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Discipline of Prayer

• Based on Prayer by Richard Foster
• Prayer is to change
• Prayer is the central avenue God uses to
  transform us.

By Ezra Team
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Simple Prayer

• God does not need sophisticated prayer.
• Come to Him as you are.
• Tell Him everything like children.
• Then, a slow shift in our interest to Gods will
  and way.
• Openness, Honesty, and Trust!

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Prayer of the Forsaken

• Deus Abscontius Gods silence
• No answer. We feel forsaken.
• No dependence upon results
• Purification
• His silence is not permanent.
• Wait on Him wait silent and still.

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Prayer of Relinquishment

• 400 Level of the School of Gethsemane
• My will be done vs. Thy will be done
• Painful due to severing precious roots.
• Struggle is an essential process.
• A kernel of wheat (John 1224)
• Crucifixion of the will
• Releasing with hope

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Prayer of Relinquishment

• Outcome Dwelling with Him
• It is no longer I who live (Gal. 219-20)
• Relinquishment is mandatory to all those who
  wants to mature in faith.

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Prayer of Relinquishment

• In fact, you will not know the shape of
  relinquishment until specific issues arise.
• Little by little we are changed by daily
  crucifixion of the will.
• Not a tornado change but an oyster change.

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Covenant Prayer

• What is the Covenant Prayer?
• People dont like commitment.
• Commitment ? responsibility ? confining
• Freedom is a product of commitment, discipline,
  and fixed habit.
• G. F. Handels discipline and his works.
• The Covenant of Time and The Covenant of Place
• The Covenant of Place also includes a commitment
  to community.