School Of Prayer

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School Of Prayer
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LordWhat are you saying to me

• Date___________

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School Of Prayer

• To motivate and outfit Christians in the local
  church to accelerate the ministry of prayer

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Focusing Upward, Inward Outward

• LordWhat are you saying to me ii
• School of Prayer Definition iii
• Table of Contents v
• I. Upward The Person and Prayer
• 1. Purposes for prayer
• Intimacy, Power / Impact, Divine Guidance
• 2. Listening in prayer
• How God Speaks, How to Listen to God,, How to
  Know it is God.
• 3. Prayer Practicum 1
• 4. Hindrances to a successful prayer life
• 5. Six essentials from The Lords Prayer
• Praise, Intercession, Supplication, Confession,
  Intervention, Celebration.
• 6. Prayer Practicum 2

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Focusing Upward, Inward Outward

• LordWhat are you saying to me ii
• School of Prayer Definition iii
• Table of Contents v
• II. Inward The Leaders and Prayer
• 1. The Leaders and the Prayer
• Praying Leaders, Prayer Network
• III. Outward The Church and Prayer
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Role of Prayer in Recent History of the
  Church
• Past Spiritual Awakenings, New Movement of
  Prayer,
• Developing a Praying Church, Prayer
  Organization
• 3. Covenant-Wide prayer ministries

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Focusing Upward, Inward Outward

• LordWhat are you saying to me ii
• School of Prayer Definition iii
• Table of Contents v
• Addenda
• 1. Use of the Names of Christ
• 2. Lords Prayer Model
• 3. Intervention Prayer- The Invisible War
• 4. Intervention against Unseen
  Personalities
• 5. Offensive Prayer Against Unseen
  Personalities
• 6. Prayer Quotes
• 7. A Prayer Bibliography
• 8. Evaluation
• 9. Evaluation for Local Churches
• 10. Confidential Questionnaire
• 11. Bringing My World To Christ

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• I UPWARD
• THE PERSON
• AND PRAYER

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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER

• I Intimacy with God
• Thus says the Lord Do not let the wise boast in
  their wisdom, do not let the mighty boast in
  their might, do not let the wealthy boast in
  their wealth but let those who boast, boast in
  this, that they understand and know me, that I am
  Lord I act with steadfast love, justice, and
  righteousness in the earth, for in these things I
  delight, saith the Lord. Jeremiah 923,24

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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER

• I Intimacy with God
• Jeremiah 923,24

• His desire is__________________________
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  -Revelation 320 There is a God-shaped
  vacuum in each of us which
  only God can fill.
• -Pascal

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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER
I Intimacy with God Jeremiah 923,24
B. Our need is ___________________________________
___ Psalm 274,7-9 _______________________
_______ is to know another in the closest way
possible. O Lord you have made -Genesis
41 us for yourself, and our -Psalm
4610 hearts are restless until they find
their rest in thee. Augustine
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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER

• I Intimacy with God
• Jeremiah 923,24

• C. Examples of Intimacy
• Old Testament _________________
• People at both ends of
• 1. Moses beholds 2. David thirsts for God
  the religious spectrum
• Gods glory -Psalm 621631,2
  are seeking the same
• -Exodus 339-11 thing a link between their
• New Testament daily lives and the
• Mary chooses the 2. Pauls deepest
  desire transcendent.
• one thing needful -Philippians,
  37-11 -John Naisbitt,
• -Luke 1038-42 Megatrends 2000

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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER

