PRAYER

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PRAYER
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PRAYER

• Romans 1212
• Philippians 46
• Ephesians 618
• 1 Thessalonians 517
• 1 Peter 47
• Colossians 42
• Matthew 1423

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Building a Relationship

• Gods family
• Father/child relationship
• God desires closeness
• Talking with God
• Do we use prayer as a safety valve?
• Reintroduce myself?
• Last time you really prayed?

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Prayerlessness

• Burden-bearing
• Burdens never intended
  to be borne alone
• Psalm 5522
• 1 Peter 57
• Philippians 413
• Ephesians 610

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Weariness

• Getting tired
• Isaiah 504
• Matthew 1128
• 1 Peter 58
• Isaiah 4028-31
• Galatians 69

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Discouraged

• Overwhelmed by little earthly struggles.
• We lose focus.
• Deuteronomy 316-8
• Joshua 16-9
• Luke 2134

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Doubt

• When people begin to doubt God, you can see it in
  their eyes.
• Doubt is the greatest threat to faith.
• Life is cursed, many problems
• Hebrews 116
• Hebrews 312
• Jude 20

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Disillusioned

• No joy or happiness.
• We begin to question the Christian life.
• Joshua 19
• Luke 181
• Hebrews 135-6

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Disaster

• The end is inevitable disaster will
  come!
• Ephesians 212
• John 155
• Psalm 5517

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Concluding Thoughts

• If you have no relationship
  with God, its easy to leave.
• What kind of prayer life do
  you have?
• What kind of relationship
  with God?
• Remember David and Daniel. Those who had a
  relationship with God were not defeated by their
  circumstances!