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• What is
• Effective
• Prayer?

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Mat 722-23 (NKJV)

• "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord,
  have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out
  demons in Your name, and done many wonders in
  Your name?' 23 "And then I will declare to
  them, 'I never knew you depart from Me, you who
  practice lawlessness!'

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2 Thes. 17-8 (NKJV)

• and to give you who are troubled rest with us
  when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with
  His mighty angels, 8 in flaming fire taking
  vengeance on those who do not know God, and on
  those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord
  Jesus Christ.

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2 Thes. 19 (NKJV)

• These shall be punished with everlasting
  destruction from the presence of the Lord and
  from the glory of His power,

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Luke 111 (NKJV)

• Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a
  certain place, when He ceased, that one of His
  disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray,
  as John also taught his disciples.

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Luke 115-6 (NKJV)

• And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a
  friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and
  say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves 6
  For a friend of mine in his journey is come to
  me, and I have nothing to set before him?

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Luke 117-8 (NKJV)

• And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble
  me not the door is now shut, and my children are
  with me in bed I cannot rise and give thee. 8
  I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give
  him, because he is his friend, yet because of his
  importunity he will rise and give him as many as
  he needeth

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(Luke 181-3 NKJV)

• Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always
  ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying
  "There was in a certain city a judge who did not
  fear God nor regard man. 3 "Now there was a
  widow in that city and she came to him, saying,
  'Get justice for me from my adversary.

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(Luke 184-6 NKJV)

• "And he would not for a while but afterward he
  said within himself, 'Though I do not fear God
  nor regard man, 5 'yet because this widow
  troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her
  continual coming she weary me.'" 6 Then the
  Lord said, "Hear what the unjust judge said.

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(Luke 187-8 NKJV)

• "And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry
  out day and night to Him, though He bears long
  with them? 8 "I tell you that He will avenge
  them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man
  comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"

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James 516 (NKJV)

• Confess your faults one to another, and pray one
  for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual
  fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

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Matthew 2121-22 (NKJV)

• So Jesus answered and said to them, Assuredly, I
  say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt,
  you will not only do what was done to the fig
  tree, but also if you say to this mountain, Be
  removed and be cast into the sea, it will be
  done. 22 And whatever things you ask in
  prayer, believing, you will receive.

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James 15-6 (NKJV)

• If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
  who gives to all liberally and without reproach,
  and it will be given to him. 6 But let him ask
  in faith, with no doubting, for he who doubts is
  like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the
  wind.

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James 17-8 (NKJV)

• For let not that man suppose that he will receive
  anything from the Lord 8 he is a double-minded
  man, unstable in all his ways.

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2 Cor. 127-8 (NKJV)

• And lest I should be exalted above measure by the
  abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the
  flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to
  buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure. 8
  Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord
  three times that it might depart from me.

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2 Cor. 129-10 (NKJV)

• And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for
  you, for My strength is made perfect in
  weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather
  boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ
  may rest upon me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure
  in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in
  persecutions, in distresses, for Christs sake.
  For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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• What is
• Effective
• Prayer?

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What is Effective Prayer?
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What is Effective Prayer?

• Praying in faith

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What is Effective Prayer?

• Praying in faith
• Praying Fervently

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What is Effective Prayer?

• Praying in faith
• Praying Fervently
• Praying as a Righteous man.

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What is Effective Prayer?

• Praying in faith
• Praying Fervently
• Praying as a Righteous man.
• (James 516 NKJV) . . . The effective, fervent
  prayer of a righteous man avails much.

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