Getting Prayer Right: Avoiding Common Problems In Prayer

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Getting Prayer Right Avoiding Common Problems In
Prayer
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Searching For Gods Favor

• He will call upon Me, and I will answer him I
  will be with him in trouble I will rescue him
  and honor him. (Ps. 9115)
• It will also come to pass that before they call,
  I will answer and while they are still speaking,
  I will hear. (Is. 6524)
• It happened that while Jesus was praying in a
  certain place, after He had finished, one of His
  disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray
  just as John also taught his disciples. (Luke
  111)

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Common Mistake 1 Wrong Audience

• Public Prayer Does Not Aim To Be Seen or Heard By
  Men.
• Carefully Consider Your Purpose (Matthew 61-5)
• Carefully Consider The Length (Mark 1240)
• Christian Prayer Is Directed To God, Not A
  Performance or Mini-Sermon.
• Choose Your Location Carefully. (Matthew 66)
• Praise God Without Prodding People. (1
  Chronicles 2910-20)

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Common Mistake 2 Vain Repetition

• Repetition Becomes Meaningless When
• We put quantity over quality. (Matthew 67)
• We parrot others without personal reflection.
• We allow laziness to influence our heart.
  (Colossians 42)
• We forget what God already knows. (Matthew 68)
• Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought
  to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For
  God is in heaven and you are on the earth
  therefore let your words be few. (Ecclesiastes
  52)

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Common Mistake 3 Bad Theology

• Christian Prayer Is Made With The Mind The
  Spirit
• 1 Corinthians 1415
• Christian Prayer Is Offered To The Father, In
  Jesus Name, With The Spirits Intercession
• John 1623-24
• Romans 826
• Christian Prayer Comes From Those Who Abide In
  Jesus, And Have His Words Abiding In Them.
• John 157, 1 John 322

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Common Mistake 4 Ignoring Gods Will

• Gods Will Always Comes First
• Luke 2242
• Note We May Request Things Outside of His Will,
  But Only With Reverence.
• God Does Not Reward Selfish Motives
• James 41-4
• God Is Not Honored By Arrogant Boast
• James 415-16

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Common Mistake 5Praying Without Faith

• Doubts Reveal The Impact of Worldly Influences,
  Rather Than Faith
• James 16
• We Have No Right To Expect Gods Favor When We
  Pray With Doubt
• James 17
• Unstable People Will Struggle With Prayer
• James 18
• Mountain Moving Prayer Must Be Built On Faith In
  God
• Matthew 2121-22

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Making The Change

• Focus On God As Your Audience
• Speak From The Heart, Not Tradition
• Be Mentally Engaged In Prayer
• Honor and Appreciate Gods Will
• Trust God To Answer Perfectly Every Time

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Getting Prayer Right Avoiding Common Problems In
Prayer