ON
OUR KNEES – LEARNING FROM MEN OF PRAYER
WHAT WE KNOW
LESSON #1 – INTRODUCTION
INTERACTION
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What was your biggest Spiritual challenge in the last
few weeks?
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Share something that you are praying about that is
important to you.
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Share something that you have prayed for this church.
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Share your biggest hang up with personal prayer.
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Share your biggest hang up with public prayer.
WHY THIS STUDY?
Ezekiel 22:30 - And
I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the
gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
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What does making up a hedge or standing in the gap
mean to you?
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What “land” will be destroyed for the Christian unless
there is prayer?
Luke 18:1 - And
he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;
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What are some of the things in our country, our homes
and our churches that make us faint or lose heart?
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How does prayer help in these situations?
James 5:16 - …The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
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What is a righteous man?
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Why are the energetic prayers of righteous men so
effective?
Some of the greatest men in the Bible
were men of prayer.
We are in need of men of prayer
today. By studying the lives of these
men along with comparable Scriptures, we will hopefully be able to improve our
own prayer lives.
This week we want to remind ourselves of
what we already “know” about prayer. I place the word know in quotes because we
often know things in our head but not our hearts. We often “know” lots about prayer in theory,
but very little about it in practice.
WE KNOW THE PRIORITY OF PRAYER
1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray without ceasing.
1 Timothy 2:8 - I
will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath
and doubting.
Ephesians 6:18 - Praying
always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto
with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Colossians 4:2 - Continue
in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
1 Peter 4:7 - But
the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
WE KNOW THE POWER OF PRAYER
Jeremiah 33:3 - Call
unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not.
Matthew 7:7-8 - Ask,
and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you: [8] For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;
and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
Mark 11:22-24 - And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. [23] For verily I say unto
you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou
cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that
those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he
saith. [24] Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
1 John 5:14-15 -
And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing
according to his will, he heareth us: [15] And if we know that he hear us,
whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
WE KNOW THE PROBLEMS WITH PRAYER
James 1:5-6 - If
any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. [6] But let him ask in faith,
nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with
the wind and tossed.
James 4:1-3 - From
whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your
lusts that war in your members? [2] Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire
to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask
not. [3] Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it
upon your lusts.
WE KNOW THE PATTERN OF PRAYER
Matthew 6:9-13 - After
this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy
name. [10] Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
[11] Give us this day our daily bread. [12] And forgive us our debts, as we
forgive our debtors. [13] And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from
evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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