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Prayer

PRAYER

WHY TALK ABOUT PRAYER?

Because..."The secret of all failure is the failure to pray in secret" (The Kneeling Christian)

"Satan does not care how many people read about prayer if only he can keep them from praying" – Paul E. Billheimer

"Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still" – EM bounds

I'de rather teach 1 man to pray than 10 men to preach "No man – I don’t care how colossal his intellect Charles Spurgeon

No man is greater than his prayer life."

– Leonard Ravenhill

WHAT IS PRAYER?

Communication with God....

You talk to God and he listens... God talks to you and you listen.

Through: Talking, Singing, Worshiping, Listening..

There are many types of prayer.....

  Praying with your mind or in truth.

Praying in the Spirit (Tongues)

  Prayer of agreement (Where two or three agree)

  Prayer of intersession (Petition for something or someone)

Tim 2:1  Prayer of intersession (Petition for something or someone)    Prayer of Worship... ..............................................................

If you want something you've never had, You must do something you've never done..... Successful people do daily what unsuccessful people do occasionally.. "The value of persistent prayer is not that he will hear us that we will finally hear him"

PRAYER WHY SHOULD WE PRAY?  PART 1 There are more than 400 Verses in the Bible that speak of prayer BECAUSE IT IS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD   I want to know Christ and the power "ginosko" Jewish idiom for intercorse between man and woman "Prayer is the rope that pulls God and man together.

But, it doesn’t pull God down to us: It pulls us up to Him." - Billy Graham -  Because your love is better than life my lips will glorify you.

● Oswald Chambers said, "You can ask God for what you want, but you cannot ask if you are not asking for a right thing.

When you draw near to God, you cease from asking for things."Your

Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him."

Then, why ask?

That you may get to know Him." ● Elton Trueblood (Quaker Philosopher) said, "At the profoundest depths in life, men talk not about God but with Him." ● C. H. Spurgeon "If you want that splendid power in prayer, you must remain in loving, living, lasting, conscious, practical, abiding union with the Lord Jesus Christ."

" Prayer is the breath of a newborn soul, and there can be no Christian life without it.

(Rowland Hill (preacher)) Prayer and the desire to pray is evidence that one has been born again  As newbor babes desire the sincere milk of the word  "Prayer is the voice of faith."

– Horne  When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?

Martin Luther King Jr. said, "A Christian without prayer is no more possible than being alive without breathing."

- "A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men." – Leonard Ravenhill ● "God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him (Francois Fenelon, French mystical theologian).

Worries, Cares, deceitfulness of wealth choke word "A man may study because his brain is hungry for knowledge, even Bible knowledge.

But he prays because his soul is hungry for God." – Leonard Ravenhill PRAYER BRINGS JOY  Made him glad with the joy of your presence ● "Prayer is naught but a rising desire of the heart into God by withdrawing of the heart from all earthly thoughts."

– Walter Hilton ● "He who has learned to pray has learned to pray has learned the greatest secret of a holy and happy life."

– William Law, Anglican author.

● "There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God." – Brother Lawrence ● John Wesley said,"God does nothing except in answer to Prayer."

● E.M. Bounds said,"if the devil can get the church to withdraw from prayer by believing reasonable excuses, the church is under his dominion."

● John Wesley said,"God does nothing except in answer to Prayer."

● Carl Barth said, "To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world."

● John Maxwell said,"Every time I have had a breakthrough in my life, it has been because of Prayer" ● Walter Wink said,"History belongs to the intercessors" ● Charles Finney said,"Prayer meetings are the most difficult meetings to sustain because they are the most spiritual meetings of the church."

● Dale Carnegie was asked, "what is the secret of your life?" Dale Carnegie replied, "Every day I pray.

I yield myself to God, the tensions and anxieties go out of me and peace and power come in.

"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?" – Corrie Ten Boom - WHY SHOULD WE PRAY?  PART 2 YOU CAN HAVE AN ENCOUNTER WITH POWER THROUGH PRAYER AND FASTING Jesus, I desire an encounter of a lifetime today.

PRAY..... AN ENCOUNTER WITH GOD = POWER Everything that gives worth to the believer is built on power Advancement and accomplishment are based on power To be powerless is to be helpless Every move of God begins with a prayer movement Your investment in prayer will determine your placement within that move of God THE PURSUIT OF GOD By: A.W. Tozer My soul follow with hard after thee The harder I follow after God, the higher I fly follow me and I will make you fishers of men Desperate DESIRE Prayer that is desperate is as essential as breath Martin Luther King Jr. "A Christian without prayer is no more possible than being alive without breathing."

- -Come, all who are thirsty, come to the waters; come buy and eat - if anyone is thirsty let him come to me and drink Desperation is a longing, panting, craving For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground.

I will pour my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: and they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the watercourses.

(KJV) God pours out his Spirit upon those who are hungry and thirsty, Not just those who pray! Empowerment comes in levels Vs 3 Ankle deep Vs 4 Knee deep Vs 4 Waist deep Vs 5 Over the head=A river no one could cross If you are only a Christian but without power… I pity you…you must have your spirit empowered for trials POWER IS NECCESARY TO GET THINGS DONE without power you are helpless The enemies job is to stop your progress   The world is under the control of the evil one...

We need desperation to qualify for empowerment   when the poor and needy Seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fail it for thirst,  As they pass through the valley of Baca (Weeping)  Give us some of your oil...NO they replied, 'there may not be enough for both us and you.. go to those who sell and buy some for yourselves   Jesus was given the Spirit without measure you cannot get power by wishing – you will get power I going after it – paying the price necessary   When the strongman armed keepeth his palace, his goods are at peace You must have power beyond the power that is contending with your destiny The altar of prayer is the altar of empowerment Part 3 EMPOWERMENT ANSWERES TO DEMANDS NOT WISHES ..."The secret of all failure is the failure to pray in secret" (The Kneeling Christian) EM bounds SAID..."Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still" – (Charles Spurgeon) I'de rather teach 1 man to pray than 10 men to preach "No man – I don’t care how colossal his intellect – No man is greater than his prayer life."

– Leonard Ravenhill " Prayer is the breath of a newborn soul, and there can be no Christian life without it.

DECLARE A THING TO BE SO    Pray like this – Thy kingdom come.