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School Of Prayer

School Of Prayer. Lord…What are you saying to me. Date:___________. School Of Prayer. To motivate and outfit Christians in the local church to accelerate the ministry of prayer. Focusing Upward, Inward & Outward. Lord…What are you saying to me ii

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  1. School Of Prayer

  2. Lord…What are you saying to me • Date:___________

  3. School Of Prayer • To motivate and outfit Christians in the local church to accelerate the ministry of prayer

  4. Focusing Upward, Inward & Outward Lord…What are you saying to me ii School of Prayer Definition iii Table of Contents v I. Upward: The Person and Prayer 1. Purposes for prayer: Intimacy, Power / Impact, Divine Guidance 2. Listening in prayer How God Speaks, How to Listen to God,, How to Know it is God. 3. Prayer Practicum 1 4. Hindrances to a successful prayer life 5. Six essentials from The Lord’s Prayer Praise, Intercession, Supplication, Confession, Intervention, Celebration. 6. Prayer Practicum 2

  5. Focusing Upward, Inward & Outward Lord…What are you saying to me ii School of Prayer Definition iii Table of Contents v II. Inward: The Leaders and Prayer 1. The Leaders and the Prayer: Praying Leaders, Prayer Network III. Outward: The Church and Prayer 1. Introduction 2. The Role of Prayer in Recent History of the Church Past Spiritual Awakenings, New Movement of Prayer, Developing a Praying Church, Prayer Organization 3. Covenant-Wide prayer ministries

  6. Focusing Upward, Inward & Outward Lord…What are you saying to me ii School of Prayer Definition iii Table of Contents v Addenda 1. Use of the Names of Christ 2. Lord’s Prayer Model 3. Intervention Prayer- The Invisible War 4. Intervention against Unseen Personalities 5. Offensive Prayer Against Unseen Personalities 6. Prayer Quotes 7. A Prayer Bibliography 8. Evaluation 9. Evaluation for Local Churches 10. Confidential Questionnaire 11. Bringing My World To Christ

  7. I UPWARD: THE PERSON AND PRAYER

  8. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER I Intimacy with God Thus says the Lord: Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in their might, do not let the wealthy boast in their wealth; but let those who boast, boast in this, that they understand and know me, that I am Lord; I act with steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 9:23,24

  9. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER I Intimacy with God Jeremiah 9:23,24 • His desire is__________________________ • -Revelation 3:20 There is a God-shapedvacuum in each of uswhich only God can fill. • -Pascal

  10. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER I Intimacy with God Jeremiah 9:23,24 B. Our need is ______________________________________ Psalm 27:4,7-9 ______________________________ is to know another in the closest way possible. O Lord you have made -Genesis 4:1 us for yourself, and our -Psalm 46:10 hearts are restless untilthey find their rest inthee. Augustine

  11. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER I Intimacy with God Jeremiah 9:23,24 • C.Examples of Intimacy • Old Testament _________________ • People at both ends of • 1. Moses beholds 2. David thirsts for God the religious spectrum • God’s glory -Psalm 62:1;63:1,2 are seeking the same • -Exodus 33:9-11 thing: a link between their • New Testament daily lives and the • Mary chooses the 2. Paul’s deepest desire transcendent. • “one thing needful” -Philippians, 3:7-11 -John Naisbitt, • -Luke 10:38-42 Megatrends 2000

  12. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER I Intimacy with God Jeremiah 9:23,24 D. The Character of Intimacy with God More Formation than Information -Hebrews 10:16 Our highest calling in life is More Environment thanEvent -II Corinthians 2:14not serving Jesus but in More Process than Product -Philemon 1:6being with him. More Delight than Duty -Psalm 37:3,4-Hope MacDonald ____________________ He prayeth well who loveth well. -Samuel Coleridge

  13. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER IIPower/ * Impact The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. -James 5:16 _____________ Fellowship is communion, communication, the interaction of lovers -Peter Lord Example 1Exodus 17:8-16 The most powerful weapon on earth is _______________________________ _____________ God does nothing but by prayer and everything with it. _-John Wesley

  14. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER IIPower/ * Impact The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective. -James 5:16 _____________ Prayer is one of man’s forms of cooperating with God. Some things God can never do until he finds a person who prays -H.E. Fosdick Example 2Mark 9:14-19 The disciples were _____________________ Because they were_____________________

  15. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER Prophets: Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known. Jeremiah 33:3 IIPower/ Impact Example 3 Appropriating God’s power through prayer. * God’s power is released by prayer. Yet, we are not here to exalt prayer but the God who answers it. Gospels: For mortals it is impossible, but for God all things are possible. Matthew 19:26

  16. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER Epistles: I write these things to you who believes in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. And that is the boldness we have in him, that is we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have obtained the requests made to him. –1 John 5:13-15 * Link between intimacy and power: understanding who God is, how he works, and what he desires to do.

