April 3, 2016
PRIORITY OF PRAYER
I. Examples of Prayer
A. Samuel
1 Samuel 12:22
1 Samuel 12:23
B. Daniel
Daniel 2:17-18
Daniel 9:16
Daniel 9:17
Daniel 9:18-19
Daniel 9:24-27
Daniel 10:2-3
Daniel 10:12
C. Jesus
Luke 5:16
Luke 5:17
Luke 3
Luke 5
Luke 6
Luke 11
Prayer is shown to be as vital as breath.
II. Observations about Prayer
A. Prayer is the most neglected spiritual discipline.
- Prayer is not natural to anyone.
- Prayer is not fashionable.
- Prayer is not a pursuit.
Prayer will consume sin, or sin will choke prayer.
B. Prayer is made easy by God.
- Made it possible
- Made a messenger
- Made a helper
- Made a promise
- Matthew 7:7-8
- Matthew 21:22
- John 14:13-14
C. Prayer is the secret to holiness.
Those who are not eminently holy, pray little.
Those who are eminently holy, pray much.
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Prayer life is security that you are saved.
Luke 18:7
Romans 8:15
1 Peter 1:17
1 Corinthians 1:2
Psalm 14:4
Acts 9:11
Prayer is to faith what breath is to life.
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Prayer neglected is spiritual life that is stagnant.
Proverbs 14:14
Men and women fall in private before they fall in public.
Matthew 26
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Prayer is the means to happy contentedness.
Psalm 50:15
Philippians 4:6-7
James 5:13
Romans 7:21
Psalm 119:113
Ecclesiastes 5:2
Genesis 18:27
Job 40:4
- Pray with help of Holy Spirit
- Pray regularly
- Pray continually
Colossians 4:2
1 Thessalonians 5:17
Nehemiah 2:4
James 5:16