• I Intimacy with God
• Jeremiah 923,24

D. The Character of Intimacy with God More
Formation than Information -Hebrews 1016
Our highest calling in life is More
Environment than Event -II Corinthians 214
not serving Jesus but in More Process than
Product -Philemon 16 being with
him. More Delight than Duty -Psalm
373,4 -Hope MacDonald ___
_________________ He prayeth
well who loveth well. -Samuel
Coleridge
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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER
II Power/ Impact
The prayer of the righteous is powerful and
effective. -James 516
_____________ Fellowship is communion,
communication, the interaction of lovers
-Peter Lord
Example 1 Exodus 178-16 The most powerful weapon
on earth is _______________________________
_____________ God does nothing but by prayer and
everything with it. _-John Wesley
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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER
II Power/ Impact
The prayer of the righteous is powerful and
effective. -James 516
_____________ Prayer is one of mans forms of
cooperating with God. Some things God can never
do until he finds a person who prays -H.E.
Fosdick
Example 2 Mark 914-19 The disciples were
_____________________ Because they
were_____________________
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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER
II Power/ Impact
Example 3 Appropriating Gods power through
prayer.

Gods power is released by prayer. Yet, we are
not here to exalt prayer but the God who answers
it.

• Gospels
• For mortals it is impossible, but
• for God all things are possible.
• Matthew 1926

• Prophets
• Call to me and I will answer you, and will
• tell you great and hidden things that you
• have not known.
• Jeremiah 333

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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER
Epistles I write these things to you who
believes in the name of the Son of God, so that
you may know that you have eternal life. And that
is the boldness we have in him, that is we ask
anything according to his will, he hears us. And
if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask,
we know that we have obtained the requests made
to him. 1 John 513-15

Link between intimacy and power understanding
who God is, how he works, and what he desires to
do.
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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER
III
Jesus said to them, Very truly, I tell you, the
Son can do nothing in his own, but only what he
sees the Father doing for whatever the Father
does, the Son does likewise. The Father loves the
Son and shows him all that he himself is doing
and he will show him greater works than these, so
that you will be astonished. John 519,20
Divine Guidance
Basis Jesus used prayer to discern the mind and
the will of God for his life and
ministry. Example 1. to discern
P______________(why?) John 171-3, John 1010
Example 2. to discern S______________(how?) Mark
135-39
Prayer does not fit us for the greater works
prayer is the greater work. -Oswald Chambers
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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER
III
John 519,20
Divine Guidance
Basis Jesus used prayer to discern the mind and
the will of God for his life and
ministry. Example 3. to discern
P______________(by whom?) Luke 612,13 Matthew
2819,20 Example 4. to discern O______________(aga
inst what?) Matthew 41-11
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PURPOSES FOR PRAYER

• Prayer is _________________________
• Prayer is _________________________

• The plan for Christs mission is the same for
  the Christians mission

• God-breathed scripture illumined through prayer
  provides clear guidance

____________ I dare you to pray without using
bless, or lead, guide, or help so and so
of thy will. -Chuck Swindoll
____________ The less I pray, the harder it gets
the more I pray, the better it goes. -Martin
Luther
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Listening In Prayer
The Lord God has given me the tongue of a
teacher, that I may know to sustain the weary
with a word. Morning by morning he wakenswakens
my ear to listen as those who are taught. The
Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not
rebellious, I did not turn backward. -Isaiah
504,5
God is the I __________________
_________________ God is always speaking hes
always doing something. Prayer is to enter into
that activity. Prayer in its most basic sense is
just getting into an attitude of saying, Lord,
what are you saying to me? -Henry Nouwen
We are the R_________________
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Listening In Prayer
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-Isaiah 504,5
How God Speaks
1. The ____ of ______. Romans 1017
2. The ______ of God. Psalm 328, John
1613- 15 Acts 166,7
Simeon Peter Paul Barnabas Agabus
Luke 226 Acts 1019 1112 Acts 134 Acts 2111
Acts 829 Acts 132 Acts 2022,23
Philip Church Paul
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Listening In Prayer
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-Isaiah 504,5
How God Speaks
3. The _______ of others. Proverbs 1114
4. The _____________ of life. 2 Corinthians 212
5. Common _____. 1 Chronicles 226-10
6. On rare occasions God has spoken and may
continue to speak through _______ (Acts 103)
_____ (Acts 169), and ______ (Acts 110).
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_____________________ I dont see reality, I hear
it. -Thomas a Kempis
How to listen to Gods speech
____________________ I will speck of nothing of
which I have no experience either in my own life
or in the observation of others, or which the
Lord has not taught me in prayer. -Teresa of
Avila
1. ___ God to speak.
2. Be alert in _______ of prayer not _______.
3. ____ talking after each section of prayer (for
example, adoration, confession, etc) and ______.
_________________ God whispers to us in our
pleasures he speaks to us in our work but he
shouts to us in our pains. -C.S. Lewis
4. ______ for responses, whether you think its
God or your subconscious.
5. _____ and ______ is and part of learning to
listen.
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Prayer can be dynamic dialogue rather than
monotonous monologue.
III
_________________ Hearing God precedes speaking
to and speaking for Godentering into divine
dialogue.
How to know it is God who speaks
1. ________ it in the light of the word of God.
2. _______ it in the light of the will of God.
3. _______ it in real life situations.