  17. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER III Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing in his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, so that you will be astonished.” –John 5:19,20 Divine Guidance Basis: Jesus used prayer to discern the mind and the will of God for his life and ministry. Example 1. to discern P______________(why?) John 17:1-3, John 10:10 Example 2. to discern S______________(how?) Mark 1:35-39 Prayer does not fit us for the greater works; prayer is the greater work. -Oswald Chambers

  18. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER III –John 5:19,20 Divine Guidance Basis: Jesus used prayer to discern the mind and the will of God for his life and ministry. Example 3. to discern P______________(by whom?) Luke 6:12,13; Matthew 28:19,20 Example 4. to discern O______________(against what?) Matthew 4:1-11

  19. PURPOSES FOR PRAYER Prayer is _________________________ Prayer is _________________________ • The plan for Christ’s mission is the same for the Christian’s mission • God-breathed scripture illumined through prayer provides clear guidance ____________ The less I pray, the harder it gets; the more I pray, the better it goes. -Martin Luther ____________ I dare you to pray without using ‘bless’, or ‘lead’, ‘guide’, or ‘help so and so’ of ‘thy will’. -Chuck Swindoll

  20. Listening In Prayer The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens—wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, I did not turn backward. -Isaiah 50:4,5 God is the I __________________ _________________ God is always speaking; he’s always doing something. Prayer is to enter into that activity. Prayer in its most basic sense is just getting into an attitude of saying, “Lord, what are you saying to me?” -Henry Nouwen We are the R_________________

  21. Listening In Prayer I -Isaiah 50:4,5 How God Speaks 1. The ____ of ______. Romans 10:17 2. The ______ of God. Psalm 32:8, John 16:13- 15; Acts 16:6,7 Simeon Peter Paul & Barnabas Agabus Luke 2:26 Acts 10:19; 11:12 Acts 13:4 Acts 21:11 Acts 8:29 Acts 13:2 Acts 20:22,23 Philip Church Paul

  22. Listening In Prayer I -Isaiah 50:4,5 How God Speaks 3. The _______ of others. Proverbs 11:14 4. The _____________ of life. 2 Corinthians 2:12 5. Common _____. 1 Chronicles 22:6-10 6. On rare occasions God has spoken and may continue to speak through _______ (Acts 10:3) _____ (Acts 16:9), and ______ (Acts 1:10).

  23. II _____________________ I don’t see reality, I hear it. -Thomas a Kempis How to listen to God’s speech ____________________ I will speck of nothing of which I have no experience; either in my own life or in the observation of others, or which the Lord has not taught me in prayer. -Teresa of Avila 1. ___ God to speak. 2. Be alert in _______ of prayer not _______. 3. ____ talking after each section of prayer (for example, adoration, confession, etc…) and ______. _________________ God whispers to us in our pleasures; he speaks to us in our work; but he shouts to us in our pains. -C.S. Lewis 4. ______ for responses, whether you think it’s God or your subconscious. 5. _____ and ______ is and part of learning to listen.

  24. * Prayer can be dynamic dialogue rather than monotonous monologue. III _________________ Hearing God precedes speaking to and speaking for God…entering into divine dialogue. How to know it is God who speaks 1. ________ it in the light of the word of God. 2. _______ it in the light of the will of God. 3. _______ it in real life situations. * The creative tension of the Christian life is discerning if it is God speaking or some other voice.

  25. Prayer Practicum 1 We will purpose to be quiet before the Lord in order to enter into an intimate relationship with him, hear from him, and speak to him concerning our lives and our ministry. Centering prayer (contemplative prayer) is for those who want more--- infinitely more. It is for those who dare to believe that they are made to be intimate with God and the bearers of his life and love in this world. It is for those who truly love themselves, love themselves enough to put first things first: to give God this time, to give themselves this time in God, so that they can give to others quality time that is loving and creative. -Basil Pennington Contemplative Prayer is not a way of being busy with God instead of with people, but it is an attitude in which we recognize God’s ultimate priority by being useless in His presence, by allowing Him to enter into our emptiness. In this prayer, God can show us His love. When we are empty, free and open, we can be with Him, look at Him, listen to Him, and slowly come to realize that He is a loving Father who loves us with a deep intimate affection. It is to know God by heart, rather than by head…

