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When to Pray. Group Questions – What are the Top 5 things you MUST do every day? (Examples: Shower, Eat, play video games, etc.) How long can anyone live without eating? How long can anyone live without drinking water?
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Group Questions – • What are the Top 5 things you MUST do every day? (Examples: Shower, Eat, play video games, etc.) • How long can anyone live without eating? • How long can anyone live without drinking water? • Spiritually speaking, what are the Top 5 things you believe God would wants you to do?
THE GOAL To Grasp the REALITY of what Prayer can do for YOU
HOW OFTEN SHOULD I PRAY? • CONTINUALLY • 1 Thess. 5:16-18 – Rejoice always, 17 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING, 18 in all circumstances give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. • EVERYDAY • What are your requests? • LIFESTYLE – When did people pray? • In the Morning – Ps 5:3In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation. • Day and Night – Ps 88:1 O Lord, the God who saves me, day and night I cry out before you. • Three times a day – Ps 55:17 Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice. • All Night – Luke 6:12-13 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
THE MORE PRAYERS THE MORE WHAT? • BLESSINGS • Mark 11:24-25 – Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. • STRENGTH – • Ps 46:1 – God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. • DIRECTION – • Prov 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; 6 in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight • It all comes down to this… prayer enables you to have the “CORRECT” relationship with God
HOW IS PRAYING MORE GOING TO BENEFIT ME? • What is praying more going to do for my life? • You will have a BETTER relationship with God • You will start WALKING in the Spirit (Spiritual Mind) • You will obey God more
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I PRAY? • Unlocks deep convictions within your heart – UNRESTRICTED • Opens the Spiritual doorway to heaven – Before his presence • Transformation – You will RENEW your spiritual life
ONE LAST THOUGHT… If you don’t engage with God in prayer You don’t have a relationship with him… So what will it be? Will you pray?