The creative tension of the Christian life is
discerning if it is God speaking or some other
voice.
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Prayer Practicum 1
We will purpose to be quiet before the Lord in
order to enter into an intimate relationship with
him, hear from him, and speak to him concerning
our lives and our ministry.
Centering prayer (contemplative prayer) is for
those who want more--- infinitely more. It is for
those who dare to believe that they are made to
be intimate with God and the bearers of his life
and love in this world. It is for those who truly
love themselves, love themselves enough to put
first things first to give God this time, to
give themselves this time in God, so that they
can give to others quality time that is loving
and creative. -Basil Pennington
Contemplative Prayer is not a way of being busy
with God instead of with people, but it is an
attitude in which we recognize Gods ultimate
priority by being useless in His presence, by
allowing Him to enter into our emptiness. In this
prayer, God can show us His love. When we are
empty, free and open, we can be with Him, look at
Him, listen to Him, and slowly come to realize
that He is a loving Father who loves us with a
deep intimate affection. It is to know God by
heart, rather than by head
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In silence we leave behind our activities,
concerns, plans, projects, opinions and
convictions, and enter into the presence of our
loving God, naked, vulnerable, open and
receptive. It is emptying ourselves of outside
forces and influences, inner fears and
distractions The first thing we often discover
in silence is our restlessness, our driven ness
and compulsiveness, our urge to act quickly, to
make and impact and to have influence, and often
we find it hard to withstand the temptation to
return as quickly as possible to the world of
relevance. But when we persevere with the help of
a gentle discipline, we slowly come to hear the
still small voice and to sense the gentle breeze
of the Spirit. -Henri Nouwen
First Session Assignment
Spend 5-10 minutes thinking about this before the
next sessions.
Answer this question
If prayer is such a beneficial activity in my
life, why do I pray so little? What seems to
hinder my life of prayer?
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HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE
(WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?)
So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?
Stay awake and pray that you may not come into
the time of trial the spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak. -Matthew 2640b,41
___________________ We must have what he is, in
order to do what he did. -Ian Thomas
1. Wrong power ______.
Crux A declaration of __________.
-Matthew 67,8
__________________ Apart from me you can do
nothing. St. John
2. ________. - James 16-8
______________ Prayer is unnatural activity.
-Bill Hybels
The contrast between the two views of reality
Western
Eastern
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HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE
(WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?)
So, could you not stay awake with me one hour?
Stay awake and pray that you may not come into
the time of trial the spirit indeed is willing,
but the flesh is weak. -Matthew 2640b,41
___________________ We must have what he is, in
order to do what he did. -Ian Thomas
The contrast between the two views of reality
Eastern
Western
__________________ Apart from me you can do
nothing. St. John
______________ Prayer is unnatural activity.
-Bill Hybels
West thinks of East as superstitious
East thinks of West as spiritually shallow

Key The difference is the way people view
_______.
3. Cherished ____ Psalm 6618 Ezekiel 141-6
Isaiah 591,2
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HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE
(WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?)
-Matthew 2640b,41
The contrast between the two views of reality

