A Course on Prayer
Essential Communication with Our Lord Jesus
A course of
MATTHEW 25:34-40 Ministries
1060 Alexandria Drive, San Diego CA 92107 USA
http://www.mt25v34-org
mt25v34@gmail.com
Certified for use in the Church@Work
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Pray!
Prayer is communication with God through
Christ Jesus.
Prayer is the life-giving sap from the vine to
the branches — most of prayer is listening
rather than talking.
(Refer to John 14:13-14; John 15:7; John 15:16.)
Everything Jesus did was initiated in prayer.
How much more so should we cover
everything we do in PRAYER?
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Course Outline
• What is prayer
– Types, attitudes, practices, & principles
• Prayer discipleship
• Prayer in support of spiritual services
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Worship
Works of service
Prayer supporting personal spiritual growth
Leadership development
Making decisions
Teaching
• Prayer listening
• Prayer & spiritual warfare
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Prayer
• All things must begin, consist, and end in
prayer (focus on our need for Christ as in
John 15:5)
• Prayer is essential for fighting the spiritual
warfare in which we are all engaged (whether
we like it or not). Congregational prayer is
massing firepower against the enemy.
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Personal Prayer
• Personal prayer should be continuous and
habitual among the saints and obviously
practiced among their families
(1 Thessalonians 5:17)
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Congregational Prayer
• Congregational prayer should be offered frequently
throughout the week.
– Regular prayer services are more important than regular
Bible studies (which are essential)
– Congregational prayer should be purposeful & worshipful
– Prayer should be focused specifically
– It is often useful to have a listener to hear what God is
saying
– Prayer should offer all participants equal opportunities
– The congregation should offer special times of prayer for
special purposes (e.g. commissioning missionaries,
ordaining leaders, governmental elections, crises within
the congregation, etc.)
Does your congregation have healthy group prayer?
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Prayer
• Offering thanksgiving & praise
• Communication with our Beloved Lord Jesus
• For Church leadership—boldness, wisdom, health, &
righteousness + specific needs
• For the needs of Church members (even self)
• For the Church as a Body—unity & boldness
• For the nation & governmental leaders—Godly wisdom,
fairness, & righteousness
• For Israel & the peace of Jerusalem
• For the community
• For those to whom we are ministering, especially for the
salvation of the unsaved
• For unsaved friends & family
• For each service of worship
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Prayer Practice Principles
• Prayer is communication with God (this is
especially well communicated in John 14 & 15)
– Communications are 2-way
– Communications should be in proportion to the
information we hold (God is omniscient, implying we
should be mostly listening)
– Models and attitudes are provided by Christ in the
Sermon on the Mount and His prayer of John 17
• There are many different practices that are
acceptable
• Knowledge of God’s Word, especially His
character, His promises, & His desires for us help
us focus prayer more precisely.
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Prayer Attitudes
• The attitude of prayer is more important than
the substance (the Spirit intercedes for us)
– (Since we often do not know how we should pray)
– In humility
– Willing to obey God
– With quietness of heart
– With readiness to hear what God has to say
(direct/command)
– Believing that He hears us (& cares for us)
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Prayer Discipleship
• Most people learn to pray by watching others
– They learn form rather than substance
– They practice religiously rather than communicating
with Christ
– They do not know Biblical prayer principles
• Teach prayer, especially to youth and in
confirmation classes
– The principles from the various prayer models in the
Bible
– How to tie Scripture to Prayer
– Conforming our prayers to Scriptural principle
– How to “be still” and listen to the Spirit
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Prayer Discipleship (2)
• Ensure that everybody gets opportunities to
develop their prayer life
• It is essential to provide feedback about
answered prayers
• It is also important to teach about how to
maintain faith in prayer even when the results are
unreported, delayed, or perceived to be adverse
– (a person was sick, the congregation prayed for their
healing and they died: for a Christian, death is the
ultimate healing.)
