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  • David Derry avatar

    Praying On Purpose

    Contributed by David Derry on Dec 9, 2002
    based on 37 ratings
     | 5,860 views

    Praying on purpose and how it relates to Living on Purpose

    Praying on Purpose December 8, 2002 Last week we talked about “living on purpose” and knowing God’s purpose for our lives. For the next several weeks we will be looking at some specific areas of our lives that relate to purpose. Today we will be talking about “praying on purpose”. If we’re ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Praying With Power

    Contributed by Erik Estep on Oct 20, 2011
     | 4,665 views

    Today in our passage of Scripture we’re going to see that for us to reach our greatest potential as people and as a church is going to take us utilizing our prayer life. The Apostle Paul knew this and in our text we’re going to see him sharing w/the Xian

    “Praying with Power” Ephesians 3: 14-21 May 23, 2010 Intro: A horrible flood struck a Midwestern town. The waters were rising so quickly the people were warned to leave their homes immediately. As the police came around making sure everyone was leaving, they came to Bill’s ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Pray Persuasively Series

    Contributed by James Jackson on Jan 24, 2020
     | 5,621 views

    Can our prayers really change things? Is it possible to pray in a way that persuades God to act?

    Please open your Bibles to Exodus 32. We are in week three of a series on the power of prayer. We’ve adopted James 5:16 as our theme verse for the entire series— “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.” So we’ve been talking each week about what makes prayer powerful. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    Will You Pray?

    Contributed by Gary Macdonald on Nov 1, 2001
    based on 44 ratings
     | 3,032 views

    Why do people murder others? This sermon outlines what brings young people to kill others.

    Will You Pray? by Gary MacDonald Introduction Many people from parents to the so-called experts have tried to understand what motivated the two young boys, Jon Venables and Robert Thompson to go on to plan to kidnap a young baby, then fail but later on that fateful day, spot another young baby ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Praying Church Series

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 19, 2008
    based on 5 ratings
     | 9,712 views

    We have an example in this text of the Local N.T. Church in Jerusalem in prayer during a time of crisis in their church. And we can see also in this text that their prayer was miraculously answered. Anytime a church is not experiencing souls being saved o

    Illustration: There was a tenant in an apartment building who was a widow woman who loved God dearly. Her landlord on the other hand despised God and her faith. One day she ran out of food and money and with no one to help she turned to God in prayer. She prayed, “Oh dear God please help me in my ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

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    Pray Specifically Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 17, 2024
     | 1,280 views

    Jesus urges us to be specific in prayer (Adapted from Bob Hostetler's book, the Red Letter Prayer Life; chapter 9 of the same title)

    HoHum: Read Mark 10:46-52 Bob Hostetler encourages us to think of it this way: Bartimaeus heard the sounds of the crowd approaching from his spot on the roadside near Jericho. He couldn’t see them, however. He was blind. He was a familiar sight to others on their way in and out of Jericho, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pray Graciously Series

    Contributed by Davon Huss on Aug 7, 2024
     | 692 views

    In what ways are we to forgive? (Material adapted from Bob Hostetler's book, the Red Letter Prayer Life; chapter 11 of the same title)

    HoHum: It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but it’s real. In recent years, scientists have discovered a kind of bacterial infection called necrotizing fasciitis, more commonly called flesh eating bacteria. Once this bacterium enters a human body, it can multiply rapidly. Within 24 ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pray Like This

    Contributed by James Beam, Jr on Nov 10, 2005
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,475 views

    Jesus disciples were drawn by his intimate walk with His Father. This text reveals how prayer is shaped by what’s in our heart & in our Father’s heart.

    Welcome & Theme Introduction 1. What one thing could make the church more powerful than anything else? What one thing could ensure that your life was as good as it can be? What one thing could turn your family into the place that everyone loved to stay? 2. That ONE thing is an intimate, ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

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    Pray In Faith

    Contributed by William R. Nabaza on Sep 17, 2012
     | 4,061 views

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you prayed before in faith? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show importance of faith in prayer IV. TEXT: Matthew 21:22 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) You can pray for anything, and if

    I. EXORDIUM: Have you prayed before in faith? II. AUDIENCE PROFILE: Believers III. OBJECTIVES: To show importance of faith in prayer IV. TEXT: Matthew 21:22 (New Living Translation, Second Edition) You can pray for anything, and if you have faith, you will receive it.” V. ...read more

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    Denomination: Pentecostal

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    Praying In Secret Series

    Contributed by John Lowe on Aug 4, 2022
     | 1,826 views

    Standing itself is interpreted as praying, for it is said, "and Abraham rose early in the morning to where he stood, "and there is no prayer but standing." though sometimes they prayed sitting, as David did, 2 Samuel 7:18

    Matthew 6:5-8 (NIV) 5 "And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    The Way To Pray Series

    Contributed by Paul Clemente on Oct 10, 2011
     | 4,610 views

    Do we really see the need to pray and are we praying effectively?

    What would happen if there wasn’t a thing called prayer?? Prayer acknowledges the reality of God! Prayer connects us with God! Prayer is a way to ask God directly for something! Prayer provides peace of heart! Prayer is a weapon against the devil! Prayer is power! How is our prayer life? In our ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

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    Praying In The Spirit

    Contributed by Marilyn Murphree on Oct 2, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 4,592 views

    A better way to pray in order to get to the root of th problem

    Praying in the Spirit Praying in the Spirit is important as well in our healing experience. Many times we do not know how to pray about something because we can’t really pinpoint the problem. Romans 8:26 KJV tells us, “Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

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    The Way To Pray

    Contributed by Charles Scott on Feb 25, 2008
    based on 4 ratings
     | 2,826 views

    Jesus sets the example for prayer.

    Matthew 6__5-18 THE WAY TO PRAY In my youth, I was very active in a Church that practiced only extempore prayer. On rare occasion someone might bring a written prayer to a Bible study, but other than the Lord’s Prayer, there was no prayer routinely used in worship, and no one who was a prayer ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Pray This Way

    Contributed by Charles Scott on Feb 2, 2008
     | 2,267 views

    Jesus taught us not only the words to say in prayer, but the manner in which to approach God so that prayer becomes effectual in changing not only our lives but enables Christ through the church to change the world around us.

    Matthew 6__5-18 THE WAY TO PRAY In my youth, I was very active in a Church that practiced only extempore prayer. On rare occasion someone might bring a written prayer to a Bible study, but other than the Lord’s Prayer, there was no prayer routinely used in worship, and no one who was a prayer ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

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    Planning And Praying Series

    Contributed by David Owens on Mar 16, 2020
     | 5,351 views

    This sermon on the second half of Romans chapter 15 gives us insight into how to make plans to serve the Lord, and how to carry them out with prayer, like the apostle Paul did.

    A. Once there was a young woman who brought her fiancé home to meet her parents. 1. After dinner, her mother told her father to find out more about the young man, so the father invited the fiancé to his study for a talk. 2. “So what are your plans?” the father asked the young ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