Key The difference is the way people view
reality.
4. Sense of ____________. Revelation 1210,11
Roman 121-3 Hebrews 414-16
5. Unresolved _____________. Matthew 523,24 1
Peter 37
6. Wrong _______. James 43
7. Satanic _____________. Daniel 107-15

• Interruption
• Drowsiness
• Wandering thoughts

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HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE
(WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?)
-Matthew 2640b,41
The contrast between the two views of reality

Key The difference is the way people view
reality.
8. Unanswered ______. Gods answer (1John
513-15)

• ___________________
• Gods children can conquer everything in prayer.
  Is it any wonder that Satan does his utmost to
  snatch that weapon away from Christians or to
  hinder him in the use of it?
• -Andrew Murray

1. _____
2. _____
3. ____________________
4. ___________
5. _______________________________

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HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE
(WHAT STOPS AN EFFECTIVE PRAYER LIFE?)
-Matthew 2640b,41
The contrast between the two views of reality

Key The difference is the way people view
reality.
9. Disregard for the ____. Proverbs 2113

• __________________
• Gods children can conquer everything in prayer.
  Is it any wonder that Satan does his utmost to
  snatch that weapon away from Christians or to
  hinder him in the use of it?
• -Andrew Murray

10. Lack of ____________. 1 Thessalonians 516-18
11. Failure to _________. Luke 181-8
12. Other _____________
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HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE

• The Spiritual Index
• Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask
  bread, will he give him a stone?
• Matthew 79

The illustration of prayer that Our Lord uses
here is that of a good child asking for a good
thing. We talk about prayer as if God heard us
irrespective of the fact of our relationship to
Him (cf. Matthew 545). Never say it is not Gods
will to give you what you ask, dont sit down and
faint, but find out the reason, turn up the
index. Are you rightly related to your wife, to
your husband, to your children, to your
fellow-studentsare you a good child there? O
Lord, I have been irritable and cross, but I do
want spiritual blessing. You cannot have it, you
will have to do without until you come into the
attitude of a good child. We mistake defiance for
devotion arguing with God for abandonment. We
will not look at the index. Have I been asking
God to give me money for something I want when
there is something I have not paid for? Have I
been asking God for liberty while I am
withholding it from someone that belongs to me? I
have not forgiven someone his trespasses I have
not been kind to him I have not been living as
Gods child among my relatives and friends
(v.12). I am a child of God only by regeneration,
and as a child of God I am good only as I walk in
the light. Prayer with most of us is turned into
pious platitude, it is a matter of emotion,
mystical communion with God. Spiritually we are
all good at producing fogs. If we turn up the
index, we will see very clearly what is
wrongthat friendship, that debt, that temper of
mind. It is no use praying unless we are living
as children of God. Then, Jesus saysEveryone
that asketh receiveth. Oswald Chambers
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HINDRANCES TO A SUCCESSFUL PRAYER LIFE
B U S Y
B U S Y
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
Pray then this way Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your
will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give
us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our
debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And
do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue
us from the evil one. For belonging to you always
are the kingdom, power and eternal glory. Amen
-Matthew 69-13

Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
__________________ We must first focus upward
before focusing inward and outward. -Roland
Boyce
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Upward Praise
Adoration Acknowledging God for _________
__________________ Blessed be the Lord who daily
bears us up God is our salvation. -Psalm 6819
Definition An irresistible attraction which
evokes an involuntary action.
Synonym _________
Scripture Psalm 6819 999 278 664 4511
969 1322 Matthew 211
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
-Matthew 69-13