– It is important to always maintain ties to the Biblical
principles
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Prayer in Support of Other Parts of Spiritual
Life (Individual & Congregational)
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Worship
Serving the needs of others
Teaching
For personal spiritual growth
For leadership development
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Prayer & Worship
• Prayer is intricately & intimately connected with
Worship (wherein ultimate worship is honoring
God as God & obeying His will)
• Worship is often facilitated by acknowledging the
awesome attributes & works of God
– This may be done in reading appropriate Bible
passages or
– In songs of praise, thanksgiving, & testimony
• True worship tunes the heart to the right
attitudes
• True prayer is 2-way communication with God in
submission to the Spirit of Christ
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Prayer & Worship (2)
• There are a variety of processes for effecting effective
corporate prayer & worship
– Choose the process or technique prayerfully for the venue
– Consider the participants & their spiritual maturity
• Some prior instruction may be necessary
• Some strong leadership or guidance may be needed
– God provides the resources for each venue according to
His will
• Small groups have different needs from large ones
• Seek to use processes that will provide the most
intimate experience with God for each participant
• Seek to provide sufficient instruction so that each
person will be able to practice prayer & worship in
their own personal prayer life
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Prayer in Support of Service
• Works of service almost always encounter
spiritual warfare
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Distractions from hearing/doing God’s will
Discouragement from service & obedience
Opposition to services
Circumstances that seem to take away good fruit
Events that try to take your joy away after good
service
• Spiritual warfare is won ‘on our knees’ – Christ
has already obtained the victory if we trust Him
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Prayer Points Supporting Service
• Prayer to receive specific calling to service (what kind of
service(s) am I/we to perform?)
• Prayer in preparation
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Who is to be involved?
Prayer for unity in Christ among those serving (John 17:21-23)
Who are we to serve?
What resources do we need (skills, passions, gifts)?
• Prayer over the sites of service
• Prayer for the people being served
• Prayer covering the acts of service (effectiveness, order,
honoring the Name of the Lord, etc.)
• Prayer for follow-up or future opportunities
Surround all (works of) service in prayer
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Suggested Prayer Points for Teaching
• Pray – that you can glorify the Lord in your service.
• Pray – for the people you are ministering to.
• Pray – that you may be used by God to be a blessing to the people you are
called to minister to.
• Pray to know the needs of the people in detail.
• Pray for God’s wisdom as you outline your service and select Scriptures to
address the needs.
• Meditate on God’s Word as you pray for the people – especially to see
how the Gospel is to be revealed in the application of Grace to life
circumstances. (Every work of service should declare the Gospel of Christ and
demonstrate the application of His grace – in word and/or in work.)
• Pray for the Lord to show you the application of the Scripture to the
people’s situations – consider how the love and grace that is in Christ
Jesus is depicted in the selected texts.
• Pray that you may be an instrument in the hands of the Lord.
• Pray that the Lord take all control.
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Prayer Supporting Personal Growth
What needs to grow?
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Our gifts, talents, skills, abilities, & wisdom…development
Our personal relationships/ability to relate well with others
Our intimacy in marriage & with God
Our joy, peace, & satisfaction in life
Self-control
Our righteousness & knowledge of God’s Word
Our capability to show grace, compassion, & mercy to others
Our obedience to God…doing His will
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We cannot succeed in any of these areas by our own
strength or wisdom! We need the work of the Spirit!
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What Do We Need to Grow?
• The power, strength, & wisdom of God…the Spirit at
work in our lives to transform us.
• Knowledge of the truth (& wisdom to apply it well)
• People skilled to counsel & instruct us accurately & to
hold us accountable…how do we know who to trust?
• People to encourage us in truth
• Correct attitudes in the different parts of our life
• Ways in which we can make mistakes & be corrected in
& with grace
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The Growth Process
Training (& instruction/discipline)
Strengthening
Resolve &
encouragement
Opportunity
Growth
Cycle
Exercise in
applying training
Learning (from successes
& failures)
Nourishment
Rest
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Pray Without Ceasing (in the Growth Cycle)
1 Thessalonians 5:17
• Resting – pray:
– To lay all your burdens upon the Lord that your rest may be
sweet.
– Upon awakening, to dedicate your day, your strength, &
your intents to the Lord that you may be guided by His
wisdom
• Study Bible principles & examples where God has
worked to bring about growth in the past. (Bible study
is your nourishment.)
• Pray in meditating on His Word, the Bible, especially in
areas where you need to grow. This will build resolve &
encourage you to endure what you need to go through
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Pray Without Ceasing (in the Growth Cycle)
• Pray for the goals you have set & apply the Word to
strengthen your heart
• Pray for your humble submission to the instruction you
need
• Pray in your training success
• Pray for your wisdom to receive your opportunity to
use your training in the right way
• Pray for grace to use your training properly in its
application to bring about your goal result
• Pray for grace & wisdom to learn from both your
successes & failures, especially to know the areas you
need to train in next.
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Pray Without Ceasing (in the Growth Cycle)
• In each step, rejoice & pray with thanksgiving to
God for His wisdom, guidance, provision, &
discipline
– 1 Thessalonians 5:16, 18
• Appreciate your instructors
– 1 Thessalonians 5:12, 13
• Pray to develop & build an attitude of being
willing to obey the Lord immediately. Do not
quench the Spirit!
