Sermons on Pauls Prayer:

The Practice Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Allen James on Sep 5, 2010

Today's passage provides the context for what we know as the Lord’s Prayer. A Google search for the word “prayer” generates approximately 82,400,000 results. Let’s explore what Jesus reveals in Matthew 6 regarding the Practice of Prayer.

The Practice of Prayer • Matthew 6:1, 5-8 • April 24/25 As we cont. in our Behind Closed Doors Series, we come today to the passage which provides the context for what we know as the Lord’s Prayer (series after Mother’s Day). Prayer is an exhaustive topic. There is an ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

The Importance Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Alan Tison on Sep 9, 2010

Prayer is one of God’s greatest gifts to his people yet it is often reduced to blessings at meals and praying for our health and the health of our family and friends. Someone has said, “Many people pray as if God were a big aspirin pill; they come only wh

Play Video “I Prayer from Blue Fish” How is your prayer Life? How often do you pray? Why do you pray? Questions like these force us to examine our prayer life. If you are like most people you wish you could be better at communicating with God. Prayer is one of God’s greatest ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:35-39

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Benefit Of Prayer

Contributed by John Ruland on Sep 15, 2010

Prayer is communication with God -- the greatest privilege on earth. Prayer is visiting with God. It can include asking for things, but is primarily spending time in God's presence, soaking up His life, His wisdom, and His strength.

The Benefit of Prayer ISAIAH 40:31 KJV 31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Most people look at prayer only as asking God for things. If that defines ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 40:31

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Prayer Education

Contributed by Bobby Mcdaniel on Mar 20, 2010

A study of how Christ taught us pray and what it means to our daily prayer life.

Scripture Ref: Luke 11:1-13 Matthew 6:7-9a Other References: The Believer’s Bible Commentary Based in part on a message by Bob Deffinbaugh 1. Introduction a. Trinity Baptist Church is taking a bold journey—a journey of faith, a journey of love, and with God’s help, a ...read more

Scripture: Luke 11:1-13

Prayer And The Cynical

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Mar 25, 2010

Prayer emphasis fall 1987: common wisdom is that we will never change, and the cynic believes that. Like Koheleth we can lose hope for everything. But the Christ who will come gives us hope, life, companionship, and is at work in all things for change a

One of the rules you learn when you study the discipline of marriage counseling is that you must try to help young people preparing for marriage to know at least this much: that whatever he or she is now, they will be more of it in fifty years. Whatever he or she is now, they will be more of it in ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

Faithful Prayer Series

Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Sep 15, 2009

Last one on James. this was a summer series for 2009

James returns to where he began, in chapter 1 James speaks of the hard times we all face and our need for perseverance. This comes as we pray. Verse 5 says, "If any of you lacks wisdom, they should ask [that is pray] God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Approaching Prayer

Contributed by Nathan Johnson on Sep 18, 2009

We need to consider the right attitudes God is looking for that are essential to Him responding to and guiding us.

Approaching Prayer Prairie Baptist Church – 9/20/09 P.M. Service Text: Psalm 5 Key verse: Psalms 5:1 - Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Premise: We need to consider the right attitudes God is looking for that are essential to Him responding to and guiding us. The ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 5:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Events

Contributed by Jerry Falwell on Sep 22, 2009

The primary purpose of prayer.

Prayer Events When we pray, it is not primarily not to get things from God; although that is why many people pray. The primary purpose of prayer is to commune with God, then getting things is only a by-product. And if communion with God is the only thing there is to prayer, that would be ...read more

Scripture: John 4:24

Denomination: Baptist

The Prayer Of Faith

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Sep 25, 2009

This is a discussion of the effective fervent prayer.

Text: “The effective fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much” (James 5:16). Prayer is communication or communion with God. It can be a petition or an appeal to Him confessing our sins and asking for forgiveness. It can be conversation with Him giving Him praise for showering us with ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-18

Denomination: Christian Church

Fervent Prayer

Contributed by Donnie De Loney on Jan 13, 2010

A weapon to use in Spiritual Warfare-Prayer

Part I: Fervent Prayer 2 Corinthians 4:18 intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm Doing warfare in a world we cannot see… Most of you have a cell phone… How does a cellular phone know there was a call coming in? It receives a message from the presence of radio waves, ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Prayer Of Faith ! Series

Contributed by John Wright on Feb 2, 2010

James teaches that when the sick call for the elders that the elders are to pray "the prayer of faith", which was prayed by elders that had had the apostles to lay their hands upon them and they would be praying with miraculous power, which is not possibl

INTRODUCTION #35 1. Please open your bibles to James 5:15. 2. In a previous lesson, from James 5:14, we discussed three different instructions that James gave to those who were sick and living during the days of miraculous healing of the sick. Those three instructions were first to be applied ...read more

Scripture: James 5:15

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

The Battlefield Of Prayer

Contributed by Philip Harrelson on Aug 6, 2010

Praying puts you on a spiritual battlefield where you have to prevail.

Exodus 17:8-16 KJV Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. [9] And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. [10] So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought ...read more

Scripture: Exodus 17:8-17

Denomination: Pentecostal

Prayer Of Examination

Contributed by Billy Ricks on Oct 3, 2008

Prayer is the main way we connect and communicate with our heavenly father. I believe that when God’s people do as David did and see the greatness of God and respond with a cry for deep examination revival will come.

Intro: Our planned revival time is drawing close. September 14 through 17 is our scheduled fall revival. I have some important questions to ask you this morning. Is it enough to place the revival meeting on the calendar? Is it enough to contact radio stations and hand out flyers and contact ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 139:1-24

Denomination: Baptist

The Power Of Prayer Series

Contributed by Ed Taylor on Oct 13, 2008

Prayer is definitely a difficult discipline, but it’s also a delightful discussion.

1. “God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food.” • Amen. No Talking! NOTE: that was the prayer my son learned at age 5 when he was in a Christian day care many years ago. • At every meal, the kids in unison would say out loud: “God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 9:1-23

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Leadership Prayer

Contributed by Dr. Madana Kumar, Phd on Oct 18, 2008

There are many prayers in the bible. One small and "difficult to locate" prayer was made famous through the best selling book "Prayer of Jabez". If we look beyond the skepticism and commercilisation of the book and the concept, there are some valuable les

Leadership Prayer I have read this story from the Sermon Central website A woman was at work when she received a phone call that her daughter was very sick with fever. She left her work and stopped by the pharmacy to get some medication for her daughter. When returning to her car she found that ...read more

Scripture: 1 Chronicles 4:9-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational