{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"2 - 8-2015 - Pastor Ken Westerman - Principals Of Prayer","description":"Principles of Prayer\n\nJames 5:16 (AMP) \n\n\tA.\tPrayer must be heartfelt.\n\nAn important key to keeping prayer genuine is to pray on a continued basis the prayer of dedication and consecration. \n\n\tB.\tPrayer must continue.\n\nA non-working relationship with the Lord disqualifies us from the blessings of God. \n\n\tC.\tPrayer must stem from righteous living.\n\nRemember: A righteous person equals righteous living. \n\n3 Categories of Prayer\n\n1.\tPrayers that receive from God.\n\n2.\tPrayers that express something to God.\n\n3.\tPrayers on behalf of others.\nEphesians 6:18 (AMP) \n\n\tPrayers that express something to God.\n\n\tA.\tConsecration and dedication\n\n\tB.\tCommitment\n\n\tC.\tFasting \n\n\tD.\tUnited Prayer\n\n\tE.\tGiving Thanks\n\n\tF.\tPraise and Worship\n\n\tG.\tPraying in tongues\n\n\nA.\tPrayer of Consecration and Dedication\n\nMatthew 26:36 \n\nThink on this: “There is a time to pray; if it be your will.”\n\t“There is a time to say it; is your will.”\n\nThe essence of the prayer of dedication and consecration:\n\nIt is abandoning your way of doing things and learning to let God’s will direct your \tactions, thoughts and plans.\n\nThink on this: Many say their willing to do it God’s way, until their way and God’s way collide.\n\nRemember: The prayer of dedication and consecration is a key component to spiritual maturity.\n\nRemember: This prayer raises the bar (standards) in our life to God’s standards. \n\n\nB.\tPrayer of Commitment\n1 Peter 5:7 \n\nThink on this: For some people growing up, worry was an expression of Love.\n\n\tRemember: Worry is the devil’s playground.\n\nRemember: Even from a medical standpoint worry will kill you.\n\n\tThis kind of prayer is not always easy to pray.\n\nWithout praying this prayer our faith will be nullified.\n\nC.\tPrayer and Fasting\n\n\tFasting doesn’t change God, it changes us.\nMatthew 17:21 However, this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.\n\nRemember: Fasting is a denial of the demands of the senses. It teaches us how no to be ruled by our physical bodies.\n\nFasting prepares us to operate in faith, which is the spiritual realm.\n\nD.\tPrayer of United Prayer, Thanksgiving, and Praise, and Worship \n\tSee 2 Chronicles 20:1-25 (NKJV)\n\n\ta.\tUnited Prayer \n\t\tSee Acts 4:23-37 (NKJV)\n\nRemember: United prayer releases corporate faith and power.\n\nIt also produces harmony and unity within a group.\n\n\tb.\tGiving Thanks\n1 Timothy 2:1 \n\nThink on this: Giving thanks keeps us within a “gratitude attitude.”\n\n\tc.\tThe Purpose of The Prayer of Praise and Worship.\n\nPsalm 7:17\nPsalm 9:1 \nPsalm 9:2 \nPsalm 16:7 \nPsalm 31:21 \nPsalm 95:6 \nPsalm 96:9 \nPsalm 99:5 \n\nQuote from a Baptist Preacher: My momma was so busy telling me about the devil, I became a grown man before I found out about the beauty of God.\n\nPraise and Worship:\n\t\n\t1.\tShould reflect our renewed position in \t\t\t\tChrist.\n\n\t2.\tActs as a tool to help align our faith and \t\t\trelationship with God.\n\n\t3.\tShould reveal our faith in Him.\n\n\t4.\tReveals our maturity in Him.\n\nRemember: Our ability to become consumed with His character and attributes is essential to our growth in Him.\n\n\t5.\tKeeps us completely engaged with Him \t\tand His perspective regarding our lives. \n\n\t6.\tKeeps us fixated on the nature of God.\n\n\t7.\tReminds us of how vast He and His power is in our lives.\n\nThink on this: Without His heart at the core of our lives, our focus will begin to be set on things concerning this natural life.","author_name":"treeoflifechurch.org"}