Our Life of Prayer

Key verse:   There is the Prayer of Faith where we hand over all to God – see James 5:15 – And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

Proposition: Then we have the Word of Faith which listens to the voice God – See Romans 10:8-10. But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith which we preach): that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus (Adonai Yeshua) and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

Next, we have the Walk of Faith in 2 Corinthians 5:6-8. So, we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord. For we walk by faith, not by sight. We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.     

Teaching:    The 7 S’s of Prayer.

1. Secret in its Fellowship – Matthew 6:6.

But you, when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.

2. Submissive in its Attitude – Matthew 26:39.

He went a little farther and fell on His face, and prayed, saying, “O My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.”

3. Single Hearted in its Devotion – Nehemiah 4:9.

Nevertheless, we made our prayer to our God, and because of them we set a watch against them day and night.

4. Symphonizing with others – Matthew 18:19.

Again, I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

5. Supplicating in its Service – Acts 8:14-15.

Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, who when they had come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit.

6. Sincere in its Request – Acts 10:39.

And we are witnesses of all things which He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem, whom they killed by hanging on a tree.

7. Sanctified in its Desire – Acts 13:3.

Then, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.

The Seven Facts about Prayer.

Ephesians 6:18-19.

1. The Season of Prayer – ‘Praying always’ Verse 18.
2. The Way of Prayer – ‘with all prayer and supplication’ Verse 18.
3. The Power of Prayer – ‘in the Spirit,’ Verse 18.
4. The Continuance of Prayer – ‘being watchful to this end with all perseverance’ Verse 18.
5. The Subject of Prayer – ‘and supplication for all the saints’ Verse 18.
6. The Individuality of Prayer – ‘and for me, that utterance may be given to me,’ Verse 19.
7. The Subject of Prayer – ‘that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel.’ Verse 19.