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1. 2 Chronicles 7:14
2. Zechariah 4:6
3. John 15:1-5
4. John 17
5. Acts 1:8,14; 2:42
6. Luke 11:1-13
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People devoted to prayer.
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1. Lord’s prayer
2. Moses’ prayer
3. Solomon’s prayer
4. Jehoshaphat’s prayer
5. Daniel’s prayer
6. Isaiah’s prayer
7. Abraham’s prayer
8. David’s prayer
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1. a monolog
2. a repetition of same words
3. a shopping list
4. an instrument to get what you want
5. to make God in your image
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Real prayer:
1. Happens when we respond to God’s call to
bear and possess his Name and reflect his
character
2. Places us where we belong
3. Changes you, the church, and the world
4. Makes you sensitive to God’s voice and plans
5. Makes us available for God’s service
6. Brings us joy
1. centered on God
2. genuine
3. purposeful
4. specific
5. promise-claiming
6. revival-seeking
7. based on faith in His word, His character,
His merits, and His power
“Jesus taught His disciples that only that prayer which
arises from unfeigned lips, prompted by the actual wants
of the soul, is genuine, and will bring heaven's blessing to
the petitioner.” {PaM180.2}
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1. To know God
2. To live in His presence
3. To experience Him and trust Him
4. Discover His plan
5. To allow Him to work for us
6. To be forgiven, cleansed, and changed
7. To allow Him to use us in intercession and
service for others (mission)
8. To be victorious, to reflect His character
9. Outpouring of the Holy Spirit/Revival
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2. Prayer in group
• two or three
• effectual
• build each other
• accountability
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3. Corporate/public prayer
• short, earnest
• slow, distinct, simple language
• in unity, simplicity, and trusting faith
• glorifying God
• blessing for hearers
• Revival, dedication, direction
1. Possessions
2. Work, worries
3. Relationships
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1. Worshipping
2. Thanksgiving / Praise
3. Relationship
4. Repentance / Forgiveness
5. Petition
6. Intercession
7. Availability / Service
8. Receive God’s Gifts / Jesus / Holy Spirit /
Revival
9. Contemplation
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Worshiping
• worshiping, exalting and adoring God for
who He is
GOD
GOD
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1. David (Psalms)
2. Moses (Exod. 15)
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Thanksgiving
• thanking God for something He has done
for your or for others
GOD
GOD
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Relationship
Forgiveness:
1. Consciousness of sin
2. Conviction of sin
3. Confrontation of sin
a. Revulsion b. Sorrow c. Repentance
4. Confession of sin
a. Admit you have sinned
b. Ask for forgiveness
c. Express desire for expulsion
d. Believe He already forgave you
5. Cleansing process
a. Total dependence on Him/walk with Him
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Complete forgiveness:
Submit the sin-condition to God – a choice to confess
Release the sin into His hands – an act-of-will
Accept His forgiveness – a choice to accept
Receive that forgiveness personally – an act-of-will
Petition
• asking God for something for yourself or
others
GOD
GOD
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Petition:
Intercession
• The channel through His power is to be
received and distributed
• One of the untouched dimensions of
supernatural power
1. Realize that Jesus is your intercessor
2. Just thank Him for He will be bringing
water to your spiritual desert
3. Ask someone to be your prayer partner
4. Possess your position as priest and king
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Intercession (7 phases)
• Moses model
1. Establishing the relationship (Ex. 32:7-11)
2. The God-Perspective (Ex. 32:12)
3. The integrity of God’s word (Ex. 32:13-14)
4. Confrontation with sin (Ex. 32:19-28)
5. Resting in the atonement (Ex. 32:29-34)
6. The presence imperative (Ex. 33:1-17)
7. The appeal to grace (submission) (Ex.
33:17-34:10)
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Service / mission
Isaiah
Rom. 12
Neh.
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Meditation / contemplation
1. Planed and spontaneous, continue and natural
2. Without hurry
3. Take Time to receive the answer
4. Take Time for spiritual growth
(“contemplating”)
5. Take Time to understand (set understanding
goals)
6. Focused on God
7. Focused on His Word and His Law
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Meditation – methods
1. Be still
2. Contemplate God’s character and works
3. Contemplate His Word and Law
4. Repeat the verse, memorize it
5. Repeat God’s promises back to Him
6. Ask questions
7. Contemplate throughout prayer and study
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1. Formality, cold
2. No relevance
3. Devouring pastors and church members
4. Squelching change
5. Absence of young people
6. Lack of growth/unhealthy
7. Unhealthy isolation
8. Concerns for forms without content
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9. Lack of love
10.Lack of unity / divisions
11.Lack of joy and peace
12.Lack of life
13.Lack of faith
14.Lack of power
15.God of the past (satisfied with our situation)
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Powerful prayer:
The Lord is willing to do great things for us.
We shall not gain the victory through numbers,
but through the full surrender of the soul to
Jesus. We are to go forward in His strength,
trusting in the mighty God of Israel. SDG 279
Conditions:
Results:
“…then
1. I will hear/answer from heaven,
2. I will forgive their sin
3. and I will heal their land.”
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