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PG Prayer Seminar
PG Prayer Seminar
PG Prayer Seminar
1. 2 Chronicles 7:14
2. Zechariah 4:6
3. John 15:1-5
4. John 17
5. Acts 1:8,14; 2:42
6. Luke 11:1-13
Prayer Seminar
Primary Church -
People devoted to prayer.
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Bibliography
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1. Lord’s prayer
2. Moses’ prayer
3. Solomon’s prayer
4. Jehoshaphat’s prayer
5. Daniel’s prayer
6. Isaiah’s prayer
7. Abraham’s prayer
8. David’s prayer
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About prayer:
About prayer:
About prayer:
1. a monolog
2. a repetition of same words
3. a shopping list
4. an instrument to get what you want
5. to make God in your image
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About prayer:
About prayer:
About prayer:
About prayer:
Real prayer:
1. Happens when we respond to God’s call to
bear and possess his Name and reflect his
character
2. Places us where we belong
3. Changes you, the church, and the world
4. Makes you sensitive to God’s voice and plans
5. Makes us available for God’s service
6. Brings us joy
Prayer cycle:
Characteristics of prayer:
1. centered on God
2. genuine
3. purposeful
4. specific
5. promise-claiming
6. revival-seeking
7. based on faith in His word, His character,
His merits, and His power
“Jesus taught His disciples that only that prayer which
arises from unfeigned lips, prompted by the actual wants
of the soul, is genuine, and will bring heaven's blessing to
the petitioner.” {PaM180.2}
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1. To know God
2. To live in His presence
3. To experience Him and trust Him
4. Discover His plan
5. To allow Him to work for us
6. To be forgiven, cleansed, and changed
7. To allow Him to use us in intercession and
service for others (mission)
8. To be victorious, to reflect His character
9. Outpouring of the Holy Spirit/Revival
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Forms of prayer:
Forms of prayer:
Forms of prayer:
2. Prayer in group
• two or three
• effectual
• build each other
• accountability
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Forms of prayer:
3. Corporate/public prayer
• short, earnest
• slow, distinct, simple language
• in unity, simplicity, and trusting faith
• glorifying God
• blessing for hearers
• Revival, dedication, direction
Hindrances to prayer
Hindrances to prayer
Hindrances to prayer
Hindrances to prayer
Hindrances to prayer
1. Possessions
2. Work, worries
3. Relationships
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Hindrances to prayer
Hindrances to prayer
Types of prayer:
1. Worshipping
2. Thanksgiving / Praise
3. Relationship
4. Repentance / Forgiveness
5. Petition
6. Intercession
7. Availability / Service
8. Receive God’s Gifts / Jesus / Holy Spirit /
Revival
9. Contemplation
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Types of prayer:
Worshiping
• worshiping, exalting and adoring God for
who He is
GOD
GOD
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Types of prayer:
1. David (Psalms)
2. Moses (Exod. 15)
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Types of prayer:
Thanksgiving
• thanking God for something He has done
for your or for others
GOD
GOD
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Types of prayer:
Relationship
Types of prayer:
Types of prayer:
Forgiveness:
1. Consciousness of sin
2. Conviction of sin
3. Confrontation of sin
a. Revulsion b. Sorrow c. Repentance
4. Confession of sin
a. Admit you have sinned
b. Ask for forgiveness
c. Express desire for expulsion
d. Believe He already forgave you
5. Cleansing process
a. Total dependence on Him/walk with Him
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Types of prayer:
Complete forgiveness:
1. Submit the sin-condition to God – a choice to confess
2. Release the sin into His hands – an act-of-will
3. Accept His forgiveness – a choice to accept
4. Receive that forgiveness personally – an act-of-will
Types of prayer:
Petition
• asking God for something for yourself or
others
GOD
GOD
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Types of prayer:
Petition:
Types of prayer:
Intercession
• The channel through His power is to be
received and distributed
• One of the untouched dimensions of
supernatural power
1. Realize that Jesus is your intercessor
2. Just thank Him for He will be bringing
water to your spiritual desert
3. Ask someone to be your prayer partner
4. Possess your position as priest and king
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Types of prayer:
Intercession (7 phases)
• Moses model
1. Establishing the relationship (Ex. 32:7-11)
2. The God-Perspective (Ex. 32:12)
3. The integrity of God’s word (Ex. 32:13-14)
4. Confrontation with sin (Ex. 32:19-28)
5. Resting in the atonement (Ex. 32:29-34)
6. The presence imperative (Ex. 33:1-17)
7. The appeal to grace (submission) (Ex.
33:17-34:10)
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Types of prayer:
Service / mission
Isaiah
Rom. 12
Neh.
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Types of prayer:
Types of prayer:
Types of prayer:
Types of prayer:
Types of prayer:
Types of prayer:
Meditation / contemplation
1. Planed and spontaneous, continue and natural
2. Without hurry
3. Take Time to receive the answer
4. Take Time for spiritual growth
(“contemplating”)
5. Take Time to understand (set understanding
goals)
6. Focused on God
7. Focused on His Word and His Law
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Types of prayer:
Meditation – methods
1. Be still
2. Contemplate God’s character and works
3. Contemplate His Word and Law
4. Repeat the verse, memorize it
5. Repeat God’s promises back to Him
6. Ask questions
7. Contemplate throughout prayer and study
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A prayerless life
1. Formality, cold
2. No relevance
3. Devouring pastors and church members
4. Squelching change
5. Absence of young people
6. Lack of growth/unhealthy
7. Unhealthy isolation
8. Concerns for forms without content
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A prayerless life
9. Lack of love
10. Lack of unity / divisions
11. Lack of joy and peace
12. Lack of life
13. Lack of faith
14. Lack of power
15. God of the past (satisfied with our situation)
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A prayerless life
Answered prayer
Powerful prayer:
The Lord is willing to do great things for us.
We shall not gain the victory through numbers,
but through the full surrender of the soul to
Jesus. We are to go forward in His strength,
trusting in the mighty God of Israel. SDG 279
Conditions:
Results:
“…then
1. I will hear/answer from heaven,
2. I will forgive their sin
3. and I will heal their land.”
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Action points:
Action points:
Action points:
Powerful prayer:
Books
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