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Prayer 101 Series
Contributed by Pepe Gonzales on Mar 25, 2019 (message contributor)
Summary: Prayer is the fruit of a man or woman who understands their humanity and the sovereignty of an almighty God in other words you are God and I am human You are almighty and I am weak
Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength;
Matt 26:41 Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Prayer turns human folly into heavenly wisdom
James 1:5= If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him.
And PRAYER gives to troubled soldiers the peace of God Is. 26:3 Thou dost keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusts in thee.
We do not know of anything that prayer cannot do!
The book of James reads that we have not because we ask not we do ourselves our families and our church an injustice when we don’t pray! Like the Disciples of Jesus we should ask the savior TEACH us to PRAY.
Help us too pray without ceasing to pray always with all supplications for all the saints and as let us feel the responsibility of prayer like Samuel when he said in
1 Sam 12:23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
God gave me an acronym for Prayer
P. Pursuit= synonyms for pursuit are chase, hunt, search and track down to seek after until you find God
Jer. 29:13 And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. It what Jacob did when he wrestled with God in
Gen 32:26 and he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. We must knock until the door is opened we must make up our minds that we will not let nothing stop us from getting a hold of God, that means shut the door and turn off the cell phone!.
R. Renouncing= Renouncing sin in our lives prayer is the time to ask God to give us victory over sin in our lives to confess it and declare by the power and grace of God that we will not go there anymore or do that anymore “So help me God” Ps.39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish; Ps.116:4 Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul, Ps.120:2 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
A. Adoration= Prayer is a time to adore God to praise him tell him how grateful we are for all that he has done in our lives Ps.103:2-5 Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle’s.there is a lot that we as Gods people can thank Him for or just praise him because he is God!.
Y. Yield= Prayer makes us yielded to God or ready and willing so that God can do a work in us and through us and keeps us from fighting Gods will for our lives we become more pliable as clay in the Potters hands we give God the right of way in our lives.
E. Empowers= Prayer helps us to fight off temptation Matt.26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak prayer prepares us for spiritual warfare and keeps cool in the heat of battle there is power in prayer prayer not only empowers us to be victorious christians but also good husbands and wives and students and so that we don’t walk around all defeated payer will empower us to live like the Champions that we are !