– 1 Thessalonians 5:19
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Prayer Supporting Growth Summary
• Pray at every point
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For humility
For readiness to do His will
Seeking His guidance about who & what you need
For His providence through the Growth Cycle
That you might grow to give Him greater glory & to be
more effective as a part of the Body of Christ
– In thankfulness & joyful expression
– For endurance through the inevitable trials
– For God to do the work in you to bring about the
growth
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Prayer Supporting Leadership
Development
• Prayer is essential in every phase of leadership
• Prayer is an integral part of every step of the
leadership processes
• Prayer is critical in making all decisions
• Prayer must be a central part of the leader’s
life
• The leader must lead people under him to
become strong in prayer
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Steps to Being an Effective Leader
• PRAY Fervently
• Study to show yourself approved (2 Timothy 2:15) with prayer
• Take a truthful & prayerful inventory of your life in Christ (especially
your following of Christ)
• Exercise your leadership in areas you have leadership responsibilities
already with humility, grace, & prayer
• Seek to extend your leadership responsibilities (“Try it, you’ll like it”)
under solid supervision, especially teaching others
• Accept rebuke, correction, & discipline humbly & gratefully (we are
always far short of the glory of Christ & subject to improvement)
• Follow Colossians 3:17 closely
• Follow paths of your calling (Galatians 5 principle), i.e., things you find
you like to do.
• Be accountable to those over you (be humble) & to those you serve
(Listen) & to the Lord in prayer
• Remember John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches;… apart
from the ME you can do nothing”
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Suggested Prayer Points for Leaders
• Pray – to know how you can follow Christ better.
• Pray – for love, discernment, wisdom, &
patience in dealing with the people you are
called to lead.
• Pray – to know the will of God in how you should
lead (by example, by illustration, by teaching).
• Pray – to know God’s will in where to lead.
• Pray – to know God’s calling on your group (what
are you to accomplish collectively in serving
Him)
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Prayer Points for Leaders (2)
• Pray – to see how you need to stir up and
develop the individual and collective gifts of
the people.
• Pray – for the revelation of Scripture for each
step.
• Pray – to see how each person needs Christ’s
grace in order to receive His love.
• Pray – to see each person’s needs to be
discipled.
• Pray – to glorify Christ in all your service.
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Suggested Prayer Points for Decision Making
• Pray – that God will confirm (or redirect) the goals
& vision that you are pursuing.
• Confess that you do not have the wisdom of God,
nor the knowledge & understanding. (Fasting may
be indicated as well.)
• Pray for Godly counsel in helping to find the Mind
of God – both to make & to implement the
decision.
• Pray – for God will reveal His wisdom for the
decision.
• Pray – for God to provide in the implementation of
the decision:
– The skills & materials needed.
– Direction for the right time & place.
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Suggested Prayer Points for Teaching
• Pray – that you can glorify the Lord in your service.
• Pray – for the people you are ministering to.
• Pray – that you may be used by God to be a blessing
to the people you are called to minister to.
• Pray to know the needs of the people in detail.
• Pray for God’s wisdom as you outline your service
and select Scriptures to address the needs.
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Prayer Points for Teaching (2)
• Meditate on God’s Word as you pray for the people –
especially to see how the Gospel is to be revealed in
the application of Grace to life circumstances. (Every
work of service should declare the Gospel of Christ and
demonstrate the application of His grace – in word and/or in
work.)
• Pray for the Lord to show you the application of the
Scripture to the people’s situations – consider how the
love and grace that is in Christ Jesus is depicted in the
selected texts.
• Pray that you may be an instrument in the hands of the
Lord.
• Pray that the Lord take all control.
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Prayer Listening
• God is speaking, are you listening?
• I don’t hear God speaking…why not?
• Prayer is communication. Communications are
best when the one who has the information is
speaking & the one who does not is listening.
• God is omniscient (all-understanding; allknowing); therefore, we should be the ones
listening.
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Some Relevant Scriptures
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Matthew 13:11-17 “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the
kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. For whoever has, to
him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does
not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. Therefore I speak
to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing
they do not hear, nor do they understand. In their case the prophecy of Isaiah
is being fulfilled, which says, ‘YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT
UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; FOR
HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY
HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE
WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART
AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.’ But blessed are your eyes, because
they see; and your ears, because they hear. For truly I say to you that many
prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.” (Also Acts 28:25-31) [From
Isaiah 6:9-10]
• Isaiah 59:1-2 “Behold, the LORD'S hand is not so short that it cannot save;
nor is His ear so dull that it cannot hear. But your iniquities have made a
separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face
from you so that He does not (seem to) hear.”
