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Reason #1: Prayer changes us (Phil 4:6-7)

• I may pray for 10 years for a request and nothing may happen. However, spending that time with God will have changed me.
• Prayer helps align our will with God’s will.

Reason #2: Prayer is encourage and exemplified in the lives of Christ and Others (Col 1:3; Luke 5:15-16; John 14:13-14).

• Pray was so important to Paul that he prayed night and day.
• If we can worry or have a issue on our mind, we can pray about it.
• Christ believed prayer was so important that He would leave His ministry of healing and preaching to pray. People may have not been healed because Jesus left to pray.

Reason #3: Prayer affects how God works (John 14:13-14).

• God is in total control and causes and allows all things (Eph 1:11). He is sovereign. However, example after example is given in scripture when God did not respond until He was asked.
• Prayer is God’s idea and He wants us to pray. However, He answers according to what He deems best.

Reason #4: Prayer is our number one weapon in this spiritual battle (Eph 6).

• Satan is out to cause believers to fall and turn away (1 Peter 5:8)
• Prayer is one weapon in this spiritual battle (Eph 6:18)

Reason #5: Prayer is one way we join God’s work and have an impact on people.

• Prayer helps people through trials (2 Cor 1:11).
• Prayer can effect other people’s spiritual growth (Col 1:8-11)
• Pray has an impact on evangelism (Luke 10:2)

 

Prayer is not always easy and may seem like work at times (Math 16:4)

 

How to Pray (Col 1:8-12):

 

1. Give thanks
2. Pray for spiritual growth

3. Continual prayer

4. Pray specifically

(C) 2006 - Arlen Busenitz

Given at NTBI Chapel on 10-11-06.