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Deeper Life Bible Church, Aberdeen Sunday Message 15-03-2009. PRAYING THROUGH & CONQUERING 2 Corinthians 10:3-6. 3 Points. 1. CONTENTIONS BY PRAYER 2. CONSISTENT IN PRAYER 3. CONQUERING THROUGH PRAYER.
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Deeper Life Bible Church, AberdeenSunday Message 15-03-2009 PRAYING THROUGH & CONQUERING 2 Corinthians 10:3-6
3 Points 1.CONTENTIONS BY PRAYER 2. CONSISTENT IN PRAYER 3. CONQUERING THROUGH PRAYER
CONTENTIONS BY PRAYER2 Corinthians 10:3-5; Ephesians 6:12-13; 1 Chronicles 21:1; Daniel 10:13; 2 Chronicles 20:17 • Believers contend against the following in prayer; • Self – Romans 7:22 • Satan – 1 Thess. 2:18 • Sin – Proverbs 5:22 • Satanic agents & Supernatural powers – Eph.6:12 • Spiritual forces – Romans 6:16 • Sicknesses – Luke 13:11 • Sodom (a type of the world & its system) – 1 John 2:15-17
CONSISTENT IN PRAYER2 Corinthians 10:6; Ephesians 6:10; Luke 18:1; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 • Seven facts about prayer; • Prominence of Prayer – Luke 18:1 • Promises of answered Prayer - Jer.33:3 • Principles of Prayer– John 14:12-14 • Postures in Praying – 1 Kings 8:54,22 • People who prayed – Gen.18:23 • Purity & Prayer– Psalms 66:18 • Power through Prayer – Acts 4:33
CONQUERING THROUGH PRAYER2 Corinthians 10:4-6; Ephesians 6:10,11,13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Hebrews 11:32-37; Revelations 6:2 • People who conquered through prayer; • Moses, he conquered Pharaoh & all Egypt • Joshua; he conquered Jericho • David, he conquered Goliath and all other Giants • Hannah, she conquered barrenness • Jabez, he conquered Sorrow, had his name changed • The Early Church, they conquered Herod • Jesus Christ, He conquered the devil
Conclusion For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;), Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 Practical session of praying through……