Sermon Notes:
1. WHAT IS PRAYER? GOD, IN HIS INFINITE WISDOM, HAS ORDAINED PRAYER AS A MEANS OF GRACE BY WHICH WE HUMAN BEINGS CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HIM.
2. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? WHETHER WE UNDERSTAND IT WITH OUR HUMAN REASON OR NOT THE FACT IS GOD HAS COMMANDED US TO PRAY.
3. HOW DO WE PRAY? WE MUST NOTE THAT WHEN WE PRAY WE MUST COME IN GOD’S WAY.
4. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE PRAY? THERE IS TREMENDOUS POWER IN PRAYER IF ONLY KNEW WHAT POWER IS AT OUR DISPOSAL.
i) WE RECEIVE POWER OVER THE FORCES OF SATAN AND EVIL.
ii) WHEN WE PRAY WE EFFECT OTHERS.
5. HOW DOES GOD ANSWER PRAYER? “WHEN I PRAY, GOD ANSWERS. BUT HOW HE WILL ANSWER, I CANNOT ALWAYS TELL.”
QUESTIONS:
ICE BREAKER: HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR PRAYER LIFE AT PRESENT?
READ LUKE 5:12-13; 2 CORINTHIANS 12:7-9; EXODUS 2:23.
1. SHARE A TIME WHEN GOD ANSWERED YOUR PRAYER WITH A “YES” OR “WAIT”.
2. SHARE A TIME WHEN GOD ANSWERED YOUR PRAYER WITH A “NO”.
3. WHAT DO YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD REVEAL ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES, DESIRES AND HEART?
4. READ ACTS 9:10-16. HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO GIVE GOD ADVICE ON WHAT HE SHOULD DO? PLEASE SHARE.
5. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO BE STILL AND QUIET BEFORE GOD?
6. WHAT IS YOUR EXPERIENCE OF PRAYING WITH OTHERS LIKE FOR YOU?
7. WHAT IS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO INTERCEDE FOR OTHERS? WHAT HELPS YOU TO PRAY FOR THEM?
8. WHAT TIME OF THE DAY SUITS YOU BEST TO SPEND TIME IN PRAYER? WHY?