Our father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
__________________ Enter his gates with
thanksgiving, and his courts with praise. Give
thanks to him, bless his name -Psalm 1004
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Upward Praise
Thanksgiving Acknowledging God for ____________.
Definition An exercise in re-focusing.
__________________ Ascribe to the Lord the glory
of his name worship the Lord in holy
splendor. -Psalm 292
Synonym ________
Scripture Psalm 1004 1031-5 631-7 1078,9
1341-3 7328 7114, 15 Philippians 44-6
Psalm 292
_________________ Authentic prayer is always an
acknowledgement of divine adequacy. -Ray Stedman
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
-Matthew 69-13

your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as
it is on heaven.
__________________ First of all, then, I urge
that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
thanksgivings be made for everyone. -1Timothy 21
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Outward Intercession
Claiming for ______
Definition to care by prayer
__________________ One of the things that makes
God God is that he knows everything so when I
have wishes in regard to other people, I just say
their names. I let him fill in the rest.
-Barbara Grizutti Harrision
Synonym __________
Scripture 1 Samuel 1223 Ezekiel 2229-31
Luke 2231-32 Acts 423-31 Acts
121-7 Romans 1530 Ephesians 618 1
Timothy 21,2 Hebrews 1019-25
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
-Matthew 69-13

your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as
it is on heaven.
__________________ First of all, then, I urge
that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and
thanksgivings be made for everyone. -1Timothy 21
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Outward Intercession
Pray for

• 1. Family, ______, associates,
• and _________. Matthew 937-38
• 2. _________ of those who do not know Christ.
• -1 Timothy 21-4
• 3. _______ and church _______
• (John 1723 Hebrews 137,8)
• Covenant ___________
• World __________ Matthew 2819

__________________ One of the things that makes
God God is that he knows everything so when I
have wishes in regard to other people, I just say
their names. I let him fill in the rest.
-Barbara Grizutti Harrision
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
-Matthew 69-13

Give us this day our daily bread.
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Inward Supplication
Claiming for ourselves ________________ __________
(supply).
__________________ You open your hand, satisfying
the desire of every living thing.
-Psalm 14516
Definition to reckon on his resources
Synonym ___________
Scripture Psalm 2521, 22 696 7325,26
11617,18 1305,6 14516 Philippians 419
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
-Matthew 69-13

Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven
our debtors.
__________________ If you direct your heart
rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward
him. If iniquity is in your hand, put it far
away, and do not let wickedness reside in your
tents -Job 1113,14
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Inward Confession
Acknowledging ourselves for ______________/_______
_____
Definition a lesson in contrasts
Synonym __________________________
Scripture Numbers 56,7a 2 Chronicles 624,25
Job 1113,14 Psalm 511-5 6618 13923,24
Matthew 523,24
______________ Conviction cures guilt kills.
-Dick Eastman
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
______________ Conviction cures guilt kills.
-Dick Eastman
-Matthew 69-13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from the evil one,
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Outward Intervention
Claming Gods ________________(________)
Definition to pray against the work of spirit
forces of evil.
__________________ For our battle is not against
flesh and blood but against the rulers, against
the authorities, against the powers of this dark
world and against the spirit forces of evil in
the heavenly realms.-Ephesians 612
Synonym ____________________
Scripture Exodus 179-13 2 Kings 191-19,35-37
2 Chronicles 1318 1410,11
201-23 Psalm 301 John 1633 Romans
837 Ephesians 610-18 1 John 54,5
Revelation 207-10
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
______________ If you cannot win the battle over
Satan in prayer, you cannot win it in the
ministry. -Paul Yonggi Cho
-Matthew 69-13

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us
from the evil one,
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Outward Intervention
Three Types of Defensive Intervention Prayer

• P_________________ John 1715
• Illustration building a wall

__________________ Jericho fell before Joshua
because Joshua fell before God - Duffy
Robbins
2. R________________ James 47 1 Peter 58-9
Illustration holding a wall
3. D_______________ Matthew 613
Illustration repairing a wall
For further information on intervention prayer
see Addenda
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SIX ESSENTIALS FROM THE LORDS PRAYER
-Matthew 69-13

