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Prayer by Bro. Froi

Prayer

- is simply talking to God

- is active not passive

Preparatory prayers: Binding, Shielding, Hedge of Protection

Praising (song)

The Lord brings us form natural realm to supernatural realm (place of power / encouragement)

After 15 minutes, the enemy will want to stop you from praying. Move on.

Pray for those close to you, your community, your church, the unchurched.

The enemy cannot withstand the power that you have. In the supernatural realm, there is nothing impossible. Always picture us in this place when we are praying.

Pray for your personal concerns, the concerns of others, etc.

Ephesians 6:12

2 Corinthians 2:1ff ... Was caught up to the third heaven

Do not underestimate the powers of our own prayers. It is the devil's design to discourage our efforts. He has even succeeded to influencing people to stop praying.

Watch out for signs and wonders. They will be proof and encourage and give you hope in your prayers.

When do you go to pray

1. When you are in distress Psalms 4:1

2. When there is an edict from the king Daniel 6:8-10

3. When we want to fight against our adversaries Luke 18:1-7

Prayer puts us in the frontline of the battle : crying prayer, loud prayer, pleading prayer, sweating prayers, stout, unwavering and confident prayer.

The spiritual potential of prayer is tremendous.

We are advised to pray hard and long.

Go to your most comfortable place.

Ask the Holy Spirit to teach you to pray.

The Lord will carry you in this task of praying  

Don't worry about the time. Just stay there and pray.

Pray for your brothers and sisters

Keep your eyes open. The Lord will show you and remind you of things or persons we need to pray for.

Encourage others by our prayers especially those who are falling out.

Why we need to pray.

1. We have been commanded to pray

Jeremiah 33:3

2. We can change the course of history with our prayers. (Abraham, Moses, David, etc)

3. Prayer benefits the salvation of souls. It allows the Lord to draw men to His community. Serious prayer can change the hearts of men even those in deepest darkness.

We need to overcome our carnal nature of minimizing spiritual activity.

Many people are spiritually anemic for failure to immerse in prayer.

In the community, we need to pray

To _________ our leadership (?)

To confront those who are whining, compromising

To ignore critical words spoken about us.

To wipe out our spiritual superiority and jealousy over other's success

To stir up the gift that God has given us.

We cannot afford to quit our prayers. We pray to defeat the machinations of the evil one and that we will be able to see the promises of God fulfilled on us.