E4:12 - Supplication in Prayer
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· 2 viewsTeaching on supplication in the ACTS model for prayer.
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Share H.B. Charles story about road from “It Happens After Prayer
ACTS
ACTS
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication
Supplication a humble request for help or mercy from someone in authority.
do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Easy! Just give our needs to God, done.
Tell the story of Charismatic to Sovereignty
November 1st
Praying for Healing
Tickets to the Circus
PCSD … Post Charismatic Stress Disorder
Friends with Health issue that didn’t want healing
So what needs to we bring to God?
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.
Notice it’s the prayer of righteous man.
Notice the word fervently, with passion, consistent not casual
He doesn’t say the Lord will heal from the suffering
So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
God doesn’t always remove our situation, or answer the prayer with the answer we want
“Prayer is a trinitarian exercise” - R.C. Sproul
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“Prayer is a Trinitarian exercise” - RC Sproul. We pray through Christ (aware that he’s our intercessor, carries our prayers to the father). We address God the Father, but we come to the father through the High Priest (son). Also, the Holy Spirit has been sent to help apply the work of redemption, assisting us in praying as we ought.
Invoking demonstrates how prayer works, if you have a need, you need all of God.
Do you feel like you need that job issue -> you need all of God to provide that answer
Do you need to pray for a health concern -> you need all of God to provide that answer
Do you have a worry, bring it to God and trust in Him to answer
Group Discussion
Group Discussion
Read (Nehemiah 1:4-11)
What are your first observations about Nehemiah’s Prayer?
Where is supplication applied in this prayer?
Other Questions
Brian asked in the Adoration Session, why adoration would come first, in the spirit of that question, why does supplication come last?
Why do you bring your needs to God, knowing He is Sovereign, and in his Sovereignty, he may not answer the prayer the way you desire?
In Prayer
In Prayer
(A) Remember to adore Him, who are you talking to? (Psalm 145)
(C) Remember to confess and experience His forgiveness, stand righteous before Him. (1 John 1:9)
(T) Remember to give thanks for everything (1 Thessalonians 5:18)
(S) Confidently receive mercy and grace in our time of need (Hebrews 4:16)