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Sunday Night Series Study One

prayer

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HARVEST BAPTIST CHURCH

Lord, How do we pray? Matthew 6:5-8 thesis

There is no critical element about prayer that is not covered in the Lords Prayer
Definition: Prayer is a believers ________________ with God through the person of Jesus Christ, assisted by the Holy Ghost.

Outline
I. CAUTION: IN DARK CLOSETS, 5-8

A. A Parody of Real Prayer, 5 B. A Place for Real Prayer, 6 C. The Principles of Real Prayer, 7-8 1. Avoid Godless Practices, 7 2. Acknowledge Gods Providence, 8

An Experiential Exegesis of BIBLICAL PRAYER

1. For most Christians today prayer is something it should never be: a ________________ 2. When you close your eyes you either see nothing, or your heart makes ______________ with God 3. For most Christians today prayer is a ______________ Assumption 1. Prayer is part of the ________ of the disciple. Assumption 2. We pray because we are ____________ addressing God.

The Progression of Successful Prayer

1. Asking is the __________________a point in timeask and you will possess 2. Seeking is the pleaa ____________ seek and you will enjoy 3. Knocking is the unrelentinga ______________knock and you will make it precious This prayer is a recipe, but you cannot be fed by reading a recipe This prayer is a compass, but you cannot cross the sea on a compass This prayer is a map, but you cannot reach home by running your fingers along a map

The Trinity of Prayer

1. Vocal PrayersWe Ask, Mat 7:7a 2. Active PrayersWe Seek, Mat 7:7b 3. Loud Fervent PrayersWe Knock, Mat 7:7c You have free access through the blood of Christ You get a hearing through the high priestly prayer of Christ

why pray?
It proves your dependence on God It proves our faith in God, Heb 11:6 It provides intimacy with God

Points for study

1. The Lords Prayer is a model of the ______________________ that ought to go into every prayer we pray 2. Prayer has to be communication that ______________ dependence 3. The reason you dont pray like you ought, is because you dont see yourself as __________________ as you are 4. What true pray-ers are able to learn is heart-contact with God on a ____________ level 5. Even our prayers are within Gods ____________________