Wednesday Study Material
August 25, 2010
What is prayer?
1) Prayer is an awesome privilege.
2) Prayer is speaking and listening to God.
How do we pray? Luke 11:1-4 Matthew 6:5-15 (Key 9-13)
Why do we pray? 1 Thessalonians 5:17
a) Prayer is an opportunity to demonstrate our trust in God.
b) Prayer is an opportunity to bring our will into line with God's plan.
c) Prayer is an opportunity to intercede for others.
Paul gives us a great example in Colossians 1.
1) Be thankful for their faith and changed lives (1:3).
2) Ask God to help them know what he wants them to do (1:9).
3) Ask God to give them deep spiritual understanding (1:9).
4) Ask God to help them live for him (1:10).
5) Ask God to give them more knowledge of himself 1:10).
6) Ask God to give them strength for endurance (1:11).
7) Ask God to fill them with joy, strength, and thankfulness (1:11).
How many people in your life could be touched if you prayed in this way?
Examples of prayer in God's word:
a) A widow is persistent in prayer. Luke 18:1-8
b) Hannah prays from a troubled heart. 1 Samuel 1:1-18; 2:1-11
c) Jonah prays to be restored to God's will. Jonah 2:1-10
d) David prays for forgiveness of sin. Psalm 32 & 51
(Story of David's sin is found in 2 Samuel 11 & 12)