  26. In silence we leave behind our activities, concerns, plans, projects, opinions and convictions, and enter into the presence of our loving God, naked, vulnerable, open and receptive. It is emptying ourselves of outside forces and influences, inner fears and distractions… The first thing we often discover in silence is our restlessness, our driven ness and compulsiveness, our urge to act quickly, to make and impact and to have influence, and often we find it hard to withstand the temptation to return as quickly as possible to the world of relevance. But when we persevere with the help of a gentle discipline, we slowly come to hear the still small voice and to sense the gentle breeze of the Spirit. -Henri Nouwen First Session Assignment Spend 5-10 minutes thinking about this before the next sessions. Answer this question: If prayer is such a beneficial activity in my life, why do I pray so little? What seems to hinder my life of prayer?

  27. HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE (WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?) So, could you not stay awake with me one hour? Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -Matthew 26:40b,41 ___________________ We must have what he is, in order to do what he did. -Ian Thomas 1. Wrong power ______. Crux: A declaration of __________. -Matthew 6:7,8 __________________ Apart from me you can do nothing. –St. John 2. ________. - James 1:6-8 ______________ Prayer is unnatural activity. -Bill Hybels The contrast between the two views of reality Western Eastern

  28. HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE (WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?) So, could you not stay awake with me one hour? Stay awake and pray that you may not come into the time of trial; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -Matthew 26:40b,41 ___________________ We must have what he is, in order to do what he did. -Ian Thomas The contrast between the two views of reality Eastern Western __________________ Apart from me you can do nothing. –St. John ______________ Prayer is unnatural activity. -Bill Hybels West thinks of East as superstitious East thinks of West as spiritually shallow * Key: The difference is the way people view _______. 3. Cherished ____ Psalm 66:18; Ezekiel 14:1-6 Isaiah 59:1,2

  29. HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE (WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?) -Matthew 26:40b,41 The contrast between the two views of reality * Key: The difference is the way people view reality. 4. Sense of ____________. Revelation 12:10,11; Roman 12:1-3; Hebrews 4:14-16 5. Unresolved _____________. Matthew 5:23,24 1 Peter 3:7 6. Wrong _______. James 4:3 7. Satanic _____________. Daniel 10:7-15 • Interruption • Drowsiness • Wandering thoughts

  30. HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE (WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?) -Matthew 26:40b,41 The contrast between the two views of reality * Key: The difference is the way people view reality. 8. Unanswered ______. God’s answer (1John 5:13-15) • ___________________ • God’s children can conquer everything in prayer. Is it any wonder that Satan does his utmost to snatch that weapon away from Christians or to hinder him in the use of it? • -Andrew Murray • _____ • _____ • ____________________ • ___________ • _______________________________

  31. HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE (WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?) -Matthew 26:40b,41 The contrast between the two views of reality * Key: The difference is the way people view reality. 9. Disregard for the ____. Proverbs 21:13 • __________________ • God’s children can conquer everything in prayer. Is it any wonder that Satan does his utmost to snatch that weapon away from Christians or to hinder him in the use of it? • -Andrew Murray 10. Lack of ____________. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 11. Failure to _________. Luke 18:1-8 12. Other _____________

  32. HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE The illustration of prayer that Our Lord uses here is that of a good child asking for a good thing. We talk about prayer as if God heard us irrespective of the fact of our relationship to Him (cf. Matthew 5:45). Never say it is not God’s will to give you what you ask, don’t sit down and faint, but find out the reason, turn up the index. Are you rightly related to your wife, to your husband, to your children, to your fellow-students—are you a “good child” there? “O Lord, I have been irritable and cross, but I do want spiritual blessing.” You cannot have it, you will have to do without until you come into the attitude of a good child. We mistake defiance for devotion; arguing with God for abandonment. We will not look at the index. Have I been asking God to give me money for something I want when there is something I have not paid for? Have I been asking God for liberty while I am withholding it from someone that belongs to me? I have not forgiven someone his trespasses; I have not been kind to him; I have not been living as God’s child among my relatives and friends (v.12). I am a child of God only by regeneration, and as a child of God I am good only as I walk in the light. Prayer with most of us is turned into pious platitude, it is a matter of emotion, mystical communion with God. Spiritually we are all good at producing fogs. If we turn up the index, we will see very clearly what is wrong—that friendship, that debt, that temper of mind. It is no use praying unless we are living as children of God. Then, Jesus says—”Everyone that asketh receiveth.” Oswald Chambers The Spiritual Index “Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?” Matthew 7:9

