Reconnect_Reactivate-Prayer-LifeDiscovering-the-Importannce-and-Beauty-of-Prayer.pptx

Reconnect Series

1. JA N UARY SERIES

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3. Reactivate your “prayer life ”

4. Discover the importance and beauty of prayer

5. Jeremiah 33:3 CALL TO ME AND I WILL ANSWER YOU AND TELL YOU GREAT AND UNSEARCHABLE THINGS YOU DO NOT KNOW.

6. MATTHEW 21:22 IF YOU BELIEVE, YOU WILL RECEIVE WHATEVER YOU ASK FOR IN PRAYER.”

7. JOHN 14:13 AND I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME, SO THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED IN THE SON.

8. WHAT IS PRAYER? COMMUNICATION WITH GOD PRAISING HIM CONFESSING OUR SINS BEFORE HIM THANKING HIM ASKING HIM FOR OUR NEEDS

9. WHAT IS PRAYER? COMMUNION WITH OUR CREATOR COMMUNION -THE SHARING OR  EXCHANGING  OF INTIMATE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE EXCHANGE IS ON A MENTAL OR SPIRITUAL LEVEL . ENGAGING INTO A LOVING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MAKER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH

10. WHAT IS PRAYER? CENTRAL TO CHRISTIAN LIFE WE ARE COMMANDED TO PRAY CONTINUALLY (1 THESS 5:1) AS WE SEEK GOD AND GROW IN INTIMACY WITH HIM

11. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? GOD CALLS US TO PRAY IN EVERY SITUATION (PHIL. 4:6) WITHOUT CEASING (1 THESS. 5:17) WITHOUT GIVING UP (LUKE 18:1) GOD WANTS YOU TO TALK TO HIM REGULARLY , CONTINUALLY AND PERSISTENTLY !

12. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? JESUS PRIORITIZED PRAYER HIS APPROACH TO PRAYER IS INTENTIONAL AND DISCILPLINED HE OFTEN ROSE UP EARLY AND WENT TO QUIET PLACE WHERE HE COULD FOCUS ON HIS FATHER (MARK 1:35-38)

13. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? OUR HEAVENLY FATHER REWARDS US WHEN WE PRAY HE GIVE GOOD GIFTS TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM (ONE OF THE GOOD GIFTS OF PRAYER – IT CHANGES US AND WHAT WE ASK FOR) A PRAYER THAT LONGS TO KNOW THE GIVER MORE THAN HIS GENEROUS GIFTS WILL MOVE TO ASK FOR WHAT IS BEST FOR US.

14. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? PRAYER STRENGTHENS US AGAINST TEMPTATION IT CAN BE A HARDWORK OR A STRUGGLE BUT, IT IS ALSO THE SURE WAY TO WITHSTAND TEMPTATION WATCH AND PRAY…..MATT. 26:41

15. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? GOD USES OUR PRAYERS TO ACCOMPLISH HIS WILL WHEN WE PRAY WE PARTICIPATE IN GODS WILL BEING ACCOMPLISHED “ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN” (MATTHEW :9-10)

16. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? PRAYER IS POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE IT HAS GREAT POWER AS IT IS WORKING (JAMES 5:16) WE WILL BE EMPOWERED TO LIVE FOR HIM (EPH. 6:17)

17. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? PRAYER GIVE GOD GLORY WHEN OUR PRAYER IS ANSWERED, GOD WILL BE GLORIFIED! HELP US, O GOD OF OUR SALVATION, FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME ; DELIVER US, AND ATONE FOR OUR SINS, FOR YOUR NAME'S SAKE . (PSA. 79:9)

18. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? PRAYER HELPS US RECEIVE FORGIVENESS AND GIVE FORGIVENESS FORGIVE US OUR SINS, FOR WE ALSO FORGIVE EVERYONE WHO SINS AGAINST US (LUKE 11:4A)

19. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? PRAYER REVEALS THE SUFFICIENCY OF GOD’S GRACE HIS POWER IS MADE PERFECT WHEN WE DEPEND ON HIM THREE TIMES I PLEADED WITH THE LORD TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME. BUT HE SAID TO ME,  “MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU, FOR MY POWER IS MADE PERFECT IN WEAKNESS.” THEREFORE I WILL BOAST ALL THE MORE GLADLY ABOUT MY WEAKNESSES, SO THAT CHRIST’S POWER MAY REST ON ME. (2 COR. 12:8-9)

20. WHY SHOULD WE PRAY? PRAYER KEEPS US THANKFUL DO NOT BE ANXIOUS ABOUT ANYTHING, BUT IN EVERY SITUATION, BY PRAYER AND PETITION, WITH THANKSGIVING, PRESENT YOUR REQUESTS TO GOD.  7  AND THE PEACE OF GOD, WHICH TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST JESUS. (PHIL 4:6-7)

21. Dwight L. MOODY I'D RATHER BE ABLE TO PRAY THAN TO BE A GREAT PREACHER; JESUS CHRIST NEVER TAUGHT HIS DISCIPLES HOW TO PREACH, BUT ONLY HOW TO PRAY.

22. BILLY GRAHAM PRAYER SHOULD NOT BE MERELY AN ACT, BUT AN ATTITUDE OF LIFE.

23. Smith Wigglesworth A MAN IS IN A GREAT PLACE WHEN HE HAS NO ONE TO TURN TO BUT GOD.”

24. AMPO TA ARON MABAG-O! AMPO ARON MASAYRAN ANG KABUBUT-ON SA GINOO! AMPO ARON MADAYAG UG MASINATI ANG PAGKAGANHANAN SA GINOO! AMPO TA ARON MAHIMAYA ANG GINOO!

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