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“Dear God, I went to this wedding and they were kissing right there in church. Is that OK?”

“Dear God, thank You for the baby brother but what I prayed for was a puppy.”

“Dear God, it must be super hard to love all the people in the world, especially my brother. I don’t know how You do it.”

“Dear God, I want to be just like my daddy when I grow up but without so much hair all over.”

“Dear God, my Grandpa says you were around when he was a little boy. How far back do you go?”

“Dear God, in Bible times, did they really talk that fancy?”

“Dear God, when my mom makes leftovers, do I have to pray for the food again?”

Mt. 21:16 “Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have prepared praise.”

Ecclesiastes 12:1 “Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near of which you will say, “I have no pleasure in them”

Mt. 18:2-4 “And calling to him a child, he put him in the midst of them and said, “Truly, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.”

Mechanics of Prayer

Hebrews 4:16 1 John 5:14-

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Matthew 6:9-13

John 14:6 1 Timothy 2:5 Hebrews 7:25

1. Evangelism • Mt. 16:26 “For what does it

profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul.”

• Eph. 6:18-19 “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints, and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel.”

• Ac. 4:29 “And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness.”

1. Evangelism • Rom. 10:15 “And how are

they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”

• James 3:1 “Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.”

• Rom. 10:1 “Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.”

1. Evangelism • 2 Thess. 3:1 “Finally,

brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men.”

• Mt. 9:38 “therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

2. Thanksgiving • Mt. 6:11 “Give us this day

our daily bread”• 1 Tim. 4:3-5 “who forbid

marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, for it is made holy by the word of God and prayer.”

3. Sick • Ex. 15:26 “saying, “If you will

diligently listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and do that which is right in his eyes, and give ear to his commandments and keep all his statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you that I put on the Egyptians, for I am the Lord, your healer”

• James 5:14-15 “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”

4. Knowledge • James 1:5 “If any of you lacks

wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

• Phil. 1:9-10 “And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.”

• Col. 1:9-10 “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”

5. Leadership• Acts 14:23 “And when they

had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.”

• Heb. 13:17 “Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you”

5. Leadership• 1 Tim. 2:1-2 “First of all,

then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.”

• 1 Pet. 2:17 “Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.”

6. Unity • Jn. 17:21 “that they may all

be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

• Amos. 3:3 “Do two walk together, unless they have agreed to meet.”

• Ps. 133:1 “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!”

• Phil. 2:4 “Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.”

7. Strength• Eph. 3:16 “that according to

the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being”

• Eph. 1:16, 19 “do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers… and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might”

8. Faithfulness• Lk. 22:32 “I have prayed for

you that your faith may not fail; and when you have turned again strength you brethren”

• Lk. 21:36 “But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.”

• 2 Cor. 13:5 “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves.”

9. Deliver From Evil One

• Mt. 6:13 “lead us not into temptation”

• Mt. 26:41 “Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak”

10. Forgiveness• Mt. 6:12 “Forgive us our

debts as we forgive our debtors”

• 1 Jn. 1:9-2:1 “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”

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