EXPERIENCING THE ALMIGHTY Part 2: Encountering God Through Prayer

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EXPERIENCING THE ALMIGHTYPart 2 Encountering
God Through Prayer
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The Spirit who inhabits us is not mute,
restricting himself to an occasional nudge, a hot
flash, a brilliant image, or a case of goose
bumps- Dallas Willard
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Prayer is the breath of the soul, the organ by
which we receive Christ into our parched and
withered hearts. He says, If any man open the
door, I will come in to him. God has designed
prayer as a means of intimate and joyous
fellowship between God and man. - O.H.
Hallesby
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Devoted prayer is not a religious duty or even a
mere religious experience. It is profound, deep,
and inexpressible. It is experiencing God in the
ultimate sense.- Paul Cedar
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Prayer secret, fervent, believing prayer lies
at the root of all personal godliness -William
Carey
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O what peace we often forfeit,O what needless
pain we bear,All because we do not
carryEverything to God in prayer.- Joseph
Scriven
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A man prayed, and at first he thought prayer was
talking. But he became more and more quiet until
in the end he realized that prayer is
listening.- Soren Kierkegaard
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I think the prayer without words is the best if
one can really achieve it.- C.S. Lewis
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Prayer should be the means by which I, at all
times, receive all that I need, and, for this
reason, be my daily refuge, my daily consolation,
my daily joy, my source or rich and inexhaustible
joy in life.- O.H. Hallesby
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"When a man is at his wits' end it is not a
cowardly thing to pray, it is the only way he
can get in touch with Reality." -- Oswald
Chambers
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"Prayer is not merely an occasional impulse to
which we respond when we are in trouble prayer
is a life attitude. - Walter A. Mueller
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"The only time my prayers are never answered is
on the golf course.- Billy Graham
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"Prayer requires more of the heart than of the
tongue." - Adam Clarke
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"It is not enough to begin to pray, nor to pray
aright nor is it enough to continue for a time
to pray but we must patiently, believingly,
continue in prayer until we obtain an answer and
further we have not only to continue in prayer
unto the end, but we have also to believe that
God does hear us, and will answer our prayers.
Most frequently we fail in not continuing in
prayer until the blessing is obtained, and in not
expecting the blessing." - George Müller
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1 Thessalonians 516-18 NIV16Be joyful always
17pray continually 18give thanks in all
circumstances, for this is God's will for you in
Christ Jesus.
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ROMANS 826-27 NIV26In the same way, the Spirit
helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we
ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself
intercedes for us with groans that words cannot
express. 27And he who searches our hearts knows
the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit
intercedes for the saints in accordance with
God's will.
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John 1027 NIVMy sheep listen to my voice I
know them, and they follow me.
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James 48(a) NIVCome near to God and he will
come near
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HOW SHOULD WE EXPECT GOD TO ANSWER?
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2. Test the Response - Consistent with
circumstances - Consistent with Scripture -
Consistent with Christian Community
HOW DO WE KNOW ITS GOD?!
1. Keep Praying
3. Remember God is on your Side
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 Romans 831 (NIV)What, then, shall we say in
response to this? If God is for us, who can be
against us?
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TOOLS TO HELP ALONG THE WAY
1. Develop a Prayer List
2. Find a Mentor/ Accountability
3. Journal Your Prayers
4. The Balance of A.C.T.S
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A - Adoration
C - Confession
T - Thanksgiving
S - Supplication
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As long as you notice, and have to count the
steps, you are not yet dancing but only learning
to dance.C.S. Lewis
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EXPERIENCING THE ALMIGHTYPart 2 Encountering
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