Search The Scriptures:What Is Prayer?

                                

Memory Verse :Matthew 21: 22

"Whatsoever You ask In Prayer believing,You Shall Receive"
                             

                                          WHAT IS NOT PRAYER
 
1.Weeping and crying
2Fasting-Mark 9:29
3Depression and Sorrowful heart-Eccl 11:10
4.Thinking about your problem

5.Complaining Murmuring and Rebellion.Num 14: 27
6.Loneliness
7.Calling after names other than Jesus -John 14:13
8.Being Idle and expecting Miracle
10.Speaking to men instead of God Ps 118:8

                                                   WHY DO WE PRAY?

1.To Obey God's Commandment -luke 18:1
2.To make God reign on everything on earth
3.To Obtain a Change in our life for better- Luke 18:34-43
4.To deal with the kingdom of darkness.
5.To bring about Usual and unusual thing into life.Num 16:30
6.To achieve our destiny.
7.To overcome challenges of the world -David (Psalms)
8.To possess your possession -Obadiah 1:17
9.To make people see Jesus in your life and win souls-Matthew 5:16
10.To maintain your relationship with God.

                                                 WHAT TO PRAY FOR

1.Everything.
2.Yourself.
3.Family -Gen12:13
4.Brethen -James 5. 14
5.Christian -Nehemiah 1:6
6.lost Souls
7.Minister of God
8.Missionaries
9.Other people -Job 42:10
10.Peace to reign.
11.righteousness to prevail Daniel 9:18
12. Revival
13Enemies -1King 3:11, Matthew 5:44
14.Mercy of God
15.weak Christians -James 5:14
16.Government
17.World Leaders.1Tim2:1-2
18.Cities
19.Church of God -1Thess 1:1
20.Nations
21.Jerusalem - Ps 122:6
22.Troubled areas of the world.

                                                                 HOW TO PRAY.

1. Standing like Solomon before the alter -1king 8-22
2.sitting down with God like David -1 Chro 17:16
3.kneeling down like Ezra -Ezra 9:5
4.Lying on the bed like David -Ps 63:6
5.Bowing down your head like Moses- Exo 34:8
6.Lying on the ground like David -2 Sam 12:16
7.Putting your head between your legs like Elijah -1King 18:44
8.Liquid prayer like Hannah -1Samuel 1: 6-10.
9.Falling down on the ground like Moses & Aaron -Num 20:2-6
10.Facing the east like Gentiles -Ezekiel 8:16
11.Lifting up your hands like Paul -1 Timothy 2:8
12 Silent prayer,Noisy praying, shouting praying and aggressive praying.

To be Continued
Wish You all a Happy Sunday