For yours is the kingdom, and the power and the
glory for ever. Amen
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Upward Celebration
Go your way, eat the fat and drink sweet wine and
send portions of them to those for whom nothing
is prepared, for this day is holy to our Lord
and do not be grieved for the joy of the Lord is
your strength. Nehemiah 810
Definition to enjoy Jesus
__________________ A truly thankful spirit would
radically change Our life-style -Leroy Eims
Synonym _______________
Scripture Ester 918-22 Psalm 92 3211
481,2,11 Psalm 971 100 1061-5 11824-29
Psalm 1491-5 Philippians 44
See Lords Prayer model in the Addenda.
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Assignment
Use this page as a guide for your own prayer life
Essential
Lords Prayer
Matthew 69-13
Praise/Thanksgiving And Adoration
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Confession
_____________________________________________
_____________________________________________
Supplication
_____________________________________________
Intercession
_____________________________________________
Intervention
_____________________________________________
Celebration
Comments
Prayer Practicum 2
Tarry for and hour
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INWARD THE LEADERS AND THE PRAYER
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THE LEADERS AND PRAYER
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Praying Leaders
All these were constantly devoting themselves to
prayer, together with certain women.
-Acts 114
A.
What Keeps Leaders from Prayer
The sin of _____________
1. Promotes _____________
2. Depletes _____ of spiritual _______.
3. Leaders have difficulty maintaining a
_________ life.

Jesus seemed to pray not from a sense of ought or
should but from a compelling want.
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THE LEADERS AND PRAYER
I
Jesus seemed to pray not from a sense of ought or
should but from a compelling want.
Praying Leaders
Acts 114
B.
The Model of the Master
1. At the inauguration of ministry -Matthew
41-11
2. After a rugged day of ministry -Mark 135
3. Before choosing the twelve -Luke 612
4. After healing the leper and to avoid adulation
-Luke 516
5. After hearing of Johns death -Matthew 1413
6. After feeding 5000 and healing all day
-Matthew 1423
7. Before revealing himself as Messiah -Luke
918
8. With those he was discipline -Luke 928,29
9. Before teaching the Lords prayer -Luke 11
10. Before he endured the cross -Luke 1139-41
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THE LEADERS AND PRAYER
I
Jesus seemed to pray not from a sense of ought or
should but from a compelling want.
Praying Leaders
_________________ I can be active and pray I can
work and pray but I cannot be inwardly rushed,
distracted, or dispersed. There must be
deliberate withdrawal from the noises of the
insatiable self. The word busy is the symptom not
of commitment, but of betrayal. It is not
devotion, it is defection. The adjective busy,
set as a modifier to pastor should sound to our
ears like adulterous to characterize a wife or
embezzling to describe a banker. -Eugene
Peterson
Acts 114
C.
The Values of a Prayer-centered Life
1. _________ of direction.
2. ______ from being led by ones own
neurosis and others wants.
3. _____________ all relationships as we learn
to listen and be ___________.
4. We __________ more because we work more
effectively and efficiently.
5. _________ preaching, teaching, and
ministry results.
6. _________-filled lives exemplifying the
character of Christ.
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THE LEADERS AND PRAYER
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Praying Leaders
_________________ When we work when we pray, God
works. -Hudson Taylor
C.
The Values of a Prayer-centered Life
_________________ Only when Gods presence floods
the preachers life will Gods power accompany
the sermon. -Calvin Miller

