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2014 National Training NT 1408
INTRODUCTION
If any man be in Christ, old things including
his inconsistent, feeble, arbitrary, selfish
prayer life has passed away.
He is a brand new person born of the spirit
with a privilege of access to God the father.
The New Man needs to learn from Christ
how to communicate with the Father in the
same way that brought Jesus daily victory
and outstanding results.
INTRODUCTION
Jesus our example lived,
walked, prayed and
ministered in the Spirit.
We therefore join the
disciples of old in asking:
"Lord, teach us to pray,
just as John taught his
disciples." Luke 11:1NIV
Why do we need to pray?
Heb. 5:7 TLB
Yet while Christ was here on earth he pleaded with God, praying with tears and agony of soul to the only one who would save him from [premature] death. And God heard his prayers because of his strong desire to obey God at all times.
Prayer is an acknowledgement of helplessness that qualifies a man to receive divine help.
Prayer enables a deep communion with the Lord.
Jesus set an example of prayer for us to follow and without (apart from, outside of) Him we can do nothing. John15:5
Frequently Asked Petitions (FAPs)
• 2 Chron. 1:11
God said to Solomon, "Since this is your heart's desire and you have not asked for wealth, riches or honor, nor for the death of your enemies, and since you have not asked for a long life…
• God’s analysis reveals the following as man’s most Frequently Asked Petitions:
• 1. Wealth, Riches, Honour.
• 2. Death of Enemies
• 3. Long Life.
• God commended Solomon for “Praying in the Spirit” - asking for what would help him fulfill divine ministry rather than the usual FAPs.
Praying Amiss
James 4:2-3 NLT
• You want what you don't have, so you scheme and kill to get it. You are jealous of what others have, but you can't get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them. Yet you don't have what you want because you don't ask God for it. And even when you ask, you don't get it because your motives are all wrong—you want only what will give you pleasure.
Our Prayers miss the
mark when they are built
on:
Evil Desires
Scheming
Jealousy
Independence from
God
Wrong Motive
Contradiction of His
will
Grumbling
Unbelief. James 1:6-
8
Praying Amiss
Matt 6:5KJV
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Our Prayers miss the mark when they are:
A Public Show seen and applauded by men
Vain Repetitions seeking to impress God with words.
Not springing from a Father Son relationship. Matt 6:9
Not aimed at hastening the establishment of His kingdom and His will. Matt 6:10.
Praying in the Spirit – Our Helper
Eph 6:18 NLT
18 Pray in the Spirit at all times
and on every occasion.
Rom 8:26TLB
26 And in the same way — by our
faith — the Holy Spirit helps us
with our daily problems and in our
praying. For we don't even know
what we should pray for nor how to
pray as we should, but the Holy
Spirit prays for us with such feeling
that it cannot be expressed in
words.
You learn to Pray in the
Spirit by consistently
coming to God without a
shopping list and
seeking the help of the
Holy Spirit the Teacher.
The Spirit helps our
weakness in prayer by:
i) Teaching us what to pray
for.
ii) Enabling us to pray as
we should.
iii) Praying for us.
Prayer made in the Spirit
is accurate and effectual.
1 Cor 2:10-12 NLT
But it was to us that God revealed these things by his Spirit. For his Spirit searches out everything and shows us God's deep secrets. No one can know a person's thoughts except that person's own spirit, and no one can know God's thoughts except God's own Spirit. 12 And we have received God's Spirit (not the world's spirit), so we can know the wonderful things God has freely given us..
The Holy Spirit knows the mind of God.
The Holy Spirit reveals Gods deep secrets and His counsel over any matter when we seek His help.
The Holy Spirit shows us the things that God has freely given to us thereby assisting us to ask aright.
Always ask for help from our assigned helper.
Praying in the Spirit – Our Helper
Knowing God’s will
1 John 5:14-15 NIV
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us —whatever we ask —we know that we have what we asked of him.
Praying in the Spirit is praying according to His will, backed with a guarantee of 100% answer.
His will is expressed in His word which is empowered by the Holy Spirit when spoken in prayer.
Praying according to His will is praying according to His Written Word.
Praying according to His specific will is praying according to the instruction of His Living word i.e. “What Jesus Would Do” if He is in a similar situation.
Praying in the Spirit - Tongues
Jude 1:20 (Message).
20 But you, dear friends, carefully build yourselves up in this most holy faith by praying in the Holy Spirit,
1 Cor 14:2 (NIV)
For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries with his spirit.
1 Cor 14:4 (NIV).
He who speaks in a tongue edifies himself,
Capacity to pray in the Spirit is built as a man abides intimately with Christ.
Praying daily in tongues edifies(charges, builds up) the life of the believer
Praying in tongues enables us to commune with God in the coded unhindered prayer language empowered by the Holy Spirit.
Praying in the Name of Jesus.
• John 14:13-14NIVAnd I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father. You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Prayer made in the name of Jesus is borne out of the privilege of exercising His Power of Attorney as his agents/representatives on the earth. 2Cor5:20;
Matt 18:18.
It is prayer that bears the full authority and power of Jesus. Acts 4:24-31.
• John 16:24KJV
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
Repeated usage of the phrase “In Jesus Name” does not necessarily make that prayer to be In the Name of Jesus.
Prayer that is made in the name of Jesus is one that is made In the will of Jesus as expressed in His
i) i) Character,
ii) ii) Nature,
iii) iii) Desire,
iv) iv) Purpose,
v) v) Mission,
vi) vi) Motive,
vii) v) Life.
Praying in the Name of Jesus.
John 14:6NIV
"I am the way and
the truth and the
life. No one comes
to the Father
except through
me”.
The name of Jesus is the only
access point to God the Father and
it always attracts His immediate
attention.
The authority (power of attorney) to
use that name is made available to
those who abide IN HIM. John 1:12;
15:7,16.
The name of Jesus should not be
trivialized as an exclamation nor
abused by putting it on any prayer
that contradicts His life. Such usage
amounts to asking “nothing”.
Jesus wouldn’t seek to destroy
those He came to save, so no
“malice” or “unforgiving” prayers can
ever be in the name of Jesus.
Praying in the Name of Jesus.
Group Activity
Discuss hindrances
to praying in the
Spirit.
Pray In Tongues for 5 Minutes. Help
any member of the group who may
have difficulty in doing this.
Finally
How terrible it is that heaven would weigh your hours of spiritual labour in the place of prayer and conclude that “ Hitherto you have asked nothing….”.,
God is Spirit and those that worship (fellowship, commune) with Him must do so in the Spirit.
May the Lord teach us in His school of Prayer, baptize us with the Spirit of Prayer and ultimately help us to build an effective Prayer Life.
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