The Need for Prayer

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The Need for Prayer
Acts 9:10-11

God Answers Prayer

• Psalm 65:5a NLT “You faithfully answer our prayers with awesome deeds, O God our savior. You are the hope of everyone on earth”
  
• Faith is the only prerequisite for prayer!
  
• Matthew 28:20 NLT “And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

Prayer is our relational conversation with God expressing our heart in need and desire and learning to listen to Him as we grow in the knowledge of God and become aligned with His will.

Quiet time
A daily appointment with God

• Both Ananias and Saul were already praying!
  
• QT expresses that God is our source of strength.
  
• Prayer requires a definite time and place;
  
  • Preferably early in the morning
    
  • A time to start fresh
    
  • A time to shut out the noise of the world
    
  • A time to feed on the Word of God
    
• A time to unburden your heart and enter a conversation with the Father.

Heart-Felt Prayer

• Lamentations 3:41 “We lift up our heart and hands toward God in heaven”
  
• Matthew 6:7-8 “And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition”
  
• Matthew 6 – Jesus is revealing Kingdom principles – Practicing righteousness –
  
• Micah 6:8

Call on God from a pure heart

• II Timothy 2:22b NLT “Enjoy the companionship of those who call on the Lord with pure hearts.”
  
• Psalm 66:18 “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear.” 
  
• Hebrews 10:22 “Let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith”

Our prayers must also come from a believing heart

• James 1:6-7 NLT “But when you ask him, be sure that your faith is in God alone. Do not waver, for a person with divided loyalty is as unsettled as a wave of the sea that is blown and tossed by the wind. Such people should not expect to receive anything from the Lord. “
  
• James 5:16 “The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”
  
• Faith is the only prerequisite for prayer!

The Jesus Prayer
“Lord Jesus Christ,
Son of God,
have mercy on me,
the sinner.”

Five Finger Prayer

• Your thumb is nearest you;
  So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you.
• The next finger is the index (pointing) finger;
  Pray for those who teach, instruct and heal
• The next finger is the longest finger;
  It reminds us to pray for our leaders.
• The fourth finger is our ring finger,
  this is our weakest finger;
  It should remind us to pray for those who are weak, in trouble or in pain.
• And lastly, our little finger, the smallest finger of all;
  This should remind you to pray for yourself

Moments:

• Happy moments, PRAISE GOD
  
• Difficult moments, SEEK GOD
  
• Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD
  
• Painful moments, TRUST GOD
  
• Every moment, THANK GOD

P.U.S.H.

• P – Pray
  
• U – Until
  
• S – Something
  
• H – Happens