Instructions on Prayer Prayer

Prayer Instructions

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2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful.

Colossians 4:2 CSB

The Priority of Prayer

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Luke 18:1 NIV

17 pray continually,

1 Thessalonians 5:17 NIV

12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Romans 12:12 NIV

14 They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.

Acts 1:14 NIV

9 God, whom I serve in my spirit in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 10 in my prayers at all times;

Romans 1:9-10 NIV

The Necessity of Prayer

Stay awake and pray, so that you won’t enter into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

Matthew 26:41 CSB (same thought found in Mark 14:28, Luke 22:40,46)

The Call for Prayer

18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,

Ephesians 6:18-19 NIV

25 Brothers and sisters, pray for us.

1 Thessalonians 5:25 CSB

Jesus’ Teaching on How to Pray

He was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples.”

Luke 11:1 CSB

1 Find a private place.

But when you pray, go into your private room, shut your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

Matthew 6:6 CSB

2 Get to the point, don’t babble, the Father knows your needs.

When you pray, don’t babble like the Gentiles, since they imagine they’ll be heard for their many words. Don’t be like them, because your Father knows the things you need before you ask him.

Matthew 6:7-8 CSB

3 Use this outline for your prayers:

9 “Therefore, you should pray like this:

Our Father in heaven,
your name be honored as holy.
10 Your kingdom come.
Your will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us today our daily bread.[d]
12 And forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And do not bring us into[e] temptation,
but deliver us from the evil one.[f]

Matthew 6:9-13 (also see Luke 11:2-4)

Our Help in Prayer

26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Romans 8:26-27 NIV

Outline for Prayer

  1. Worship the Father
  2. Seek God’s kingdom
  3. Submit to God’s will & guidance
  4. Ask for God’s Provision for today
  5. Mend Relationships – receive and give forgiveness
  6. Spiritual warfare – guidance, protection and rescue
  7. Glorify God