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How Prayer is Answered. Think of a time when God answered one of your prayers. How did He answer it ? . To know 4 ways God answers prayer To explain why some prayers aren’t good prayers To reflect on why God doesn’t seem to answer some prayer. Yes, No, Wait.
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How Prayer is Answered Think of a time when God answered one of your prayers. How did He answer it ? • To know 4 ways God answers prayer • To explain why some prayers aren’t good prayers • To reflect on why God doesn’t seem to answer some prayer
Yes, No, Wait How could the 4 words above explain the ways that God answers prayer? 1. Give an example of a prayer that God might answer in each of the ways above. YES: if you prayed for… NO: if you prayed for… WAIT: if you prayed for.. • Why do you think God refuses to answers some prayers ? **Why do you have to “wait” before some prayers are answered ?
Getting it wrong Read the story of the drowning man’s prayer. • What was the man praying for ? • What did God do? • Why didn’t the man accept all the rescue vehibles? • Give an example of how you could make the same mistake in a different situation. *** What else might be wrong ways of praying ?
How do these pictures show wrong ways of praying ?Use them to write your own 4 tips on how to pray well.