Laboring in Prayer
This part should take approximately 20 minutes.
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Notes
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Scripture: Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy Name.
Subject: Preparing to Pray
Prayer Expanded: Lord, we come, and bow down in worship, and kneel before the LORD our Maker; for You are our God and we are the people of Your pasture and the sheep of Your hand.
Today if we hear Your voice we will not harden our hearts (Psalm 95:6-8)
Teaching: Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)
Worship: For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside Thee, what He hath prepared for him that waiteth for Him. (Isaiah 64:4)
Notes
The response all say " Amen" or " I agree" or " Let it be"
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Scripture: Thy Kingdom Come
Subject: Nations (heathen)
Prayer Expanded: Lord, All You have made will praise You, O LORD; your saints will extol You. They will tell of the glory of Your Kingdom and speak of Your might, so that all men may know of your mighty acts and the glorious splendor of Your Kingdom. Your Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. The LORD is faithful to all His promises and loving toward all He has made. (Psalm 145:10-13) He who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. (Revelation 22:20)
Teaching: All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the LORD and He rules over the nations. (Psalm 22:27-28)
Worship: The LORD is known by the judgment which He executeth. (Psalm9:16)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: Thy will be done as in Heaven so in earth
Subject: Rulers
Prayer Expanded: We pray, Lord, for all men, especially for kings, presidents, prime ministers and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. (1 Timothy 2:2)
Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers
of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. (Psalm 125:4-5)
Teaching: There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.(Proverbs 21:30)
Worship: Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the Heavens. (Lamentations 3:37-38, 40-41)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: Give us day by day our daily bread
Subject: Basic Needs (personal)
Prayer Expanded: Save now, I beseech Thee, O LORD: O LORD, I
beseech Thee, send now prosperity. (Psalm 118:25)
Teaching: I have been young, and now am old; yet have I
not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. (Psalm 37:25)
Worship: He that spared not His own Son, but delivered
Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? (Romans 8:32)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: Give us day by day our daily bread
Subject: Basic Needs (Supply for Ministry)
Prayer Expanded: Lord, Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. (Psalm 28:9)
Teaching: And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work (2 Corinthians 9:8)
Worship: Now therefore let it please Thee to bless the house of Thy servant, that it may be before Thee for ever: for Thou blesses, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever (1 Chronicles 17:27)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: And forgive us our sins
Subject: Confession of Sin
Prayer Expanded: Have mercy upon me, O God, according to Thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of Thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. (Psalm 51:1-3)
Teaching: If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (1
John 1:8-9)
Worship: Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. (Psalm 32:1)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: For we also forgive everyone that is indebted to us.
Subject: When Forgiving Others
Prayer Expanded: Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. (Luke 23:34) And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. (Acts 7:60)
At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. (2 Timothy 4:16)
Teaching: Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive and ye shall be forgiven (Luke 6:37)
Worship: Restore unto me the joy of Thy salvation; and uphold me with Thy free spirit. Then will I teach transgressors Thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto
Thee. Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of Thy righteousness. O Lord, open Thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth Thy praise. (Psalm 51:12-15)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: And lead us not into temptation
Subject: Overcoming (Triumph)
Prayer Expanded: O my God, I trust in Thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. (Psalm 25-2) For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world – our faith. (1 John 5:4)
Teaching: He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. (Revelation 21:7)
Worship: Thou art my hiding place; Thou shalt preserve me from trouble; Thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. (Psalm 32:7)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: But deliver us from the Evil One (personally)
Subject: Sickness (healing)
Prayer Expanded: Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for Thou art my praise. (Jeremiah 17:14)
Teaching: Is any sick among you? 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 (James 5:14)
Worship: O LORD my God, I cried unto Thee, and Thou hast healed me. (Psalm 30:2)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: Deliver us from the Evil One (workers for the LORD)
Subject: Prayers for Missionaries, Ministers, broadcasters, teachers
Prayer Expanded: Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with You: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2)
Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds. (Colossians 4:3)
Teaching: Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man
(Luke 21:36)
Worship: I will praise Thee: for Thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. (Psalm 118:21)
Notes
All respond.
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Scripture: How excellent is Your Name in all the earth (Psalm 8:1)
Subject: Worship
Prayer Expanded: One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold Your beauty, and to enquire in Your temple.” (Psalm 27:4)
Teaching: Praise waiteth for Thee, O God, in Zion: and unto Thee shall the vow be performed. (Psalm 65:1)
Worship: In the day when I cried Thou answeredst me, and strengthenedest me with strength in my soul. All the kings of the earth shall praise Thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of Thy mouth. (Psalm 38:3-4)
Notes
All respond.
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We have now covered all the prayers that we have been toldto pray except this last one, and it might surprise you because IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU. Who will read Philippians4:6-7? (Portfolio of Scripture Prayers We are Told to Pray, Page 2 # 16)
Notes
The volunteer reads Philippians 4:6-7
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Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.7 And the peace ofGod, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
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OKAY LET US BELIEVE THIS PHILIPPIANS 4:6-7 passage by each of us writing two kinds of prayer requests on a post-it-note. One from the heart and one from the Bible.
Request #1: Write down one significant thing you desire from God that He do for you. List what makes you most anxious – finances, marriage.
Request
#2: Look at the “Mini Slash Prayers” below and pick one phrase as your second request. We will each note your name and today’s date and pray for three months. Be sure when you communicate to us your two requests that you don’t tell us your requests, instead make the request to God and we will write down the two requests while you are praying.
Notes
Each person will write down a heart-felt request and a Bible request from a phrase in the "Mini Slash Prayers".
Read by a Designated Note Reader
Example: "That I would be strengthened with a might by God's Spirit" (Ephesians 3:14-19) (MP5), or "That I would be rooted and grounded in love" (ephesians 3:14-19) (MP6)
Notes
Each person PRAY your two requests to the others along with a thanksgiving.
Each person will write down the name and the date along with the two requests of the others and commit to pray for three months.
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This is in keeping with Rule #4 - Facilitators, Page 3, #4. It keeps the prayer time from turning into a long discussion of each person's prayer request.
All Together
Ephesians 3:16-18 (King James Version)
MP5 – / pray that He would grant /, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;
MP6 - / pray that Christ may dwell in / hearts by faith;
that /, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height
Philippians 1:9-11 (King James Version)
MP8 – And this I pray, that / love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment.
MP9 - / pray that / may approve things that are excellent; that / may be sincere and without offence till the Day of Christ. That will be filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:9-12
MP10 - / pray that / might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.
MP 11 - / pray that / might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
MP 12 - / pray that / would be strengthened with all might according to his glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness;