Prayer is not a domestic telephone;

its a war time walkie-talkie

- John piper
 Prayer as a life style

ayer is an opportunity to enjoy intimacy with

How Can I Develop an Intimate Relationship with God?

A. spend time daily with God

B. Study the word of God
C. Worship
D. Repentance
E. practice the presence of the Lord
 Prayer as a life style

A friend loves at all times, Prov. 17:17

(NIV)
Praise
Repentance
Adoration
I ntercessory-prayer on behalf of
others
Supplication
E ternal results
But when you pray, go into your
room, close the door and pray to
your Father, who is unseen. Then
your Father, who sees what is
done in secret, will reward you.
(Matt. 6:6, NIV)
1.When you pray—a time for prayer
2.Go into your room—a place for
prayer
3.Close the door—privacy for prayer
4.Pray to your Father—a specific
Person in mind—your Father in
heaven
5.Then your Father will reward you—
God answers prayer!
6.
John 15:16 – ask whatever in my name*
John 16:23,24- ask
Though the fig tree does not bud
and there are no grapes on the vines,
though the olive crop fails and the
fields produce no food, though there
are no sheep in the pen and no cattle
in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in
the LORD, I will be joyful in God my
Savior. (Hab. 3:17-18)
How Do I Pray?
Are there any special words I
need to use?
Matt 7 : 7 - 13
Ephesians 6:10-18- Armor of God
When we pray, remember:
1. The love of God that wants
the best for us.
2. The wisdom of God that knows
what is best for us.
3. The power of God that can
accomplish it.
What the Church needs today is
not more machinery or better,
not new organizations or more
novel methods, but men whom the
Holy Ghost can use--men of
prayer, men mighty in prayer.
E.M.Bounds
"…The prayer of a righteous man
is powerful and effective"
(James 5:16).
"Be joyful always; pray
continually; give thanks in
all circumstances, for this
is God's will for you in
Christ Jesus" (1
Thessalonians 5:16-18).
"When you ask, you do not
receive, because you ask with
wrong motives, that you may
spend what you get on your
pleasures" (James 4:3).
(Luke 18:9-14)Humility
Mark 11:22-25) Faith and
forgiveness
(John 14:13-14)
Letters to God By Bev Condy
May I write You letters God
To tell You how I feel?
May I put on paper
The thoughts that are so real?
The ache that's surging in my heart
The tears that seem to flow-
Am I telling You something new
Or do You already know?
To say with ink and pen
That You know my every care,
Are these just letters that I write
Or do You call it prayer?
PRAYER
No words make prayer,
only a heart reaching out
to God is prayer.
You may speak Spanish, German,
any dialect; God can understand,
He made the languages, He made you.
You may express no words,
only long for God
to make you wholly His.
The intensity of your desire
is prayer.
No words make prayer.
only a heart reaching out
To God is prayer.