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Antioch Baptist ChurchOctober 8, 2006

Dynamic Prayer Meeting

Dynamic Prayer Meeting Study Guide (Week 11)

Confession and RepentancePractice #2 They Responded From

the Heart

Review: What was the # 1 and #2 practices they exercised in the prayer

meetingsof the Bible?

1. They began by ________________________.Focusing On God

2. They responded from the __________.heart

The Necessity of Heart Preparation

1. In the Bible, whenever God wanted to move His people, He first had a season

of preparing their heart. Luke 1:17, 76, 2:31, 3:4

17He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of

the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 1:17 (NKJV)

“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;

For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, Luke 1:76

(NKJV)

31Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, Luke 2:31 (NKJV)

4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:

“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the

LORD; Make His paths straight.Luke 3:4 (NKJV)

2. Whenever His priests appeared before Him, they first had to get prepared. Ex

30:20

The Necessity of Heart Preparation

20When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar

to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with

water, lest they die. Exodus 30:20 (NKJV)

3. The same is true in prayer. Your heart must be prepared in order to appear before

God in prayer.

The Necessity of Heart Preparation

1. Getting prepared especially has two expressions

2. Confession of the truth – The biblical definition of confession is to say the

same thing that God saysabout something. This can work with sin or

the truth. Hebrews 11:13. Stating the truth washes our

minds and hearts.

The Necessity of Confession and Repentance

13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of

them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims

on the earth. Hebrews 11:13 (NKJV)

3. Confession of sin – Confession of sin means to agree with God about the

nature of your sin.• Encourages us to repent in our

minds/hearts and our behavior – James 5:16, John 1:9

The Necessity of Confession and Repentance

16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another,

that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man

avails much. James 5:16 (NKJV)

9That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the

world. John 1:9 (NKJV)

4. Tonight we will particularly focus on preparing our hearts through confession

of sin.

The Necessity of Confession and Repentance

Time of Prayer

1. What is God’s intention when He convicts you of sin?

Is it a sign of His disapproval or favor? Heb 11:6.

6But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek

Him.Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)

Time of Prayer

2. Why is it a sign of God’s favor?What would happen if He left us in the

deception of our sin?

3. Ask God to search your heart. Spend time responding to Him.

Time of Prayer

Pray for the requests that God would want you to pray for.

Here are some categories that you may include:

Praying for one another Praying for our church

Praying for others Praying for the world