Prayer

 Speaker: Pastor Tim Perkins
Date: January 13, 2024
Title: Prayer

1. Make prayer a .

(Psalm 5:3 NIV) In the morning, O Lord, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait in expectation.

(Mark 1:35 NIV) Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

(1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 NIV) Be joyful always; 17 pray continually; 18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

• What would I have to to make prayer the ?

2. Find a dedicated to pray.

(Luke 22:39 NLT) Then, accompanied by the disciples, Jesus left the upstairs room and went as usual to the Mount of Olives.

• What would be most for me to pray effectively?

3. Have a for prayer.

(Luke 11:1-2 NLT) Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” Jesus said, “This is how you should pray…”

• What makes prayer easy, interesting, and ?

4. Pray with energy and .

(James 5:16b NKJV) The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

• What will I have to overcome to make prayer a experience?

(Ephesians 1:16–19 NIV) I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.

1. I pray that you may know God

(Ephesians 1:17 NIV) I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.

(Matthew 7:21–23 NIV) Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’

2. I pray that you experience over the issues that hold you back from God’s best.

(Ephesians 1:18a NIV) I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened…

3. I pray that you can see God’s for your life.

(Ephesians 1:18a NIV) I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints

(Ephesians 2:10 NLT) For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.

(Romans 12:2 NIV) Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.

(1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 NIV) Be joyful always; 17 pray continually; 18 give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

(1 Peter 2:15 NLT) It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.

4. I pray that you would find your place on a , so you make a and experience real life.

(Ephesians 1:18-19 NIV) I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe.