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Discipline of Prayer

Discipline of Prayer. Based on Prayer by Richard Foster Prayer is to change Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. By Ezra Team. Simple Prayer. God does not need sophisticated prayer. Come to Him as you are. Tell Him everything like children.

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Discipline of Prayer

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  1. Discipline of Prayer • Based on Prayer by Richard Foster • Prayer is to change • Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. By Ezra Team

  2. Simple Prayer • God does not need sophisticated prayer. • Come to Him as you are. • Tell Him everything like children. • Then, a slow shift in our interest to God’s will and way. Openness, Honesty, and Trust!

  3. Prayer of the Forsaken • Deus Abscontius: God’s silence • No answer. We feel forsaken. • No dependence upon results • Purification • His silence is not permanent. • Wait on Him; wait silent and still.

  4. Prayer of Relinquishment • 400 Level of the School of Gethsemane • “My will be done” vs. “Thy will be done” • Painful due to severing precious roots. • Struggle is an essential process. • A kernel of wheat (John 12:24) • Crucifixion of the will • Releasing with hope

  5. Prayer of Relinquishment • Outcome: Dwelling with Him • “It is no longer I who live…” (Gal. 2:19-20) • Relinquishment is mandatory to all those who wants to mature in faith.

  6. Prayer of Relinquishment • “In fact, you will not know the shape of relinquishment until specific issues arise.” • Little by little we are changed by daily crucifixion of the will. • Not a tornado change but an oyster change.

  7. Covenant Prayer • What is the Covenant Prayer? • People don’t like commitment. • Commitment  responsibility  confining • Freedom is a product of commitment, discipline, and fixed habit. • G. F. Handel’s discipline and his works. • The Covenant of Time and The Covenant of Place • The Covenant of Place also includes a commitment to community.

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