6B OTHER VITAL ASPECTS IN PRAYER (D.L. Moody gives five essentials:
1C RESTITUTION - A willing heart to obey God and make good a wrong when you are able: Matthew 5:23; Psalms 66:18
2C FORGIVING SPIRIT OF MERCY: Matthew 6:12-14
3C UNITY: Matthew 18:19
4C FAITH:
Matthew 21:22; Mark 11:24; James 1:5-7, Hebrews 11:6
5C SUBMISSION TO DO GOD'S WILL: Psalms 80:18; John 15:7; 1 John 5:14
We can even pray, when we detect our slothfulness and coldness toward
God, for God to quicken us and incline us in His Holy way. Psalms 119:25; 32; 36; 133.
111A THE TIME OF PRAYER:
1B THE TIME WITHIN OUR DAILY LIVES
1C Psalms 5:3; Mark 1:35; Psalms 55:17
2C Psalms 119:164; 42:8, 119:62; I Samuel 15:1 Psalms 119:147
3C Daniel 10:2-3; Acts 1:3, 13; 2:1
2B THE TIME IN LIGHT OF OUR MNEEDS OR IN OUR CIRCUMSTANCES
1C When we feel a pressing need: Nehemiah 1:4-11, 2:4
2C Without ceasing: I Thessalonians 5:17
3C For all the saints: Ephesians 6:18
4C In everything: Philippians 4:6
1VA THE LENGTH OF PRAYER
1B In Terms of Days
2B In Terms of Hours and Minutes
1C I Kings 8, Genesis 32:24-32; Luke 6:12
3B Short Prayers\
1C Matthew 14:30, really short prayer.
2C "Our short prayers owe their point and efficiency to the long ones that have preceded them. The short prevailing prayer cannot be prayed by one who has not prevailed with God in a mightier struggle of long continuance…" E. M. Bounds
3C These factors are crucial in short or long prayers>
1D Genuine Faith
2D Genuine brokenness of repentance: Luke 18:13
3D The Lord's compassionate goodness even when we doubt and fail. Matthew 14:31; The focus when we feel helpless and in need.
4C In Terms of an Unceasing Persistence:
1D Devoted servant of God's will, pray longer and shorter prayers,
2D In his spirit and direction of life, one can pray with regularity, "without ceasing" as in I Thessalonians 5:17;
3D Other times "Day and Night" Nehemiah 1:5
4D Other times or set times: Psalms 55:17
5D At the moment of some particular need: Matthew 14:30
VA THE POSITION OF THE BODY IN PRAYER
1B Kneeling:
Acts 9:40
2B Standing: 2 Chronicles 6:12
3B Lying Upon your bed: Psalms 4:4
4B In the car, sitting at a desk, hanging on for dear life someplace in danger.
VIA THE DEFINITNESS OF PRAYER
1B Ask exactly for what you need: Matthew 14:30
2B Ask as much as possible in according with God's will in His Word. John 15:7
3B Definite results greet definite prayers:
1C Preservation of the saved from Satan's attacks: Luke 22:31-32
2C Salvation of the unsaved: I John 5:16
3C Power for preaching God's word. Ephesians 6:`18-20
4C Meeting of daily needs: Matthew 6:11, 25-34
V11A THE PRIMER OF PRAYER
1B THE WORD: John 15:7 and Psalms 110
2B Getting to know God and submitting obediently to His Lordship: 1 Peter 3:15
3B Faith: Matthew 21:22; and Mark 11:24
4B Thankful remembrance of past blessings from God: Psalms 4:1; 44:1-7
5B Confession of sin and availability as a pure channel: Psalms 12:5-6
6B Burden for what burdens God – Salvation of the lost; Romans 10:1
7B Fellowship with God and Christians: I Peter 3:7; Psalms 66:18
