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WHY DO WE PRAY?
The question why we pray is a way to show us the importance of prayer. If in the Bible God recommended, answered to, expected prayers, and if the epistles the Apostles wrote urge, ask and tell us to pray, then we have good reasons to pray. Biblically and by the needs the fallen world creates,…
WHY PRAY ACCORDING TO GOD’S WORD?
The Bible says in 1John 5:14-15 that if we pray according to God’s will, He hears us. If He hears us, anything we ask of Him we receive. God’s will is written in His Word which is the Bible. To pray according to the words of the Bible is to pray according to God’s will.…
WHAT JESUS TAUGHT US ABOUT PRAYER
Matthew 5:23-24: Jesus said while we are praying if we remember someone who believes we did him wrong, we are to stop praying, to go and reconcile with the person and return to prayer after the reconciliation. It takes 22 hours to walk from Jerusalem to Samaria, so the person will make 4 trips =…
THE ASSURANCE OF GOD HEARING & ANSWERING PRAYERS
God Hears Prayers Psalm 65:1-2: God hears prayers; therefore, all people will come to Him. All mankind needs the Lord. Isaiah 66:23: All flesh will come and worship the Lord. Philippians 2:5-11: All knees will bow down, and all tongues confess that Jesus is Lord forever and ever. 1 John 5:14-15: God hears us when…
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THE TYPES OF PRAYERS FROM THE BIBLE
Ephesians 6:18 There are many times of prayers in the Bible: says we ought to pray all types of prayer: Requests, Supplications, Prayers (Petitions), Praise, Confession of Sin, Intercessions, Thanksgiving, Fasting, Watch Night -Prayer, Prayer with authority: Cast out the demons in the name of Jesus Christ), Cry to the Lord, and Worship. We must…
WHAT TO SAY IN OUR PRAYERS
‘In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will…
PRAYING THE WORD OF GOD WITH FAITH
1. John 11:40: Jesus told Martha if you believe you will see the glory of God. We are to believe first, then the sight of the glory of God is seen. We believe in seeing – we do not see to believe. 2. Mark 5:34: Jesus told the woman He healed from 12 years of…
PRAYING WITH THANKSGIVING TO GOD
God wants us to be grateful to Him as we benefit daily from His favor. 1.Luke 17:11-19: Jesus heals 10 lepers of which nine were Jews and one was a Samaritan. All nine, after realizing they were healed, went their way to enjoy their good health. The Samaritan, when he saw he was healed, returned…
PRAYING IN THE HOLY SPIRIT
Ephesians 6: 18: Pray always with all prayer and supplication in the HOLY SPIRIT, watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints. Romans 8:26-27: We do not know what we ought to pray about, but the Holy Spirit of God intercedes for us with groanings we cannot utter. He who searches the heart…
PRAYERS OF SUPPLICATIONS & CONFESSIONS OF SIN
Psalm 20: 1-9: A prayer is a cry to God for help, for salvation, for support and for solutions to those in the Lord. 2 Chronicles 7:13-14: A prayer where we humble ourselves, pray, seek God’s face and turn from our wicked ways. Then God promises He will hear us from heaven, forgive the sins…
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PRAYER WITH AUTHORITY – CASTING OUT DEMONS
Matthew 9:35: Jesus went from village to village and city to city doing good, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, healing every sickness and disease among the people. Acts 10:38-39: You know how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good, and healing all that…
HOW TO PRAY THE SCRIPTURES
1. Read several chapters or verses before and after the passage to ensure you understand what the passage is about. 2. RELATIVE PASSAGES BY THE HOLY SPIRIT Some parts of a passage will be more useful for your own prayer than others. Consider, for example, David’s prayer in; 1 Chronicles 17:16-27. We’re not kings over…
EXAMPLES OF PRAYERS IN THE EPISTLES
The German martyr, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, reminds us that when we pray Scripture, we are praying with Jesus: All prayers of the Bible are such prayers which we pray together with Jesus Christ, in which He accompanies us, and through which He brings us into the presence of God. Otherwise, there are no true prayers, for…