The Life of Prayer

What is the life of prayer?Is it about my righteousness before

God?Is it about my calling and purpose?Is it about being significant?Is it about fixing myself and inner

healing?Is it about hiding from the world and

sin?Is it about the church or the Kingdom of

God?Is it about me or about us?

What do you want to accomplish?

Change outward conditions

Change your inner manGet close to GodBothOther

Are we all treated the same by God?

Streams of GodThe Prayer-Filled LifeThe Virtuous LifeThe Spirit-Empowered LifeThe Compassionate LifeThe Word-Centered LifeThe Sacramental Life

Everyone Prays

Called Called to PrayerUse gifts and talents

to fulfill life’s calling.Find communion with

God in fulfilling or working at my calling.

My passion is ________ .

Wonder why others don’t _________ .

Use gifts and talents to pray.

Find communion with God in prayer.

My passion is prayer.Wonder why others

don’t pray.

Daily life

The Real Distractions The ResourcesPrideAngerFearSufferingPain / SicknessAmbitionCovetingGreedLust

Jesus ChristScriptureSongHumilityEnduranceContentmentHopeLoveFaith

The battle for the inner man

Life of Prayer

Place of Prayer Daily LivingPrayer closetPrayer meetingsPrayer rooms

Practice of His presence

Sacrament of the Moment

Burden BearingSpirit Warfare

◦ Through lifestyle

◦ Through focused words and deeds

Types of Prayer -NormalIntercessionFellowshipWaiting / ListeningBodily Worship

Some people pray just to pray and some people pray to know God. --Andrew Murray

Types of Prayer – Non-typicalWishingDreamingHopingWorship (Rom. 12:1)

SubmissionServingGivingForgiving

There is a mighty lot of difference between saying prayers and praying. --John G. Lake

IntercessionPraying scriptureCrafted prayerJournal / ListCircle prayersGroup prayersPrayer stationsPrayer boards

I have so much to do that I spend several hours in prayer before I am able to do it.—John Wesley

FellowshipWorshipPraiseConversation

◦“Lord Jesus have mercy on me a sinner”

◦“Come Lord Jesus”

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?-- Corrie Ten Boom

Waiting / listeningSilenceSolitudeMeditationContemplation

Pray, and let God worry. -- Martin Luther

Bodily worshipKneelingBowingLying prostrateDanceClappingSingingSittingStanding

There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers. --Teresa of Avila

What is hindering you the most?

What you don’t know

What you don’t know in your heart, what you are failing to grasp

through experience is the thing that is hindering your transformation into

Christlikeness.

Prayer Networks

http://www.globalprayermovement.org/http://idop.org/http://nationaldayofprayer.org/http://www.24-7prayer.com/http://www.ihop.org/http://www.globaldayofprayer.com/http://www.worlddayofprayer.net/http://www.praybook.com