Learning to Pray

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Learning to Pray

• Matthew 69-13

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Learning to Pray

• Why Should I Pray?
• We Grow Through Prayer (1 Thess 516-18)

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Learning to Pray

• Rejoice always pray without ceasing in
  everything give thanks for this is Gods will
  for you in Christ JesusNow may the God of peace
  sanctify you entirely.
• 1 Thess 516-18, 23

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Learning to Pray

• Why Should I Pray?
• God Wills It (1 Thess 516-18).
• Jesus Modeled It (Luke 516).
• God Answers It (James 516-18).

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Learning to Pray

• Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and
  pray for one another so that you may be healed.
  The effective prayer of a righteous man can
  accomplish much. Elijah was a man with a nature
  like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would
  not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for
  three years and six months. Then he prayed again,
  and the sky poured rain and the earth produced
  its fruit.
• James 516-18

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Learning to Pray

• Why are some prayers unanswered?
• Wrong motives (James 43)
• Bad relationships (1 Peter 37)
• Sin (Isaiah 115-16)
• Gods mysterious will (2 Corinthians 127-9)

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Learning to Pray

• Why Should I Pray?
• How Should I Pray?
• Humbly and Intimately (Matthew 69)
• Submissively (Lk 2242).
• Faith full (James 15-8)

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Learning to Pray

• But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of
  God, who gives to all generously and without
  reproach, and it will be given to him. But he
  must ask in faith without any doubting, for the
  one who doubts is like the surf of the sea,
  driven and tossed by the wind. For that man ought
  not to expect that he will receive anything from
  the Lord, being a double-minded man, unstable in
  all his ways.
• James 15-8

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Learning to Pray

• Why Should I Pray?
• How Should I Pray?
• Humbly and Intimately (Matthew 69)
• Submissively (Lk 2242)
• Faith full (James 15-8)
• Persistently (Luke 115-13)

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Learning to Pray

• Why Should I Pray?
• How Should I Pray?
• What Should I Pray (Matthew 69-13)?
• Praise
• Alignment With Gods Will
• Confession of Sin
• Petitions for Needs

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Learning to Pray

• How can you increase the quality and consistency
  of your prayer life this semester?

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