Week 1: Six Kinds of Prayers
"Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength." pg. 10
What is Deuteronomy 6:5?
1. To spend time with God...
2 . To gain strength to resist temptation
3. To learn God's will
pg. 23
What are the reasons to pray?
Agreeing with the truth, acknowledging your sin to God
pg. 34
What is confession?
Anger, broken relationships, doubting, hypocrisy, idolatry, indifference to need and unforgiveness
What are the reasons God doesn't answer prayer?
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven...
Bible: Matthew 6:9-13 or pg. 62
What is the Model Prayer?
or
What is the Lord's Prayer?
Confession, Praise, Worship and Thanksgiving
pgs. 14-15
What are four kinds of responding prayers?
1. Organize your thoughts in prayer.
2. A prayer list
3. Keep a list in your Bible.
4. Use a computer file to guide your praying.
pg. 26
What are some tools to help you pray?
merciful, perfect, ever present, able, almighty, spirit
pg. 37
What are the attributes of God?
1. Ask in the Spirit.
2. Ask according to His will.
3. Ask with the mind.
pg. 52
What are some of God's guidelines for asking prayers?
Petition is asking for _______, your family, your church, or your group.
pg. 61
What is yourself?
"I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be ________ _______ ______...(Ephesians 3:16-19)
pg. 17
What are strengthened with power?
The ______ ______ will guide you in using Scriptures to pray.
pg. 29
Who is the Holy Spirit?
Confession should be directed by the Holy Spirit.
Confession includes sins of omission and commission.
Any sin that has caused damage to a group should be publicly confessed.
pgs. 42 - 43
What are guidelines for confession?
Ask in the Spirit
Ask according to His will
Ask with the mind
pg. 52
What are the first three principles of asking?
"Every generous act and every ______ ______ is from above, coming down from the ______ __ ______." (James 1:17)
pg. 64
What are perfect gift and Father of lights?