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PART 2
PRAY WELL
LIVE WELL
EM Bounds
“It is only by prayer that God
can help people. He who
does not pray robs himself
of God’s help and places
God where He cannot help."
Praying well . . .
1. TIME ALONE WITH GOD
2. UNHURRIED TIME
3. MORE THAN A DUTY
4. IN THE NAME OF JESUS
MY PRAYER COMMITMENT
“And in the morning, a great while before day, He rose and went
out to a lonely place, and there he prayed.” Mark 1:35
“In these days He went out into the hills to pray; and all
night He continued in prayer to God.” Luke 6:12
I resolve, by the help of God, to set aside at least twenty
minutes every day to spend alone in God’s presence.
Signed ________________________________________
Date ___________________
The Lord is calling
you to UNHURRIED
time with Him.
Praying well means . . .
1. FELLOWSHIPPING
WITH GOD
Mark 7:6 (NIV)"Isaiah was right when he
prophesied about you hypocrites;
as it is written: 'These people
honor me with their lips, but
their hearts are far from me.'"
James 4:8
"Draw near to God and he
will draw near to you."
John 14:23 (NIV)
"Jesus replied, "If anyone loves
me, he will obey my teaching.
My Father will love him, and we
will come to him and make
our home with him."
Psalms 73:28 (NIV)
"But as for me, it is good
to be near God. I have made
the Sovereign LORD
my refuge;"
Psalms 91:1-2 (NIV)
"He who dwells in the shelter of
the Most High will rest in the
shadow of the Almighty. I will
say of the LORD, "He is my
refuge and my fortress, my God,
in whom I trust.""
GOD DESIGNED YOU
TO LIVE NEAR HIM.
Praying well means . . .
1. FELLOWSHIPPING
WITH GOD
Praying well means . . .
2. COMMITTING YOUR
PLANS TO GOD
IT MATTERS TO US
WHAT GOD THINKS
IT MATTERS TO US
WHAT GOD WANTS
Isaiah 22:11 NLT
“All your feverish plans are
to no avail because you
never ask God for help.”
James 4:13-15 (NIV)
"Now listen, you who say, "Today or
tomorrow we will go to this or that
city, spend a year there, carry on
business and make money." Why,
you do not even know what will
happen tomorrow.
James 4:13-15 (NIV)
"What is your life? You are a mist
that appears for a little while and
then vanishes. Instead, you ought to
say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will
live and do this or that.""
James 4:13-15 (NIV)
“You ought to say, ‘If it is
the Lord's will, we will live
and do this or that.’”
2 Chronicles 16
KING ASA OF JUDAH
2 Chronicles 16:9b (NIV)
"You have done a foolish
thing, and from now on
you will be at war."
John White, THE FIGHT
"Prayer is not you trying to
move God. Prayer is
among other things
BEING CAUGHT UP
into God's directions
and activity.”
John White, THE FIGHT
"He orders the affairs of the
universe, and he invites you
to participate by prayer."
John White, THE FIGHT
"Intercession is God and you
in partnership, bringing his
perfect plans into being."
Praying well means . . .
2. COMMITTING YOUR
HEART TO THE LORD
2 Chronicles 16:9a (NIV)
"For the eyes of the LORD
range throughout the earth
to strengthen those
whose hearts are fully
committed to him."
1 Chronicles 29:19 (NIV)
“And give my son Solomon
the wholehearted devotion”
2 Chronicles 16:9a (NIV)
"For the eyes of the LORD
range throughout the earth
to strengthen those
whose hearts are fully
committed to him."
I WILL ACT IN STRENGTH ON
YOUR BEHALF . . .
I WILL WORK IN YOUR LIFE IN
SUCH A WAY AS TO MAKE YOU
STRONG, ABLE TO OVERCOME,
ABLE TO BE VICTORIOUS.
85-YEAR OLD CALEB SAYS:
Joshua 14:11 (NIV)"I am still as strong today as the day
Moses sent me out;
I'm just as vigorous to go out to
battle now as I was then."
“Strong” Is the Hebrew word:
Chazaq
(KHAW-ZAK)
And He walks with me and
He talks with me,
And He tells me I am his own;
And the joy we share
as we tarry there,
None other has ever known
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