PRAYER AND

FASTING
PS. LARRY ALILURAN
INTRODUCTION:
God is an Omniscient God meaning an
“All Knowing God who knows everything”.

Why do we need to pray?

Will God only work as He
hears from our own life what
He already knows?
INTRODUCTION:
Feeding the Multitudes
(Matt 14:19; Mark 6:41; Luke 9:16)

Jesus looked up to heaven, why?

Because God the Father is the source of all
our needs and our prayers like Jesus does
connects the circuit of power where God
Himself is the source of energy.
INTRODUCTION:
Feeding the Multitudes
(Matt 14:19; Mark 6:41; Luke 9:16)
We are the transmission wires; the object of
prayer are the things to be energized and
that needs prayer to be switched. Prayer
cooperating with faith calls into being the
circumstances and material realities we
need for the service of God.
INTRODUCTION:
Before the world is changed, we must
be changed. PRAYER teaches and
transforms developing in our negative
lives a picture of Jesus. Prayer has no
rival in teaching us God dependence.
Only by awareness of Him will we grow
like Him.
INTRODUCTION:
When the Lord Jesus prayed on the
mountains with Peter, James, and John,
He changed (Luke 28:29). Jesus shone
like a light in whiteness. Like Moses (2
Cor. 3:7) when he prayed and fasted
after 40 days and 40 nights getting the
tablets of law.
INTRODUCTION:

This simple lesson in supernatural

taught the discipline .
What prayer really does?
It transfigures those who use it.
It makes them the “light of the world”.
A. PRAYER IS AWARENESS OF GOD.
PRAYER
is a focused is God’s puts us in a is a contact
Sees as consciousness. place where we with God. He
God intent, so is before us,
As we pray, we can understand
the whole above us,
sees become aware and work with
heart is of need of God. It is not to beneath us,
fixed and failure. We get God in behind us,
centered on begin to realize touch with us and within us
the Lord SPIRIT realities. but to get us in all the time.
Jesus. We feel as God touch with God.
feels.
A. PRAYER IS AWARENESS OF GOD.

“Awareness, not distance,

can separate us from
touching Him. Prayer times
are growth times.”
B. HOW SHOULD WE PRAY?
1. Address it to God. (Acts 12:5)
2. In the Name of Jesus
a. Ask in my Name (John 14:13-14)
b. The Father will give whatever you ask
in my Name (John 15:16; 16:23, 26)
c. Give thanks to God the Father in
Jesus’ Name (Eph. 5:20)
B. HOW SHOULD WE PRAY?
3. By means of the Holy Spirit
a. By the Holy Spirit, we cry Abba Father
(Rom. 8:15-16)
b. Pray in the Spirit (Eph 6:18).
c. Pray in the Holy Spirit (Jude 20).
d. With our spirit (tongues) and with
understanding (interpretation of the tongue)
(1 Cor. 14:13-15)
e. Spirit enables our praying by interceding
through us and for us (Rom. 8:26).
C. IS THERE A SPECIAL PRAYER POSTURE?
1. Like fasting, a prayer is a place of humility
before God and generally, the prayer
positions show our dependence on God.
2. On the face. (Num. 20:6; Deut 9:25; 2 Chro
20:18; Matt 26:39).
3. Face between knees (1 Kings 18:42).
4. Bowing down (Gen 24:26; Exo 4:31; 12:27;
34:8)
C. IS THERE A SPECIAL PRAYER POSTURE?
5. Kneeling (1 Kings 8:54; 2 Chro 6:13; Ez 9:5;
Ps 95:6; Isa 45:23; Dan 6:10; Luke 22:41; Acts
7:60; Eph 3:14)

6. Standing (1 Kings 8:22; Mark 11:25; Luke

18:11-13).

