Kingdom Prayer (notes)

The Kingdom - Prayer

The Greatest Weapon of the church is prayer

Prayer

• Invades the kingdom of darkness

• Is what the church must be do to be a victorious church

• Is the greatest gift you can give someone

•Was crucial to Jesus

• Was the most important aspect of the life of Jesus

• Should be the most important part of our life

Jesus First

• Addressed our ministry to needy people

• Talks about being pure in our motives when we help the needy

• When we help the needy, pray or fast we are to do it in private, not to be seen by man but to be seen by God

Helping

• The needy, prayer and fasting are so personal, intimate and special in the Kingdom that God does not want us to be contaminated by selfish ambition.

Application

•Prayer is very intimate and personal to God.

•A praying Christian is a powerful example of what God will do through people who love God.

•A praying Church is a powerful church.

Demons Love

• when the believer does not value prayer.
• when the church does not pray.

Prayer Should

• Not be repetitious and ritualistic
• Don’t think that you or I will be heard if I repeat the Lord’s Prayer over and over or some other memorized prayer.

Jesus

• Wants us to pray from our hearts.

• With the understanding of His will found in His Word.

Revelation of Prayer

•Acknowledge our Father

•Worship Him in Spirit & Truth

•Welcome His Kingdom into our daily lives

•Ask for His will to be done in our lives & in the world

•Thank Him for His daily provision

•Ask for help in overcoming temptation

•Ask for forgiveness & practice forgiveness

•Forgiveness

•One of the greatest signs of being a follower of the Lord Jesus is the ability to forgive those who hurt us.

•In prayer I must forgive those who have hurt me if I am going to be effective in my prayer life.

The Power of Fasting

•It helps us overpower our flesh

•It gives us power over demons

•It helps to cleanse our spirit and our body from the toxicity of evil

•It helps us promote the Kingdom by giving power to our prayers

A Great Prayer Movement always precedes a great move of God in any person or church or nation.

What Do We Need

•Pray

•Pray

•Pray