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Why Don’t I Hear?
• No (or immature) personal relationship with God? – you need the Spirit of
Christ in charge of your heart in order to have spiritual ears to hear
• Pride? – what I think & say is more important than what God has to say…”I’ll
talk, You listen & do” (attitude of entitlement in prayer)
• Lack of knowledge of God’s Word, the Bible?
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Unfamiliar with God’s character
Not knowing the plan or will of God as in the Bible
Unfamiliar with the expression of God’s will
Lacking faith in the truth & authority of the Bible
• Dull heart? – carried away by worldly concerns & not caring about the things of
God or listening to the world in preference to listening to God
• Hardness of heart – resistance to the things of God
• Dull hearing? – unwilling to obey when you do hear God speaking (not
submissive)
• Disobedience? – willful disobedience to the will of God in your life (such as
disregard for God’s commandments in the Bible or failing to love your spouse)
• Unconfessed sin? – unwillingness to deal with sin in your life/lack of
repentance (including abusiveness & unforgiveness toward others)
• Religiousness? – rather than faith…too mechanical in your prayer (i.e., no Spirit)
• Ingratitude? – not being thankful to God for His providence
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Key Scriptures on Listening
• Deuteronomy 27:9-10 “Be silent and listen (hear & carefully obey), O Israel!
This day you have become a people for the LORD your God. You shall
therefore obey the LORD your God, and do His commandments and His
statutes which I command you today.”
• 1 Samuel 3:10 Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times,
“Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
• Psalm 45:10-11 Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear:
Forget your people and your father’s house; then the King will desire your
beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him.
• Proverbs 8:32 Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed are they
who keep my ways.
• Isaiah 1:14-15 I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts,
They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. So when
you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes,
even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered
with blood.
• 1 Peter 3:7 You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an
understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and
show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will
not be hindered.
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Listen = Hear & Obey
• Essential attitudes:
– Silence or peace of heart (which only comes from the Spirit of Christ);
an attitude of submission to & trusting in Him & His authority
– Trusting that all we receive from Him is GOOD.
– Believing God has the answer/solution to our requests
– Seeking the face of God/faith that He hears & answers us
– Desiring to hear God’s authority & wisdom
– Willing to obey whatever you hear from God
• Preparation of our heart:
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Repentant of our sin
Humility
Gratitude toward God
Seeking to do His will
Seeking to obey God in our behavior toward others
Seeking to speak & act in truth with love & grace & respect
Seeking to glorify God & build the Body of Christ in our actions
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A Prayer Listening Process
(from Psalm 4)
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Put on an attitude of listening for God
Acknowledge the goodness & grace of God
Honor & praise God
Seek truth & destroy the worldliness of your heart
Repent of your sinfulness (& those you represent)
Be filled with gratitude that God hears you
Be still, quiet your heart, drive out worldly distractions
Ensure that you have fulfilled what you were called to do
Trust in the Lord
Acknowledge that only good & perfect gifts come from God
Rejoice in the Lord in your heart, thankful for His blessings
Listen with willingness to obey.
Each step is important, but often (4) & (7) are the most difficult to accomplish
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Getting Rid of Worldliness
• Reverence God with your whole being
• Seek truth, sanctify the authority of the Bible in your
heart
• Seek the Kingdom of God & His righteousness
• Cast your cares upon Him; lay your burdens down
• Put on an attitude of gratitude in everything
• Rejoice that the Lord loves you
• Separate yourself from distractions
– Your ‘prayer closet’, mountain top, forest, cave, or quiet
waters
– Do this daily & regularly; make it habitual
• Worship the Lord continually
Do not empty your mind; rather, drive out the worldliness with Godly thoughts
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Practice Prayer Listening Persistently
• First thing in the morning
• Last thing at night
• Find prayer partners (who are able to do this already)
to help you
• Acknowledge God with gratitude & immediate
obedience when you do hear Him
• Seek God’s help to purify your heart daily
• Repent quickly when you become aware of sin in your
life
• Do not be discouraged if you have difficulty; it is not
natural for the sin nature to give ground easily.
• Tutor your prayer life with God’s Word, encouraging
verses that proclaim the nature & attributes of God
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Prayer Listening (Public & Private)
• Practice listening in your own life first.
