The document outlines various aspects and types of prayer, including petition, communication with God, intercession, thanksgiving, and praise. It emphasizes the importance of praying sincerely, from the heart, and according to God's will, while also providing biblical references and practical tips for effective prayer. Additionally, it highlights Jesus Christ as the perfect example of prayer and includes a sample prayer following the teachings of the Lord's Prayer.

1. Prayer
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2. Types

3. Petition
Demand / Earnest request to do
something / Plead

4. •Issac – for his barren wife (Genesis 25:21)
•Hannah – for a child (1 Samuel 1:10,27)
•Hezekiah – for his life (2 Kings 20:2)

5. Prayer
Communication / Communion
(sharing of thoughts or
feelings) with God

6. •Moses and Elijah (Matthew 17:3)
•Moses (Numbers 7:89)
•Enoch (Genesis 5:24)

7. Intercession
Intervene between parties with a
view to reconciling differences /
mediate

8. •Abraham – for the evil city of Sodom,
residence of his nephew Lot (Genesis 18)
•Moses – for Israelites (Exodus 32-34)
•Daniel (Daniel 10)

9. Thanksgiving
Expression of gratitude

10. •Leper cleaned by Jesus (Luke 16:1
•Israelites - thank offering (Leviticus 7:12)

11. Praise & adoration
Recognize God’s divinity and give
him glory / Expression of love for
God

12. David (Psalms)
•Ezra (Nehemiah 8:6)
•Nebuchadnezzar (Daniel 4:34)

13. Battle
Against self, surroundings
and evil spirits

14. How???

15. Pray without ceasing
1 Thessalonians 5:17

16. Pray from heart; not brain.
Jeremiah 29:13

17. Pray with a humble heart
2 Chronicles 7:14

18. Pray with belief that
you have received it
Mark 11:24

19. Pray earnestly
Job 8:5, James 5:17

20. Thank God
1 Thessalonians 5:18

21. Confess and plead
for pardon
Daniel 9:4

22. Ask according to
God’s will
1 John 5:14-15

23. Don’t babble
Ecclesiastes 5:2

24. For what?

25. For
yourself
Matthew 26:41

26. For kings
and all
those in
authority
1 Timothy 2:2

27. For those who
persecute you
Matthew 5:44

28. For saints
Ephesians 6:18
2 Thessalonians 3:2

29. For those
who
mistreat
you
Luke 6:28

30. For all
1 Timothy 2:1

31. Some practical
tips

32. Position doesn’t matter. God looks at the
heart.
1 Samuel 16:7

34. “God speaks in the silence of the
heart. Listening is the beginning of
prayer.”
- Mother Teresa

35. “Do not make prayer a monologue...make it a conversation.”
- Unknown

36. “Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”
- Corrie Ten Boom

37. “There is a mighty lot of difference
between saying prayers and
praying.”
- John G. Lake

38. “Some people think God does not like to
be troubled with our constant coming
and asking. The way to trouble God is
not to come at all.”
- D.L. Moody

39. “Use me, God. Show me how to take who I
am, who I want to be, and what I can do, and
use it for a purpose greater than myself.”
- Martin Luther King Jr

40. “Pray as you can, not as you can’t.”
- Dom Chapman

41. “God’s answers are wiser than our prayers.”
- Unknown

42. “A sinning man stops praying, a
praying man stops sinning”
“If weak in prayer, we are weak
everywhere.”
- Leonard Ravenhill

43. The Spirit himself intercedes for
us through wordless groans...
Romans 8:26

44. But if anybody
does sin, we
have an
advocate with
the Father –
Jesus Christ,
the Righteous
One.
1 John 2:1

45. Your
Father
knows
what you
need
before you
ask him.

46. “For everyone who
asks receives, and
the one who seeks
finds, and to the
one who knocks it
will be opened.”
Luke 11:10

47. Jesus Christ:
The Perfect Example

48. Jesus ...
Prayed alone (Matthew 14:23, Mark 6:47)
Prayed in early morning (Mark 1:35)
Prayed for others/those who mocked him
(Luke 23:34)
Prayed all night (Luke 6:12-13)

49. A sample prayer
( Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4 )

50. Our Father in heaven,
Address God
Know your position, humble yourself

51. Hallowed be your name,
Praise and adoration
Let our deeds uphold the sanctification of your name

52. Your kingdom come,
Remainder for God’s second coming
“The kingdom of God is within you” (Luke 17:21)

53. Your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Petition
Plead God to reform the earth which he gifted to man
“The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to all
humanity”
Psalms 115:16

54. Give us today our daily
bread.
Petition
“I am the bread of life”
John 6:35

55. And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors
Plead forgiveness
“Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had
mercy on you?”
Matthew 18:33

56. And lead us not into
temptation,
Petition
But each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own
evil desire and enticed.
James 1:14

57. ...but deliver us from the evil
one.
Petition
Save us from devil’s snares

58. Yours is the kingdom and the power
and the glory forever. Amen.
Praise and adoration
Acknowledge the sovereignty of God

59. Time to pray ...