Powerful, Purifying and Persistent Prayer pt. 4

Prayer Changes Things

Change your prayer life…change your life.

Luke 11:1-4 “Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” So He said to them, “When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins, For we also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.””

Luke 11:5-8 “And He said to them, “Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will rise and give him as many as he needs.”

Luke 11:9-13 ““So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!””

Midnight hour- Matthew 25:6 ““And at midnight a cry was heard: ‘Behold, the bridegroom is coming; go out to meet him!’”

Bread- Bread of life, bread of presence

Holy Spirit power!

Ask- Ask, beg for, call for, desire, require

Seek- seek after, worship, meditate on, think about, strive after

Knock- to knock at a door

Why do you ask a question or ask for something?

Because you don’t know it or because you need it.

Why do you seek something?

Because you desire it. You either don’t have it or you lost it.

Why do you knock on a door?

Because you want to see who is on the other side.

Derek Prince- “I do not read that Jesus ever taught his disciples how to preach, but He did teach them how to pray.”

Daina’s story- The Power of Prayer