7. Lifted Hands (Ps 28:2; Lam 2:19; 1 Tim 2:8)

D. INNER ATTITUDE IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAT OUTER POSTURE
1. With humility (2 Chro 7:14; 33:12; Luke
22:42)
2. Not for show (Matt 6:5-7).
3. In faith (Matt 21:22; James 1:6; Heb 10:22).
4. With truth (Ps. 17:1; 145:18; John 4:24).
5. With confidence (Ps. 56:9; Ps. 86:7; 1
John 5:14; Heb. 10:19-22)
D. INNER ATTITUDE IS MORE IMPORTANT
THAT OUTER POSTURE
6. Having forgiven (Matt 6:12; Mark 11:25-26).
7. Proper heart (Jer. 29:13; Lamen 3:41; Ps.
119:58; 145; Heb 10:22).
E. PRAYER IS OFTEN ACCOMPANIED BY
1. Watching (Be alert). (Luke 21:36; 1 Pet 4:7; Col
4:2)
2. Confession of personal and corporate sins
(James 15:6).
3. Repentance (1 Kings 8:33; Jer. 36:7)
4. Fasting (Neh 1:4; Dan 9:3; Acts 13:3).
5. Weeping (Jer 31:9; Hos 12:4)
6. Praise (Ps. 66:17)
7. Thanksgiving (Phil 4:6; Col 4:2).
8. Proclamation (Ps 48:1-3; 18:3; 116:1-2)
F. A TEACHING PASSAGE (Matt 6:5-14)
1. Not to be seen of men (Matt 6:5)
2. In secret (Matt 6:6)
3. Don’t keep on babbling like the
pagans (Matt 6:7).
G. OUTLINE OF A PRAYER GIVEN BY
JESUS (Matt 6:9-13)
“Sometimes called the Lord’s Prayer but it
was meant to be the Disciples’ Prayer”
1. Our prayer is to God alone. Remind
yourself who God is. (Matt 6:9)
2. He is our Father in Heaven. (Matt 6:9)
3. He is to be thanked and praised.
(Matt 6:9)
G. OUTLINE OF A PRAYER GIVEN BY
JESUS (Matt 6:9-13)
4. In faith, desire the Kingdom of God in
all areas of this world (Matt 6:10)
5. In faith, ask for all the provisions
needed (Matt 6:11)
6. Ask for forgiveness and forgive
others (Matt 6:12).
G. OUTLINE OF A PRAYER GIVEN BY
JESUS (Matt 6:9-13)
7. Pray for spiritual leading and
protection for all under your care. Put
on the Full Armor of God (Matt 6:13).
8. We are reminded that God forgives
us in the same way that we forgive one
another. (Matt 6:14-15)
H. PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED
1. Promised (Isa 58:9; Jer 29:12; Mat 7:7)
2. Sometimes immediately (Isa 65:24; Dan
9:21, 23).
3. Sometimes after a delay (Luke 18:7; 1 Kings
18:42-44; Dan 10:12, 13).
4. Sometimes differently than we expect (2
Cor 12:8-9).
5. Better than we expect or think (Jer. 33:3;
Eph 3:20)
I. HINDRANCES TO PRAYERS BEING HEARD
OR ANSWERED (Blockage to Prayer)
1. We fight for what we want instead of asking (James 4:2)
2. We ask with selfish motives (James 4:3).
3. We ask while making a practice of sin and different kinds
of iniquities (Ps 66:18; Isa 59:1-2; Eph 5:3-12, 17).
4. We are deaf to the cry of the poor (Prov. 21:13).
5. We oppose the Saints of God (Ps 18:40-41; Mic 3:3-4).
6. We are disobedient to the known command of God (Pro.
28:9)
7. We have an unforgiving spirit (Matt 5:22-24; 6:12-15; Eph
4:30-31).
J. DEVOTIONAL LIFE OF A LEADER

1. DEVOTIONAL LIFE – a life

characterized by enthusiastic
addiction, attachment on loyalty to
God. Communicating with God
leads to knowing God and knowing
God leads to obeying God.
J. DEVOTIONAL LIFE OF A LEADER

2. DEVOTION – is that our heart,

our lives, and everything in it are
continually devoted to God.
Continues communication to Him
only to “Glorify God”. Nothing is a
duty if it is performed for God.
J. DEVOTIONAL LIFE OF A LEADER
HOW WHY TIME
With all God’s goodness Early in the morning
ourselves (buong (Kabutihan ng (Madaling Araw)
buhay) Diyos) Gen 26:16-18 (Jacob)
1 Cor 6:20; Rom 1 Sam 12:24; 1 Mark 1:35 (Jesus)
12:1; Prov 3:9 Thess 2:12; 2 1 Sam 1:19 (Hannah &
Cor 5:15 Elcana)
Job 1:5 (Job)