prayer
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A New Hymn Verse 1
• Why do I not feel you all the time?
• Is it your fault or is it mine?
• Close to you is where I long to be,
• Tell me why I feel so far from thee.
Feel Jesus
A New Hymn Verse 2
• Why do I not see you all the time?
• Through my eyes I find you hard to find.
• Should I go and seek to search another place?
• Tell me where, O Lord, to look to find your face.
See Jesus
A New Hymn Verse 3
• And why do I not hear you all the time?
• When I pray, I listen for a sign,
• but my own voice it echoes in my heart.
• Tell me how to tell the two apart?
Hear Jesus
A New Hymn Verse 4
• Tell me why I question all the time,
• why small doubts still linger in my mind?
• But as I seek so also shall I find,
• for I know that you are faithful all the time.
Faithful all the Time
A New Hymn
• By Todd Miller, © 1998 Blue Pelican Publishing.
How to Develop a Life Changing Dangerous
Prayer Life
Pastor Mark A. Anderson
Why Pray?
† To Feel God in our lives and know we are not alone
† To See God in our brothers and sisters
† To Hear God and Word for us and to be heard
† To know God is faithful all the time
Jesus and Prayer
† Jesus Prayed –Matt 26:30
† Jesus taught His disciples to pray – Matt 6:5
† Jesus commanded His Disciples to Pray-Matt 26:41
† People brought others for Jesus to pray for – Matt 19:13
Mathew 7:7
• Ask, and it will given to you;
• Search, and you will find;
• Knock, and the door will be opened to you
• Do not ask, and it will not given to you;
• Do not Search, and you will not find;
• Don’t knock, and the door will be not opened to you
How To Pray?
† Set Aside a time and place for daily prayer
† Start by focusing † The Lord’s Prayer –
Matt 6:5+† Use the prayers of
faith: St. Francis, Luther’s Morning & Evening prayer, Serenity Prayer
† Pray the Bible
Pray with an Outline-ACTS-
A – Adoration
C – Confession
T – Thanksgiving
S - Supplication
Danger!This Could Develop Into
A Habit
Five Fingers of Needs
Thumb: Pray for the closest to you
Pointing – pray for those who guide us
Tallest – pray for those who stand tall
Weakest – pray for those who are weak
Smallest – my needs
Danger!This Could Change Who
You Are!
Pray for Your Enemies
You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbors and hate your enemy.’ but I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.
-Matthew 5:43-44 -NRSV
Danger!This Could Lead To ADeeper Prayer Life
The Jesus Prayer
• Thessalonias “Pray constantly”
• “Ceaseless interior prayer is a continuous aspiration and a yearning to the spirit of man toward God”
• “Acquire the habit of prayer and it will be easy for you to do good”
THE JESUS PRAYER
Jesus of Nazareth, Son of God, Have mercy on me, a sinner
The Jesus Prayer
Jesus of Nazareth
The Jesus Prayer
Jesus of Nazareth
Son of God
The Jesus Prayer
Jesus of Nazareth
Son of God
Have Mercy on Me
The Jesus Prayer
Jesus of Nazareth
Son of God
Have Mercy on Me
A Sinner
Contemplative Prayer
Weekday Schedule
3:15 Rise
3:30 Vigils
4:10 Reading/Private Prayer, Breakfast
6:30 Lauds
7:00 Mass
8:00 Reading/Private Prayer
9:15 Terce
9:30 Work
11:45 Sext
12:00 Dinner
12:30 Reading/Private Prayer, Siesta
1:45 None
2:00 Work
4:30 Reading/Private Prayer.
5:30 Vespers
6:00 Reading/Private Prayer, Supper
7:30 Compline
8:00 Retire
The secret to prayer
• Have genuine compassion for yourself, including all your past history, failings, limitations, and sins. Expect to make mistakes.
• By His own example, Jesus taught the forgiveness of everything and everyone and the service to other in their need.
Danger!This Could Lead Being Asked
To Pray Aloud
Corporate Prayer
ThisOne
In this place
All Everywhere
Corporate Prayer
• “We believe what we pray”
• God loves prayer
• …but there are simple mistakes that are easy to avoid
Corporate Prayer
Use “we” when you are leading
Luke 18:10
“Two Men went up to the temple to pray…” -NRSV
Corporate Prayer
Avoid “Lord I…”
Matthew 6:7
“When you are praying do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many Words” -NRSV
Corporate Prayer
Avoid “JUST” and other “empty phrases”
“Just”
• Only, merely, simply as in “I was just a child”
• I just want to pray for the WIYLDE participants
“Just”
• Only, merely, simply as in “I was just a child”
• I (ONLY) want to pray for the WIYLDE participants
Way To LiveWay To Live
The great thing is prayer. Prayer itself. If you want a life of prayer, the way to get it is by praying…You start where you are and deepen what you already have – Thomas Merton
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