Confidence in Prayer Bible study

1. CONFIDENCE
IN
PRAYER
INTRODUCTION
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LITANY
LEADER: Lord God, we come before you today to give you
honor and praise.
RESPONSE: We thank and praise You for the opportunity to gather
together to study Your Word
LEADER: Lord, we know that man shall not live by bread alone but by
every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. (Dt.8:3)
RESPONSE: Feed us on Your Word we as we study about prayer today.
LEADER: Lord, we pray that the eyes of our understanding are
enlightened as we read and study Your Word (Eph.1:18)
RESPONSE: That we may obey it
LEADER: Lord God, incline our hearts to Your Word (Psalm 119:36)
RESPONSE: That we may obey it
LEADER: Lord, Your Word says, the effective, fervent prayer of a
righteous man avails much. (James 5:16)
RESPONSE: Help us Holy Spirit to be effective, fervent pray-ers
LEADER: Jesus said that men always ought to pray and not lose heart.
(Luke 18:1)
RESPONSE: Help us Holy Spirit to do what we have to do to stay alert, be
constant in prayer, and not to lose heart
ALL: In Jesus’ Name, Amen

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“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him,
that if we ask anything according to His will,
He hears us.
And if we know that He hears us,
whatever we ask,
we know that we have the petitions that we have
asked of Him.”
1 John 5:14-15 (NKJV)

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Not confidence in our ability --
But confidence in God’s ability
To do what He says He will do.

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A. Prayer is ________ because it is through
prayer that you and I communicate with our
Heavenly Father.
B. There are countless
1. decisions to be made,
2. wisdom to be sought,
3. resources that are needed,
4. transgressions to be mended,
5. love and appreciation to be
communicated
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C. Thus, we are told to pray without________.
(1 Thessalonians 5:17).
1. The aspects of our daily living may be found
in the Word of God in principle but not
necessarily in practical detail.
2. Therefore, we need to talk with and listen to
our Heavenly Father.
3. This is prayer.
ceasing

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D. We must realize that there is an _______of
prayer.
1. When we go to God in prayer, Satan knows
we go to fetch strength against him, and
therefore he opposes us all he can.
2. Satan’s goal is to
 keep Christians from _______
 push Christians into ________
 _________Christians in God’s plan
enemy
error
frustrate
prayer

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Prayer is a discipline, and
discipline requires ___________.persistence

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Read Luke 11:9-10 (NKJV)
9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to
you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will
be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks
receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him
who knocks it will be opened.
 Keep Asking, Seeking, Knocking
 In this passage, the verbs ask, seek, and knock
are all in the present tense in the Greek, which
implies ____________ or habitual action.continuous

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 They had seen Jesus praying (Luke 11:1), and they knew He
____________ how to pray. They had a hunger to know how to
pray.
 These words show us that prayer is a skill that can be _________.
If prayer is a skill, then it is something I can ________ with time
and practice.
 It will come little by little with knowledge, with application, with
time, with __________.
 The disciples knew this, and so they began where we each must
begin if we are ever to learn – with a _______ to be taught.
learned
develop
experience
hunger
understood

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During this study, we will have times of practical
application when you have time to express yourself
in prayer.
2 Corinthians 10:12 (NKJV)
12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with
those who commend themselves. But they, measuring
themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among
themselves, are not wise.
You Are A ______ Design.
Do not _______ yourself with others.
Divine
compare

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17. PRAY IN GROUPS OF THREE
1. Divide up in trios
2. If possible, be apart of a different group each time we
meet.
3. Decide who will be Person #1, Person #2 and Person #3
4. During the course of the Bible Study on Confidence in
Prayer, there will be times of practical application in which
prayer topics are suggested, and each person in the trio
has one minute to express himself in prayer.
5. Bell is rung to indicate when each prayer turn is over.
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18. Person #3, lead your group in prayer by asking the Lord to
bless this church and our pastor. You have one minute. When
you hear the bell. Conclude your prayer.
Person #1, lead your group in prayer by asking the Lord to
bless our time together and teach us the effective prayer of a
righteous man that avails much. You have one minute to pray.
When you hear the bell. Conclude your prayer.
Person #2, lead your group in prayer by asking the Lord to
speak to you and your partners in the group. You have one
minute. When you hear the bell. Conclude your prayer.
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