Who prayed it?
"Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Your name..."
Jesus
Matthew 6:9-13
Talking to _______
God
True or False:
We should always pray super loud and in front of a lot of people.
False
But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 6:6
We pray to show ______________ (the we are grateful)
Gratitude
True or False:
It is ok to be anxious and worry about things.
False
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."
Philippians 4:6
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
David
Psalm 23:4
True or False:
Prayer should be meaningful words from your heart to God's.
True
“And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words."
True or False:
We should pray all the time.
True
"Pray without ceasing,"
1 Thess. 5:17
We pray to ___________________ (admit when we have done something wrong)
Confess
Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. James 5:16
Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in ____________, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. (Mark 11:24)
Prayer
Mark 11:24
"Father forgive them, for they know not what they do"
Jesus on the cross
Luke 23:34
Prayer is talking to God with C______________. (boldness and assurity)
Confidence
"Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:16
"God's __________ is to be a _________ of prayer" (both blanks are the same word)
HOUSE
And he was teaching them and saying to them, "Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers." Mark 11:17
Psalm 145:18 promises that the Lord is ___________ when we call on him
NEAR
The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.
Psalm 145:18
Likewise the _________ helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. (Romans 8:26)
Spirit
Romans 8:26
"Create in me a clean heart oh God and renew a right spirit in me"
David
Psalm 51
True or False
Prayer is a sign on devotion to God
True
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.”
Acts 2:42
I can pray while sitting, standing or ___________.
KNEELING
"For this reason I bow my knees before the Father," Ephesians 3:14
In my _______________ I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help.
Psalm 18:6
Distress
In my distress I called upon the Lord; to my God I cried for help. From his temple he heard my voice, and my cry to him reached his ears.
Psalm 18:6
What does Jeremiah 33:3 promise?
God will _________ _______ when you pray
ANSWER YOU
"Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known."
Jeremiah 33:3
"I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him"
Apostle Paul
Ephesians 1:16-17
" All prayer must be offered in _________" James 1:6
Faith
In what situations does 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 say we should pray in?
Rejoice always and pray without ceasing in every situation.
1 Thessalonians 5:16–18
We can pray for God to help us through ________________. (the desire to do something we shouldn't do)
Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Matthew 26:24
"If you ___________in me, and my words ___________in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."
John 15:17
Abide
"If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you."
John 15:17