Preparing for spiritual warfare

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Preparing for spiritual warfare

• Mount Zion Christian Fellowship
• Biblical Boot Camp

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Six Areas of Preparation

• Bible Intake Learning to handle your weapon.
• Prayer Communication with the Commander in
  Chief.
• Worship Opening up the attack against the
  enemy.
• Evangelism The plan of recruitment for the
  Kingdom.
• Stewardship Developing the necessary resources
• Serving Helping those affected by the war

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Prayer What is it?

• Prayer is communication between the believer and
  God.
• Intercession Praying for the needs of other
  people (1 Tim 21-3, James 514)
• Supplication Praying for personal needs (Phil
  46)
• Praise Honoring God for who He is. This is
  warfare prayer because it confuses the enemy.
• Thanksgiving Thanking God for what He has done
  for us.

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Three Levels of Prayer

• Logistical Prayer Focuses on your personal
  needs.
• Tactical Prayer Focuses on the temporal needs of
  others.
• Strategic Prayer Focuses on Gods objectives for
  the world.

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How to Pray Thru a Crisis

• Cry Out to God
• Ask God for Wisdom (James 15)
• Wise Thoughts
• Wise Words to Say
• Wise Counsel
• Ask God to keep the Situation from Deteriorating
  and Further.

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The Wrong Type of Prayers

• The Trivial Prayer Let it be sunny outside
• The Self-Motivated Prayer Dont let my brother
  have to fight in Iraq. Let someone else do it.
• The Controlling Prayer Ive worked hard at
  trying to get this done. Let it happen.

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The Wrong Type of Prayers

• The Blaming Prayer The church isnt growing
  because of the Pastor. Please change him.
• The Manipulative Prayer Lord, please make my
  wife submit as You said in Your Word.

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What Else About Prayer

• Prayer is Expected
• Jesus expects us to pray Matthew 6
• Devote yourselves to Prayer Colossians 42
• Pray Continually 1 Thessalonians 517
• Prayer is Learned
• By actually doing it!
• By Meditating on Scripture
• By Praying with Others
• By Reading about Prayer
• Prayer is Answered