adoration 6. Watch 7. Wait Which of these do you dwell upon most in your prayers: petition, intercession, confession, adoration or thanksgiving? Why? How would you rate your personal prayer life? Describe the ways that your prayer level has grown. 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

  13. Application: Introduction 1. Confession 2. Supplication 3. Petition 4. Thanksgiving 5. Adoration 6. Watch 7. Wait It has been said that prayer is something we talk about more than we actually practice. Do you agree? Is our prayer, prefaced with ‘not my will but thine’ as Christ’s is? Since prayer is so powerful, do not stop praying for family members and friends who are out of Christ. With man it may be impossible, but not with God (Ephesians 3:20) – It is not impossible unless you think it is 11am How to Call 11:15am Discussion 12pm Summary

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