A simple talk on the privilege of prayer.

2. PRAYERAttitudes & Applications

4. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER
1) Desperation
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy,
the devil. He prowls around like a roaring
lion, looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8
• Bell for the Butler or a Wartime Walkie-Talkie?

5. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER
1) Desperation
Stay alert! Watch out for your great enemy,
the devil. He prowls around like a roaring
lion, looking for someone to devour.
1 Peter 5:8
• Bell for the Butler or a Wartime Walkie-Talkie?

6. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER
2) Dependence
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are
children of God. So you have not received a spirit
that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you
received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his
own children. Now we call him, “Abba, Father.”
Romans 8:14-15

7. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER
2) Dependence
• As children of God, we can come to Him messy.
• Focus on the relationship not the conversation.
• A needy heart is a praying heart.
• Prayer slows down our restless hearts.

8. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER

9. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER

10. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER
1) Desperation
2) Dependence

11. Prayer is about…
1. Enjoying God’s Presence (Psalm 42:1)
2. Leveraging God’s Power (Eph. 3:20)
3. Claiming God’s Promises (2 Pet. 1:4)
APPLICATIONS FOR PRAYER

12. When praying, spend time…
Adoring God (Psalm 145)
Confessing Your Sin to God (Psalm 51)
Thanking God (Psalm 107)
Asking God (Philippians 4:6)
APPLICATIONS FOR PRAYER

13. ATTITUDES OF PRAYER:
• Desperation & Dependence
APPLICATIONS FOR PRAYER:
• Presence, Power & Promises
• ACTS Method
SUMMARY

14. 1. Just do it (Col. 4:2)
APPLICATIONS