Communication with God is of importance in service to God. Hence, the role prayer plays. Many believers take this for granted and ended up doing eye service that will only attract human applause and not God's commendation.

1. TOPIC: THE ROLE OF PRAYER IN
THE LIFE OF AN EFFECTIVE
CHRISTIAN WORKER IN THIS END
TIME.

2. Theme Texts : Joel 2: 28, 2Tim. 3
:1-7, Eph. 2 :10.

3. Introduction
• Prayer in itself don't make things
happen but bring grace to make
things happen, grace to gain access,
grace to excel, grace to perform and
grace to achieve result.

4. • Prayer is the channel to connect
grace and grace is the avenue to
become - 1 cor 15; 10.

5. • Prayer is our responsibility and
spiritual obligation as a tool to keep
the kingdom business running
efficiently and effectively

6. • Prayer is your connectivity to divinity
to carry out your responsibility on
this side of eternity. It is like
reporting back to the Master who
sent you on the assignment.

7. • Prayer altar is the throne of grace
Heb 4; 16, Acts 4; 31

8. • SMARTER PRAYER FOR EFFECTIVE
CHRISTIAN WORKER
James 5: 16

9. Amplified Bible (AMP)
Therefore, confess your sins to one another
[your false steps, your offenses], and pray for
one another, that you may be
healed and restored. The heartfelt and
persistent prayer of a righteous man (believer)
can accomplish much [when put into action
and made effective by God—it is dynamic and
can have tremendous power].

10. Admit your faults to one another
and pray for each other so that you
may be healed. The earnest prayer of
a righteous man has great power and
wonderful results.
Living Bible (TLB)

11. Few of my thoughts about Prayer;
Prayer is meant to be a life style, a
channel of worship and not a
weapon for ministering.

12. Few of my thoughts about Prayer;
If you are not faithful in the place of
prayer, you can’t be fruitful in the
place of ministry.

13. Few of my thoughts about Prayer;
If you are not built, you cannot build.

14. Few of my thoughts about Prayer;
Prayer is powerful, not because great
people pray but because great God
hears.

15. What about your thoughts;
What about your thoughts;

16. SMARTER PRAYER IN ACRONYM
S- Start with Thanksgiving. Matt 6: 9
• M- Meditate on God will. 1 John 5: 14-15
• A- Abide in God. John 15: 7
• R- Resist the Devil and its appearances. Eph 4; 27,
James 4;7
• T- Trust and Obey. Prov 1; 24-28
• E- Exercise Your faith. Matt. 21;22
• R- Request for Specifics. Mark 11;23-24, Phil 4;6,
Matt 7;7

17. SMARTER PRAYER IN ACRONYM
• P- Put passion, purpose and Persistence James
4;2-3, Luke 18; 1
• R- Right living a must 1 Peter 3;12, Psalm 34; 15
• A- Accept and confess your errors Isai 59; 2,
psalm 66;18
• Y- Yield to God’s prompting. Rom 6;13,19,
Heb 12;11
• E- Expect result in Jesus name Matt 6;8, Phil 2; 10
• R- Receive answer with thanks-giving. John 16;24

18. Conclusion
You may not have position, but you
have assignment, you may not have
title, but you have the mantle if you
pray.
Don’t fight for title; go for the mantle
because title without mantle is battle,
Christian life in this end time without
prayer ends in struggle.