Prayer 1
Prayer is not a substitution for ______.
works
Prayer is asking, seeking, and _________.
knocking
One cannot please God without _______.
faith
Hebrews 11:6
One must have a ________ faith.
working
Pray without ________.
ceasing
I Thessalonians 5:17
Prayer is a communication with two parties involved-God listens, the _________ talks.
Christian
Name the 4 steps on how to pray.
A = Adoration Tell God how wonderful He is; worship Him
C = Confession Admit your sins, cry out your brokenness, ask for forgiveness
T = Thanksgiving Say “thank you” for all God has done in your life
S = Supplication Make your requests to God – for yourself and for others
Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose _______,
heart
Luke 18:1
The Lord God Almighty hears the prayers of His ______.
children
I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God;
_______ Your ear to me, hear my speech.
Incline
Psalm 17:6
“Pray, then, in this way:
‘Our Father who is in heaven,
________ be Your name.
hallowed
Matthew 6:9
With all prayer and petition, _______ at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,
pray
Ephesians 6:18
This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His ____, He hears us.
will
I John 5:14
And without ______ it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
faith
Hebrews 11:6
Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be _________.
healed
James 5:16
True or False
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and sanctification with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
False
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:6
So then, while we have opportunity, let us do ______ to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.
good
Galatians 6:10
In my ________ I called upon the Lord,
And cried to my God for help;
He heard my voice out of His temple,
And my cry for help before Him came into His ears.
distress
Psalm 18:6
True or False
The amount of faith we have determines whether or not God will answer our prayers.
False -sometimes the Lord answers our prayers in spite of our own lack of faith. In Acts 12, the church prays for Peter’s release from prison (v. 5), and God answers their prayer (vv. 7-11). Peter goes to the door of the prayer meeting and knocks, but those who are praying refuse at first to believe that it is really Peter. They prayed he would be released, but they failed to expect an answer to their prayers.
Asking, Seeking, and Knocking - true or false
Asking petitions of the Holy Spirit.
Seeking answers to life's problems.
Knocking to gain entrance into a more abundant life.
Asking petitions of God.
Seeking answers to life's problems.
Knocking to gain entrance into a more abundant life.
‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our _______.
‘And do not lead us into ______, but deliver us from evil. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the _____ forever. Amen.’
debtors, temptation, glory
Matthew 6:12-13
These things I have written to you who _____ in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal _____.
believe, life
I John 5:13
For I know the _____ that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your ______.
plans, heart
Jeremiah 29:11-13
The _______ cry, and the Lord hears and ______them out of their troubles.
righteous, delivers
Psalm 34:17
And He said to them, “Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a _______ _______, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you.
mustard seed
Matthew 17:20