SPIRITUAL RHYTHMS
The purpose of prayer :
1. Prayer is with God.
2. Prayer is any word or thought in faith ____________ God.
We don’t pray because we don’t plan the ____________ to pray, because we that anything will happen if we pray, we don’t sense the ____________ of God, or we don’t sense the .
(Donald
Whitney “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life”)The priority of prayer:
Jesus made it a to commune with His Father. (Mark 1:35; Matthew 14:3; Luke 5:16; Luke 6:12; Mark 14:42)
è When did He pray?
1. He prayed in the morning. (Mark 1:35)
2. He prayed at , sometimes all . (Luke 6:12)
è How did He pray?
1. He prayed people and not just ____________ them. (Luke 9:28)
2. He prayed . (Luke 18:1)
3. He prayed:
a. Looking up. (John 17:1)
b. Kneeling. (Luke 22:41)
c. Falling on His face. (Matthew 26:39)
d. Before making major decisions. (Luke 6:12)
e. After great victories. (Matthew 14:23)
f. To overcome temptation. (Luke 22:39-41)
g. Praising God the Father. (John 17:1)
h. With a right motive. (John 17:3)
i. For intimacy with God. (John 17:5)
j. Holding nothing back. (John 17:12)
k. For protection for His disciples. (John 17:15)
l. Based on Scripture. (John 17:17)
m. To impact the world. (John 17:15)
n. During a crisis. (Mark 15:33-34)
o. Fervently, passionately. (Luke 22:44)
p. While dying. (Matthew 27:46, 50)
The practice of prayer:
è Some enemies of the Rhythm of prayer:
1. Praying for the wrong . (James 4:3)
2. Praying while holding onto . (Psalm 66:18)
3. Praying from the Word. (Proverbs 28:9)
4. Praying, but not ____________ God will ____________ . (James 1:6-7)
5. Praying while serving other before God. (Ezekiel 14:3)
6. Praying with . (Matthew 6:5)
7. Praying with an spirit. (Mark 11:25; Matthew 5:23-26)
è Some good prayer rhythms:
1. Choose to pray; don’t wait until you like it.
2. Make prayer a part of your , not just a set time.
3. Pray back to God.
4. Decide not to make a major without praying about it first.
5. Pray leaving home in the morning.
6. Confess sin .
7. Try different of prayer.
8. Keep it .
9. Never .
10. Expect .
è Different forms of prayer:
1. Prayer of . (James 5:15; Mark 9:23)
2. Prayer of . (Acts 1:14, 2:42)
3. Prayer of . (Philippians 4:6; Ephesians 6:18)
4. Prayer of . (Philippians 4:6)
5. Prayer of . (Acts 13:2-3)
6. Prayer of . (Matthew 26:39)
7. Prayer of . (1 Timothy 2:1; John 17)