  33. HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE B U S Y B U S Y

  34. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER Pray then this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one. For belonging to you always are the kingdom, power and eternal glory. Amen -Matthew 6:9-13 * Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name, __________________ We must first focus upward before focusing inward and outward. -Roland Boyce 1 Upward: Praise Adoration: Acknowledging God for _________ __________________ Blessed be the Lord who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. -Psalm 68:19 Definition: An irresistible attraction which evokes an involuntary action. Synonym: “_________” Scripture: Psalm 68:19; 99:9; 27:8; 66:4; 45:11; 96:9; 132:2; Matthew 2:11

  35. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER -Matthew 6:9-13 * Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name, __________________ Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give thanks to him, bless his name -Psalm 100:4 1 Upward: Praise Thanksgiving: Acknowledging God for ____________. Definition: An exercise in re-focusing. __________________ Ascribe to the Lord the glory of his name; worship the Lord in holy splendor. -Psalm 29:2 Synonym: “________” Scripture: Psalm 100:4; 103:1-5; 63:1-7; 107:8,9; 134:1-3; 73:28; 71:14, 15; Philippians 4:4-6; Psalm 29:2 _________________ Authentic prayer is always an acknowledgement of divine adequacy. -Ray Stedman

  36. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER -Matthew 6:9-13 * your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is on heaven. __________________ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone. -1Timothy 2:1 2 Outward: Intercession Claiming for : ______ Definition: to care by prayer __________________ One of the things that makes God God is that he knows everything; so when I have wishes in regard to other people, I just say their names. I let him fill in the rest. -Barbara Grizutti Harrision Synonym: “__________” Scripture: 1 Samuel 12:23; Ezekiel 22:29-31; Luke 22:31-32; Acts 4:23-31; Acts 12:1-7; Romans 15:30; Ephesians 6:18; 1 Timothy 2:1,2; Hebrews 10:19-25

  37. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER -Matthew 6:9-13 * your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is on heaven. __________________ First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone. -1Timothy 2:1 2 Outward: Intercession Pray for: • 1. Family, ______, associates, • and _________. Matthew 9:37-38 • 2. _________of those who do not know Christ. • -1 Timothy 2:1-4 • 3. _______ and church _______ • (John 17:23; Hebrews 13:7,8) • Covenant ___________ • World __________ Matthew 28:19 __________________ One of the things that makes God God is that he knows everything; so when I have wishes in regard to other people, I just say their names. I let him fill in the rest. -Barbara Grizutti Harrision

  38. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER -Matthew 6:9-13 * Give us this day our daily bread. 3 Inward: Supplication: Claiming for ourselves ________________ __________ (supply). __________________ You open your hand, satisfying the desire of every living thing. -Psalm 145:16 Definition: to reckon on his resources Synonym: “___________” Scripture: Psalm 25:21, 22; 69:6; 73:25,26; 116:17,18: 130:5,6; 145:16; Philippians 4:19

  39. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER -Matthew 6:9-13 * Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. __________________ If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him. If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness reside in your tents -Job 11:13,14 4 Inward: Confession: Acknowledging ourselves for ______________/____________ Definition: a lesson in contrasts Synonym: “__________________________” Scripture: Numbers 5:6,7a; 2 Chronicles 6:24,25; Job 11:13,14; Psalm 51:1-5; 66:18; 139:23,24; Matthew 5:23,24 ______________ Conviction cures; guilt kills. -Dick Eastman

  40. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER ______________ Conviction cures; guilt kills. -Dick Eastman -Matthew 6:9-13 * And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, 5 Outward: Intervention: Claming God’s ________________(________) Definition: to pray against the work of spiritforces of evil. __________________ For our battle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spirit forces of evil in the heavenly realms.-Ephesians 6:12 Synonym: “____________________ ” Scripture: Exodus 17:9-13; 2 Kings 19:1-19,35-37; 2 Chronicles 13:18; 14:10,11; 20:1-23; Psalm 30:1; John 16:33; Romans 8:37; Ephesians 6:10-18; 1 John 5:4,5; Revelation 20:7-10

  41. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER ______________ If you cannot win the battle over Satan in prayer, you cannot win it in the ministry. -Paul Yonggi Cho -Matthew 6:9-13 * And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one, 5 Outward: Intervention: Three Types of Defensive Intervention Prayer • P_________________ John 17:15 • Illustration: building a wall __________________ Jericho fell before Joshua because Joshua fell before God - Duffy Robbins 2. R________________ James 4:7; 1 Peter 5:8-9 Illustration: holding a wall 3. D_______________ Matthew 6:13 Illustration: repairing a wall For further information on intervention prayer see Addenda

  42. SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORD’S PRAYER -Matthew 6:9-13 * For yours is the kingdom, and the power and the glory for ever. Amen 6 Upward: Celebration: Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions of them to those for whom nothing is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord; and do not be grieved for the joy of the Lord is your strength. –Nehemiah 8:10 Definition: to enjoy Jesus __________________ A truly thankful spirit would radically change Our life-style -Leroy Eims Synonym: “_______________” Scripture: Ester 9:18-22; Psalm 9:2; 32:11; 48:1,2,11; Psalm 97:1; 100; 106:1-5; 118:24-29; Psalm 149:1-5; Philippians 4:4 See Lord’s Prayer model in the Addenda.

