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.

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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