A Journey To Victorious Praying

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• A Journey To Victorious Praying
• by Bill Thrasher
• Finding Discipline and Delight
• in Your Prayer Life

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• Definition of Prayer
• An attitude of our hearts towards God.
• An attitude of helplessness
• Helplessness plus faith
• Psalm 344 I sought the Lord, and He answered
  me, and delivered me from all my fears

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Prayer Outline

• Why we pray?
• When do we pray?
• How do we pray?

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Why We Pray

• Commune with our Creator
• In prayer we become co-laborers with the
  sovereign God of the universe. pg 134
• The greatest thing one can do is pray. You can
  do more than pray after you have prayed but you
  cant do more than pray until you have prayed.
  S.D. Gordon pg 136
• The devil smiles when we make plans. He laughs
  when we get busy. But he trembles when we pray
  especially when we pray together. Corrie ten
  Boom pg 136

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• Wisdom seeing life from Gods point of view. It
  is discerning what good God desires to bring out
  of something that may not appear to be good in
  and of itself. Pg. 71

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• When did Jesus pray?
• Jesus prayed before the most important events and
  decisions of His life.
• - Choosing the apostles
• - Feeding the 5,000
• - Raising Lazarus

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• When did Jesus pray?
• 2. Jesus prayed after the significant
  achievements of His life.
• - After feeding the 5,000 he retreated to
  solitude.

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• When did Jesus pray?
• 3. Jesus prayed when life was unusually busy.
• - After healing many and driving out the demons
  Mark 135
• Martin Luther I have so much to do that I
  must spend the first three hours in prayer.

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• When did Jesus pray?
• 4. Jesus prayed when He was overwhelmed with
  need.
• The harvest is plentiful but the workers are
  few. Therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest
  to send out workers into His harvest.
• Mt 937-38

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• Every time we are tempted to be fearful or
  anxious is a prompting of the Lord to pray. pg.
  20
• Times of weakness may be a precursor to a great
  opportunity.
• Prayer we talk to God about our anxiety
• Supplication we ask Him for specific help
• Thanksgiving we turn away from the problem and
  to God

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Summary of When We Pray

• Pray Continually Before, During, and After ( 1
  Thes 517)
• Tough Circumstances (Mk 929, James 513)
• When we are tempted to be fearful or anxious

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How do we pray?

• In the name of Jesus. (Jn 1414)
• Seek His Face/His will (Ps 278)
• Ask God what He wants you to pray (talk to vs.
  talking about) (Lk 111)
• Pray from the heart And when thou prayest, let
  thy heart be without words, rather than thy words
  without heart. (Pg 59)

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How do we pray?

• Pray in the Holy Spirit (Eph 618, Jude 20)
• Seek companions in prayer spouse, brothers in
  Christ, prayer partners
• Delight in Gods Word/Meditate on the Word
• Pray scriptures back to God
• Listen for His guidance (Dt 3020, Ps 401, Prov
  1813, 255, Jn 1027)

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Summary Statement (pg 175)

• He desires to get us under His loving
  authority, dependant on His Spirit, walking in
  the Light, motivated by His love, and
  living for His glory.