Being precedes doing See Matthew 728-29
_________________ Before I can stand and proclaim
in the courts of Pharaoh, I must remove my shoes
and stand before the burning bush. Donald G.
Barnhouse
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THE LEADERS AND PRAYER
II
The Prayer Network ______________
Remember your leaders, those who spoke the word
of God to you consider the outcome of their way
of life, and imitate their faith. Pray for us we
are sure that we have a clear conscience,
desiring to act honorably in all
things. -Hebrews 137,18
A. Why Leaders need a Prayer Network
1. Leaders are constantly under _____________.
Luke 41-13 Acts 1349-51
2. Leaders are targeted for _________________. 2
Corinthians 48-9
3. Leaders cannot ___________________ alone.
Ephesians 619-20
4. Leaders are set apart to ________________ in
the __________ but are _____________.
Exodus 178-13 Ezekial 2230
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THE LEADERS AND PRAYER
II
The Prayer Network __Force_______
B. Biblical Example of Prayer Support Network
Old Testament
New Testament
1. Peter Network (Luke 2231,32)
___________________
1. Moses Network (Exodus 178-13)
___________________
2. David Network (2 Samuel 238-39,
2115-17) __________________________
2. Paul Network (Romans 1530-32 Ephesians
618,18 Colossians 43-4 4 Thessalonians 31)
______________________
3. Daniel Network (Daniel 214-18)
____________, _____________, ____________
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THE LEADERS AND PRAYER
C. The Development of a Prayer Network
Intercessory Prayer Team
1. __________ God for the right people. Goal
____. These people will have both a
capacity and heart for prayer.
2. _________________ people of your need.
3. Ask God for a ________________
________________. Goal ______
4. __________________________ with your network
regularly.
5. ___________________ for your prayer team.
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D. Types of Intercessors
Intimate Chief and mighty intercessors those
with whom you will have closest and most intimate
relationships. People who are called to prayer
and called to pray for you regularly.
Casual Those with whom you have less contact and
thus with whom you share less often due to
separation. People who are committed to pray and
called to pray for you regularly.
Remote Those who will pray for you more because
of your position than because of a relationship.
You may not even know some of these persons. They
will be led to pray for you on occasion.
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Characteristics of persons called to intercessory
prayer

1. Pray longer than most. Acts 109-10
2. Gift of intercession / faith. Stephen in Acts 68
3. Love to pray. Ephesians 116
4. Pray with intensity. Ephesians 618
5. See prayer as dialogue not monologue. Acts
   910-16
6. Often see results. Acts 1911-12
7. May suffer greatly. Acts 916 1622-24

Leaders must be surrounded, under girded, and
empowered through the perpetual protection
of persevering, protracted prayer. 2
Thessalonians. 31
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THE CHURCH AND PRAYER
When they had prayed, the place in which they
were gathered together was shaken and they were
all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the
word of God with boldness. Now the whole group of
those who believed were of one heart and
soul. Acts 431,32a
Giving primacy to prayer is a primary work of the
local and worldwide church. Acts 64
2 Thessalonians 31,2
I
Prayer propels the remnant people of God in any
age into offensive action
Introduction
Prayer promotes a spirit of _________________ and
____________________. Matthew 68 Acts 242
Acts 431 James 516
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THE CHURCH AND PRAYER
It precipitates a spirit of the following within
the church and within the world
R_________________ R________________
_ R_________________
R_________________ R________________
_ 2 Chronicles 714 Nehemiah 14-10 Daniel
93-19 Colossians 19-14 Ephesians 117-23
Ephesians 314-21
Prayer precedes the power of God being unleashed
against the forces of evil engaged in spiritual
warfare with the church of Christ.
The role if the Remnant is to be spiritual
yeast Judges 7 Jeremiah 233 Ezra 98
Zechariah 812

God uses ordinary people to do extraordinary
things.
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THE ROLE OF PRAYER IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE
CHURCH
I
The role of prayer in past spiritual awakenings
(Lecture by historian J. Edwin Orr, 1976)
If my people, who are Called by name humble
themselves, pray, seek my face, and turn from
their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
-2 Chronicles 714
A. Late 18th century American moral and
spiritual slump (c. 1750)
1. Pleas for concerted, united, sustained prayer
Jonathan Edwards A Humble Attempt to Promote
Explicit Agreement and Visible Union of All Gods
People in Extraordinary Prayer for the Revival of
Religion and the Advancement of Christs Kingdom
on Earth, Pursuant to Scripture Promises and
Prophecies Concerning the Last Time
2. Second Great Awakening (c. 1800)
Missionary, evangelistic, and educational reform
movements
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THE ROLE OF PRAYER IN THE RECENT HISTORY OF THE
CHURCH
I
The role of prayer in past spiritual awakenings
(Lecture by historian J. Edwin Orr, 1976)
B. Mid-19th century (c. 1850)