– Dedicate some regular time each day to be quiet & listen for the
Lord
– Keeping a prayer journal is often helpful, especially noting
answered prayers & specific Word from God being fulfilled
• Practice privately in public prayer at first
– Listen & note what the Lord speaks through others
– When you have confidence of the Lord’s word, share it with
those in authority (such as prayer leaders, pastors)
• In public prayer, make known to prayer leaders that you are
a listener
– When you hear God speaking, let it be known through the
prayer leaders
– Do not speak out of turn or without authority
– Respect others present (there may be other listeners present)
Humble yourself at all times
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LORD, I can’t,
but YOU can.
YOU take control.
Thank You, JESUS!
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Spiritual Warfare
• Ephesians 6:10-13 “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His
might. Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against
the schemes of the devil. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but
against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness,
against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Therefore, take
up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and
having done everything, to stand firm.”
• There are a variety of forms of spiritual warfare
– Deceitfulness (anti-truth)
– Wickedness, pride, & hatred (anti-righteousness)
– Disquietness & bad news (anti-peace)
– Doubt (anti-faith)
– Discouragement, despair & dismay (anti-salvation)
– Accusations of inability (anti command of the Word)
– Distraction, fleshliness, & worldliness (anti-prayer)
Note the correlation between the types of warfare against us & the provision of each
piece of armor in Ephesians 6:14-20
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The Full Armor of God
• Each piece of the armor of God is a different aspect of
our personal relationship with Jesus Christ, our Lord
• The armor must be put on daily & intentionally
– This is best done prayerfully & with meditation on the
Word
• Each piece represents an attitude of trust in our
relationship with Christ
• The fullness of the armor is sufficient because Christ is
sufficient
• See Ephesians 6:14-20
• See the “Armor of God” study on the Ministry website
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Personal Spiritual Warfare
• Attacks of the enemy against us personally always
seek to dissuade us from:
– Believing the truth & accepting the authority of the
Bible
– Believing God, having hope, & trusting in His promises
– Repenting of our sins, including unforgiveness
– Doing the will of God
– Loving others
– Serving others
– Praying
• Often seeks to isolate us from others, especially
the love of God through others.
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See JOB, especially Chapter 1 & 2
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Personal Spiritual Warfare (2)
• May include physical, emotional, & spiritual attacks
• May involve people & organizations we have trusted
• Usually involves people, events, or things we care about
very deeply
• Our response should be:
– Pray
– Seek Christian fellowship (the stimulation of each other to love
& good deeds, the edification of each other, & compassionate
companionship [especially partners in prayer])
– Seek Scriptures of comfort (may need help from others)
– Stay steadfast in doing what we know to be God’s will
– Counting our trials as joyful, knowing that God’s purposes are
always good/for our good in Him
– Seek to preserve your attitude of gratitude
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Congregational Spiritual Warfare
• Can be massed individual attacks (usually similar
in character, such as everybody has a tooth ache)
• May be an attack focused against:
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The Faith
The Truth
The Church
The specific congregation
The leadership
The works of the congregation (such as a soup kitchen
or school or other community good work)
• Ultimately, its purpose is to destroy either the
work or the harmony of the congregation
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Congregational Spiritual Warfare:
Prayer in Support of Service
• Good works of service almost always encounter
spiritual warfare
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Distractions from hearing/doing God’s will
Discouragement from service & obedience
Opposition to services
Great difficulties in accomplishing the tasks
Circumstances that seem to take away good fruit
Events that try to take your joy away after good service
• Spiritual warfare is won ‘on our knees’ – Christ has
already obtained the victory if we trust Him
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Prayer & Spiritual Warfare
• The enemy is opposed to our Lord; we should expect
opposition
• The key to standing firm in the face of opposition is
keeping our focus on Jesus
• Ephesians 6:18-20 “With all prayer and petition pray at
all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the
alert with all perseverance and petition for all the
saints, and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be
given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make
known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for
which I am an ambassador in chains; that in
proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
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Spiritual Warfare Prayer Focus
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Pray in the Spirit (worshipfully submissive to Christ)
Prayer to stay alert to the needs of the saints
Interceding with perseverance for their needs
Interceding for strength, wisdom, & courage to do the
work of the calling
Praying for grace to endure opposition
Praying for the triumph of the truth in the
circumstances
Praying that all may behave in a manner honoring the
Name of Jesus
Praying for unity with the Mind & Heart of Christ
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Summary
• Prayer: only in the authority (Name) of Jesus
• Know Him – know victory
• No Him – no victory (you don’t have a prayer)
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