  43. Assignment Use this page as a guide for your own prayer life Essential Lord’s Prayer Matthew 6:9-13 Praise/Thanksgiving And Adoration _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Confession _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Supplication _____________________________________________ Intercession _____________________________________________ Intervention _____________________________________________ Celebration Comments: Prayer Practicum 2 Tarry for and hour

  44. II INWARD: THE LEADERS AND THE PRAYER

  45. THE LEADERS AND PRAYER I Praying Leaders All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women. -Acts 1:14 A. What Keeps Leaders from Prayer The sin of _____________ 1. Promotes _____________ 2. Depletes _____ of spiritual _______. 3. Leaders have difficulty maintaining a _________ life. * Jesus seemed to pray not from a sense of ought or should but from a compelling want.

  46. THE LEADERS AND PRAYER I Jesus seemed to pray not from a sense of ought or should but from a compelling want. Praying Leaders Acts 1:14 B. The Model of the Master 1. At the inauguration of ministry -Matthew 4:1-11 2. After a rugged day of ministry -Mark 1:35 3. Before choosing the twelve -Luke 6:12 4. After healing the leper and to avoid adulation -Luke 5:16 5. After hearing of John’s death -Matthew 14:13 6. After feeding 5000 and healing all day -Matthew 14:23 7. Before revealing himself as Messiah -Luke 9:18 8. With those he was discipline -Luke 9:28,29 9. Before teaching the Lord’s prayer -Luke 1:1 10. Before he endured the cross -Luke 11:39-41

  47. THE LEADERS AND PRAYER I Jesus seemed to pray not from a sense of ought or should but from a compelling want. Praying Leaders _________________ I can be active and pray; I can work and pray; but I cannot be inwardly rushed, distracted, or dispersed. There must be deliberate withdrawal from the noises of the insatiable self. The word busy is the symptom not of commitment, but of betrayal. It is not devotion, it is defection. The adjective ‘busy,’ set as a modifier to pastor should sound to our ears like ‘adulterous’ to characterize a wife or ‘embezzling’’ to describe a banker. -Eugene Peterson Acts 1:14 C. The Values of a Prayer-centered Life 1. _________ of direction. 2. ______ from being led by one’s own neurosis and others’ wants. 3. _____________ all relationships as we learn to listen and be ___________. 4. We __________ more because we work more effectively and efficiently. 5. _________ preaching, teaching, and ministry results. 6. _________-filled lives exemplifying the character of Christ.

  48. THE LEADERS AND PRAYER I Praying Leaders _________________ When we work; when we pray, God works. -Hudson Taylor C. The Values of a Prayer-centered Life _________________ Only when God’s presence floods the preacher’s life will God’s power accompany the sermon. -Calvin Miller * Being precedes doing See Matthew 7:28-29 _________________ Before I can stand and proclaim in the courts of Pharaoh, I must remove my shoes and stand before the burning bush. –Donald G. Barnhouse

  49. THE LEADERS AND PRAYER II The Prayer Network: ______________ Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word of God to you; consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Pray for us; we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. -Hebrews 13:7,18 A. Why Leaders need a Prayer Network 1. Leaders are constantly under _____________. Luke 4:1-13; Acts 13:49-51 2. Leaders are targeted for _________________. 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 3. Leaders cannot ___________________ alone. Ephesians 6:19-20 4. Leaders are set apart to ________________ in the __________ but are _____________. Exodus 17:8-13; Ezekial 22:30

  50. THE LEADERS AND PRAYER II The Prayer Network: __Force_______ B. Biblical Example of Prayer Support Network Old Testament New Testament 1. Peter Network (Luke 22:31,32) ___________________ 1. Moses Network (Exodus 17:8-13) ___________________ 2. David Network (2 Samuel 23:8-39, 21:15-17) __________________________ 2. Paul Network (Romans 15:30-32; Ephesians 6:18,18; Colossians 4:3-4; 4 Thessalonians 3:1): ______________________ 3. Daniel Network (Daniel 2:14-18) ____________, _____________, ____________

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