Attitudes For Prayer:

Forgiveness:  Come to the Father asking for forgiveness for your sins, and in forgiveness of
others.

Praise:  Praise ushers us into the presence of the Father.  In the presence of the Father, His
enemies cannot stand.

Faith: Don't waver.  Believe that God is able to accomplish what He says He will do.

Submission:  Jesus said, "Not My will, but Thine be done."  Jesus Himself submitted to the Father
... how much more so should we!

Sincerity:  Seek Him from your whole heart, sincerely and in truth.  He knows everything about you
anyway, including your heart.

Humility:  The Lord resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.  Be still and know that He is
God.

Obedience:  The demons know who Jesus is, but they shudder.  Knowing truth and DOING it are
two different things.  Be obedient to the commands of the Lord.

Thankfulness:  For all He has done, be grateful.  When you do nice things for others, don't you like
to be thanked?












  



How To Pray:

Your prayers do not have to be long-winded, or said perfectly.  In fact, most Scriptural references
to prayer indicate that short, concise prayers are perfectly acceptable and pleasing to the Lord.  
Prayers can be oral, or silent from the heart.  And prayer should be said not only in our
understanding, but in the Spirit as well.

The Lord's example for prayer:

Our Father, who art in Heaven
Hallowed be Thy name
Thy kingdom come
Thy will be done in earth as it is in Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors
And lead us not into temptation
But deliver us from evil
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory
Forever! AMEN!
(Matthew 6: 9 - 13)
Prayer:

God is omnipresent (everywhere at all times). He's omnipotent (all powerful). And He's omniscient
(all knowing).  He doesn't NEED us.  But He WANTS us!  He created us, He loves us, and He wants
relationship with us.  We could not have relationship with Him, or with each other, without some
type of interaction between us.  Prayer is simply communication with God.

Prayer (communication) involves speaking and listening.  Our prayers are important to God.  He
keeps them in golden vials, and charges His angels to guard them.  He wants us to pray always.

Prayers are also important to and for us.  We were created for relationship.  Could any relationship
be sustained without some type of interaction?  Of course not.  This is especially true in the case
of our relationship with our Heavenly Father, since He cannot be seen with our fleshly eyes.

Our prayers accomplish much.  They bring us together as Christians in one Body ... the Body of
Christ.  Together as the Body of Christ we are not easily defeated. ("A threefold cord is not easily
broken."  Threefold cord ... you, me and God.
Bible Study:

Since man is a tri-part being, there are three parts of us that need
to be nourished.  We eat nutritious food to keep our bodies
strong and healthy, but man does not live by bread alone.  We
need spiritual "food" as well, to keep our spirits strong and
healthy.

The Bible is the inspired word of God.  The Holy Spirit spoke to
the hearts of men, and they wrote the words down.  Every word of
the Bible is truth ... even those words we don't yet understand.  
God's word is eternal, and will not return void but will accomplish
that which God has intended for it to.

There are two major divisions of the Bible, the Old Testament and
the New Testament.  "Testament" means "covenant," or
"agreement."  It is a word that is binding, as in a contract.  It will
come to pass just as God says.  The New Testament is a fulfillment
of the Old Testament, rather than a replacement of it.

The authority of the Bible is best seen in its title "the Word of
God."  There is only one God; all others are man made.  God's
authority is without question.
Why Read & Study The Bible?:

We are commanded to study and rightly divide the Word of God.  We know someone by their words,
and it is the same with God.  We get to know Him through His Word.

God's word is right and true.  God is not a man that He could lie.  Therefore, His word is truth, and
trustworthy, holy, just and good.  It is the lamp unto our feet and the light unto our path.  It gives us
guidance and instruction, which enables us to avoid pitfalls and troubles.  God's Word also gives
us wisdom and understanding.  Without knowledge of God's Word, we can be easily deceived.  

God's Word is our defense weapon.  It purifies us and points us to Jesus, that we might have
eternal life.  It brings comfort and hope.
Scripture References:

Prayer:

Matthew 22: 37 - 40                           Nehemiah 9: 4                            Ezekiel 11: 13
Proverbs 8: 33, 34                             Psalm 46: 10                               I Chronicles 16: 11  
Deuteronomy 4: 29                            James 5: 13 - 16                         Luke 18: 1
Proverbs 18: 21                                 Revelation 5: 8                           Revelation 8: 4
James 4: 2                                          Matthew 21: 22           
Ecclesiastes 4: 12                             Matthew 18: 19                           Mark 11: 25, 26
II Chronicles 2: 21 - 30                      Jeremiah 33: 11                          Isaiah 50: 2
James 1: 5                                          Matthew 8: 13                             Matthew 9: 29
Mark 9: 23                                           Luke 22: 42                                 Daniel 3: 17, 18
Jeremiah 29: 13                                 Joshua 24: 14                             I Corinthians 5: 8
Psalm 10: 17                                       II Chronicles 7: 14                      I John 3: 22
Colossians 1: 12; 3: 15                      I Thessalonians 5: 18                 Romans 8: 26
I Corinthians 14: 15                           Hebrews 7: 25                             Matthew 6: 7
Matthew 6: 9 - 13

Bible Study:

Deuteronomy 8: 3                             II Timothy 3: 16                          II Peter 1: 21
Revelations 14: 13                           Psalm 119: 152                           Matthew 24: 35
Isaiah 55: 10, 11                                Matthew 5: 17                            Deuteronomy 4: 35
Ephesians 4: 4 - 6                             I Timothy 2: 5                             II Timothy 2: 15
Psalm 119: 11                                    Psalm 19: 8                                 Matthew 24: 24
Romans 7: 12                                    I Kings 8: 56                                Ezekiel 12: 25
Psalm 119: 105                                  Psalm 119: 30                              Psalm 19: 7
Jeremiah 15: 16                                Romans 1: 16                              Psalm 119: 9
John 15: 3                                         John 20: 31                                  Romans 15: 4
Matthew 22: 29
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