1. 1858 New York City noon prayer meetings
2. D. L. Moody

C. Early-20th century (c. 1900)

1. Prayers for awakening
2. Welsh revival
3. Azusa Street
4. Korea

D. Mid-20th century

1. Los Angeles, Billy Graham
2. West Coast, Jesus movement

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II
A New Movement of Prayer in the World?
A. Examples

1. Concepts of Prayer International
2. Prayer Summits movement
3. Mission America Prayer Track
4. Jesus Walks
5. National Prayer Committee
6. Lighthouse of Prayer
7. See you at the Pole

More than beginning a program We are stepping
into a movement we are fanning the brush fire
into a full flame We are moving beyond technique
to the basics of the Christian life We are
preparing to cross the threshold of this hour,
stand in the gap, buy back the time, claim the
day for our Lord before his return.
B. Unprecedented

1. In numbers
2. In breadth
3. In scope
4. In strategy
5. In leadership

C. Covenant

• Covenant Prayer Network (CPN) 1-800-FON-PRAY
• Director of Prayer Ministries the Covenant is
  one of the first
• denominations to have this position.
• 3. The FEAST (June 1999 and 2002)

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DEVELOPING A PRAYING CHURCH
A. Declare Prayer the ministry __________________.
Acts 1 What Jesus began, he __________________
(11), using those who _____________ (14) for
the promised _____________ _____________(16)
by _________________ ______________ and
______________________ (114).
Acts 61-7 Prayer as the leaderships
___________________.
Acts 10-11 Prayer leading to new
______________________.
Acts 13 Prayer leading to new ___________________
___.
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B. Cultivate prayer that is Christ-exalting,
Kingdom-seeking, and Body-unifying.
Acts 424-35 The Church must be
a ___________________ community, not a
________________ association.
C. A Prayer Pattern for the Local Church
1. _________________ (personal prayer)
Acts 911,14,40-42 Acts 102-4,9
2. _______________________ (small group prayer)
Acts 312036

• Prayer team to provide intercession over the
  whole church
• Make prayer a priority in these groups
• mens groups womens
  groups
• leadership group
  boards/committees
• staff meetings
• Pastors prayer team
• Prayer triplets

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C. A Prayer Pattern for the Local Church
continued
The prayer closet is the spiritual boiler room of
the church. -Charles Spurgeon
3. ____________________(larger group) Acts
11214 242-47125215

1. Prayer in worship and Sunday School settings
2. Congregational functions and special prayer
   events like all nights of prayer

4. ______________________ (several groups
churches) Matthew 937-38 1 Thessalonians
42 Matthew 610 Isaiah 589-14

1. Ministerial prayer summit movement
2. Covenant churches regionally
3. City/area churches concerts of prayer

D. Select a _____________ person and form a
prayer ____________.
To accomplish the above the local church needs a
prayer coordinator and perhaps a prayer
commission or prayer board. We should not assume
people are praying. There is a difference between
a church that has people praying and a praying
church. Your goal is to have a P_________________
C____________________!
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• E. Identify and mobilize (release)
• ____________ for leaders and particular
  ministries.
• The need to uphold those the enemy __________ .
  (see What Keeps Leaders From Prayer section.)

The prayer closet is the spiritual boiler room of
the church. -Charles Spurgeon
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PRAYER ORGANIZATION
Ideas from Churches that Pray

1. Weekly prayer meetings the burning bush of the
   local church.
2. Prayer box
3. Fasting and prayer days
4. Prayer room
5. Lay-led prayer
6. Prayer reminders
7. Regularly scheduled prayer sessions each quarter
8. Active intercessory prayer teams
9. Prayer chains for emergencies
10. Preface prayer for church meetings
11. Prayer vigils before major events
12. Local church prayer booklets or prayer page in
    Sunday bulletins with answers and requests
13. Covenant Prayer Network report
14. Regional Conference prayer guides
15. Other

Are we willing to pray the price? -Willhite