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Borrowing one of ours? English pg. 1210 Espanol pg. 1586

Explore the practice of prayer and its significance in our spiritual lives. Discover the importance of prayer, its various forms, and the hindrances that can affect our prayers. Gain insights on how prayer can enhance our trust in God and help us align with His will.

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Borrowing one of ours? English pg. 1210 Espanol pg. 1586

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  1. James 5:13-16 Borrowing one of ours? English pg. 1210 Espanol pg. 1586

  2. “Somebody Help Me Do the Right Thing!”Mary Southerland

  3. What is Prayer? “The very pulse of the spiritual life.” Andrew Murray

  4. Communication with God God speaksin His Word We hearand respondthrough prayer

  5. “Prayer is NOT made so that God can find out what we need. God wants us to pray because prayer expresses our trust in God and is a means whereby our trust in Him can increase.” Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology

  6. “Prayer acknowledges that our need is not just for a little boost from God, and then we can handle it on our own. Prayer admits: MY NEED IS TOTAL! Steven J. Cole

  7. Three Truths About Prayer 1. Commandedto pray. • “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thes. 5.17) “We should begin to pray before we kneel down, and we should not cease when we rise up.” C. Spurgeon • “Devoteyourselves to prayer keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving.” (Col. 4.2)

  8. Three Truths About Prayer 2. Expectedto pray. • “whenyou pray” (Mat. 6.2-7) • “With all prayer and petition pray at all timesin the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints.” (Eph. 6.18)

  9. Three Truths About Prayer 3. God values& desires our prayer. 3An angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel’s hand. (Rev. 8.3-4)

  10. The Practice of prayer . . . Prayer is NOT an option! Prayerlessness is sinagainst God (1 Sam. 12.23) Act of arrogance: “I have no need for You”

  11. The Practice of prayer . . . “Many Christians have the same attitude toward prayer that they do toward spinach; both are good for you, but must be endured, not enjoyed.” (Foundation Book 6)

  12. Philippians 4.6 . . . “Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” A.dorationC.onfessionT.hanksgivingS.upplication

  13. Intercession • “God’s method for involvingHis followers more completely in the totality of His plan.” D. Eastman, The Hour of Powerful Prayer • Prayer offered on behalf of another • Mediation: stand between a lost being and an Almighty God, praying that a person will come to know about God and His salvation

  14. Intercession Rom. 8.26-27 26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; 27and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

  15. Intercession Rom. 8.34 34Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. “True intercessory prayer seeks not only to know God’s will and see it fulfilled, but to see it fulfilled whether or not it benefits us and regardless of what it costs us. True intercessory prayer seeks God’s glory, not our own.”

  16. WHAT HINDERSOUR PRAYERS?

  17. What HINDERS our prayers? 1. Selfish MOTIVES(Jms. 4.3) You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrongmotives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

  18. What HINDERS our prayers? 2.UnconfessedSin Behold, the Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquitieshave made a separationbetween you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. (Is. 59.2) If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear; (Ps. 66.18)

  19. What HINDERS our prayers? 3. Life lived to the FLESH(Rom. 8.7-8) 7 the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, 8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

  20. What HINDERS our prayers? 4.Disunityin the home (1 Pet. 3.7) 5.HardHearttoward others (Phil. 2.3-4, 1 Jn. 3.15-17) 6.Anxiousspirit (Phil. 4.6, Matt. 6.19-34) 7.Unforgiveness(Matt. 18.23-35, Matt. 5.21-24)

  21. What HINDERS our prayers? 8.Doubt/ Unbelief (Jms. 1.5-7) 5 But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. 6 But he must ask in faithwithout any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord,

  22. What HINDERS our prayers? 9.NO Lovefor Christ “If you love Me, keep My commandments.”

  23. What HINDERS our prayers? 10.NO REGENERATION/ Lost (Ps. 34.15-18) 15The eyesof the LORD are on the RIGHTEOUS, and his earsare attentive to their cry; 16but the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. 17The RIGHTEOUScry out, and the LORD hearsthem; he deliversthem from all their troubles. 18The LORD is closeto the brokenhearted and savesthose who are crushed in spirit.

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