Bible Study "How to Pray"
New Lesson every Monday Thru Friday.
Prayer
DBS POP #007
The Purpose of Prayer
Today's Lesson:
The Purpose of Prayer
1- The primary purpose of prayer is to display God's greatness to believers through His wise and timely answers to their supplications. Jer 33:3, "Call upon Me and I will show you great and mighty things which you have not discovered."
a- Life is full of situations in which the believer is totally helpless, and totally dependent on God.
b- When the believer relies on God in these situations through prayer, he gets to see God's essence and capabilities and attributes in action.
c- In this way, prayer becomes a fantastic way in which to see God in action.
d- You will only recognize God's activity in answered prayer if you are oriented to Bible Truth and know Him well.
e- Believers who are ignorant of God's character will often misinterpret His answers, and come to erroneous conclusions about Him.
2- The secondary purpose of prayer is application. The believer has a chance in prayer to express the doctrine that he has learned to God.
a- Especially pertinent is the believer's expression of his reliance on the essence, capabilities, and attributes of God.
b- When you rely on Him in some way as a part of application, it is important to express that reliance. The Psalm remain a testimony to this very thing!
3- The tertiary purpose of prayer is the delegation of responsibility to believers in remembering others in their time of need. Eph 1:17-19, "I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe."
a- Remembering others gives us an appreciation of those who remember us.
b- Remembering others reminds us that we ourselves rely on the grace of God. Seeing the neediness of others should always remind us of our essential helplessness.
Prayer should always be characterized by its quality, not its quantity.
Prayer is very closely related to the essence, capabilities, and attributes of God.
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Remember, send your questions to (PastorJeffLilley@Gmail.com).
Ask any questions you may have below in the comments.
Abundant Blessings
Pastor Jeff
Many of You have asked How You can Help our Ministries:
There is no charge for our JJL MInistries Bible Studies.
You can help further this work by your prayer and by sending a contribution to:
JJL Ministries
1463 Senita Dr
Beaumont, CA 92223
"How to Pray Bible Study" is a dynamic life changing ministry of JJL Ministries Inc.
Please Support our ministry online, JJL Ministries
is a Federal 501(c)3 Org on file with the IRS.
Remember donations are Tax Deductible.
http://bit.ly/19PY0f
Who We Are at JJL Ministries
Pastor Jeff & Janette Lilley
PastorJeffLilley@gmail.com
JanetteLilley@gmail.com
Copyright © 1999-2009
All Rights Reserved
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New Lesson every Monday Thru Friday.
Prayer
DBS POP #007
The Purpose of Prayer
Today's Lesson:
The Purpose of Prayer
1- The primary purpose of prayer is to display God's greatness to believers through His wise and timely answers to their supplications. Jer 33:3, "Call upon Me and I will show you great and mighty things which you have not discovered."
a- Life is full of situations in which the believer is totally helpless, and totally dependent on God.
b- When the believer relies on God in these situations through prayer, he gets to see God's essence and capabilities and attributes in action.
c- In this way, prayer becomes a fantastic way in which to see God in action.
d- You will only recognize God's activity in answered prayer if you are oriented to Bible Truth and know Him well.
e- Believers who are ignorant of God's character will often misinterpret His answers, and come to erroneous conclusions about Him.
2- The secondary purpose of prayer is application. The believer has a chance in prayer to express the doctrine that he has learned to God.
a- Especially pertinent is the believer's expression of his reliance on the essence, capabilities, and attributes of God.
b- When you rely on Him in some way as a part of application, it is important to express that reliance. The Psalm remain a testimony to this very thing!
3- The tertiary purpose of prayer is the delegation of responsibility to believers in remembering others in their time of need. Eph 1:17-19, "I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe."
a- Remembering others gives us an appreciation of those who remember us.
b- Remembering others reminds us that we ourselves rely on the grace of God. Seeing the neediness of others should always remind us of our essential helplessness.
Prayer should always be characterized by its quality, not its quantity.
Prayer is very closely related to the essence, capabilities, and attributes of God.
Free Online Bible All Versions
"You Version" Bible Software all versions and lots of translations including Duetsch, Espanol, Italiano and many, many more. No d/l.
http://www.youversion.com
Remember, send your questions to (PastorJeffLilley@Gmail.com).
Ask any questions you may have below in the comments.
Abundant Blessings
Pastor Jeff
Many of You have asked How You can Help our Ministries:
There is no charge for our JJL MInistries Bible Studies.
You can help further this work by your prayer and by sending a contribution to:
JJL Ministries
1463 Senita Dr
Beaumont, CA 92223
"How to Pray Bible Study" is a dynamic life changing ministry of JJL Ministries Inc.
Please Support our ministry online, JJL Ministries
is a Federal 501(c)3 Org on file with the IRS.
Remember donations are Tax Deductible.
http://bit.ly/19PY0f
Who We Are at JJL Ministries
Pastor Jeff & Janette Lilley
PastorJeffLilley@gmail.com
JanetteLilley@gmail.com
Copyright © 1999-2009
All Rights Reserved
