How Long Should I Keep Praying

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PARABLE IN LUKE 18
POWERFUL JUDGE
Unsympathetic, godless heartless (182)
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POWERFUL JUDGE
Unsympathetic, godless heartless
POWERLESS WIDOW
No clout, yet p (183)
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PARABLE IN LUKE 18
POWERFUL JUDGE
Unsympathetic, godless heartless
POWERLESS WIDOW
No clout, yet persistent (183)
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2 LESSONS
POWERFUL JUDGE
About God
He cares loves to answer your prayers (186-8)
about god
POWERLESS WIDOW
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PARABLE IN LUKE 18
2 LESSONS
POWERFUL JUDGE
About God
He cares loves to answer your prayers (186-8)
about god
POWERLESS WIDOW
About Prayer
He wants to show how to ask for things.
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LESSON Never give up (181)
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LESSON Never give up
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Be faithful in prayer. Rom. 1212
Stay alert always keep on praying. Eph. 618
Pray continuously. 1 Thess. 517
LESSON Never give up
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YOU CAN STOP PRAYING WHEN
LESSON Never give up
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YOU CAN STOP PRAYING WHEN
God changes the situation (answering the request)
LESSON Never give up
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YOU CAN STOP PRAYING WHEN
God changes the situation (answering the request)
God changes you (changing the burden)
LESSON Never give up
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The Apostle Paul
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it
away from me. But He said to me, My grace is
sufficient for you, for My power is made perfect
in weakness. Therefore I will boast all the more
gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christs
power may rest on me. 2 Cor. 128-9
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LESSON Never give up (181)
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Your prayers could become weapons of destruction.
IF EVERY PRAYER WAS ANSWERED INSTANTLY
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Your prayers could become weapons of destruction.
IF EVERY PRAYER WAS ANSWERED INSTANTLY
Youd seldom think about God.
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Heres what I want you to do Find a quiet,
secluded place so you wont be tempted to
role-play before God. Just be there as simply
honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift
from you to God, you will begin to sense His
grace. Matt. 66 (Mes)
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Heres what I want you to do Find a quiet,
secluded place so you wont be tempted to
role-play before God. Just be there as simply
honestly as you can manage. The focus will shift
from you to God, you will begin to sense His
grace. Matt. 66 (Mes)
Focusing on the self is the opposite of focusing
on God. Anyone completely absorbed in self
ignores God. Rom. 87 (Mes)
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A DELAYED ANSWER
Causes you to make the request more specific.
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A DELAYED ANSWER
Causes you to make the request more specific.
Enables you to see your lifes true priorities.
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The Holy Spirit helps us in our distress. For we
dont even know what we should pray for, nor how
we should pray. So the Holy Spirit prays for us
with groanings that cant be expressed in words.
Rom. 826 (NLT)
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When the Son of man comes will He find faith on
the earth? Luke 181
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When the Son of man comes will He find faith on
the earth? Luke 181
FAITH PERSISTENCE
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GOD
S?T?R?E?T?C?H?E?S YOUR FAITH THROUGH TESTING
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GOD
S?T?R?E?T?C?H?E?S YOUR FAITH THROUGH TESTING
When your faith is tested, your endurance has a
chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your
endurance is fully developed you will be strong
in character and ready for anything. James 13-4
(NLT)
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GOD
S?T?R?E?T?C?H?E?S YOUR FAITH THROUGH TESTING
When your faith is tested, your endurance has a
chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your
endurance is fully developed you will be strong
in character and ready for anything. James 13-4
(NLT)
The ability to wait is a mark of maturity.
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GOD
S?T?R?E?T?C?H?E?S YOUR FAITH THROUGH DELAY
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GOD
S?T?R?E?T?C?H?E?S YOUR FAITH THROUGH DELAY
Sometimes its to prompt action.
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Gods able to do immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine. Eph. 320
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Gods able to do immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine. Eph. 320
Prayer Changes Things!
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Gods able to do immeasurably more than all we
ask or imagine. Eph. 320
Prayer Changes Things! ? Prayer Changes You!
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Ask persistently (1110)
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Ask persistently
Wait patiently
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Ask persistently
Wait patiently
Be still before the Lord, and wait patiently for
Him. Psalm 377
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Ask persistently
Wait patiently
Wait expectantly
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Ask persistently
Wait patiently
Wait expectantly
I lay my requests before you I wait in
expectation. Psalm 53
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Ask persistently
Wait patiently
Wait expectantly
I lay my requests before you I wait in
expectation. Psalm 53
Decide, youre going to be expectant, because of
His promises.
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Ask persistently
Wait patiently
Wait expectantly
I lay my requests before you I wait in
expectation. Psalm 53
Decide, youre going to be expectant, because of
His promises.
The Lord says, No one who waits for My help
will be disappointed. Isaiah 4923 (GN)
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