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Antioch Baptist ChurchOctober 8, 2006
Dynamic Prayer Meeting
Dynamic Prayer Meeting Study Guide (Week 11)
Confession and RepentancePractice #2 They Responded From
the Heart
Review: What was the # 1 and #2 practices they exercised in the prayer
meetingsof the Bible?
1. They began by ________________________.Focusing On God
2. They responded from the __________.heart
The Necessity of Heart Preparation
1. In the Bible, whenever God wanted to move His people, He first had a season
of preparing their heart. Luke 1:17, 76, 2:31, 3:4
17He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of
the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:17 (NKJV)
“And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, Luke 1:76
(NKJV)
31Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples, Luke 2:31 (NKJV)
4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the
LORD; Make His paths straight.Luke 3:4 (NKJV)
2. Whenever His priests appeared before Him, they first had to get prepared. Ex
30:20
The Necessity of Heart Preparation
20When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar
to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with
water, lest they die. Exodus 30:20 (NKJV)
3. The same is true in prayer. Your heart must be prepared in order to appear before
God in prayer.
The Necessity of Heart Preparation
1. Getting prepared especially has two expressions
2. Confession of the truth – The biblical definition of confession is to say the
same thing that God saysabout something. This can work with sin or
the truth. Hebrews 11:13. Stating the truth washes our
minds and hearts.
The Necessity of Confession and Repentance
13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of
them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims
on the earth. Hebrews 11:13 (NKJV)
3. Confession of sin – Confession of sin means to agree with God about the
nature of your sin.• Encourages us to repent in our
minds/hearts and our behavior – James 5:16, John 1:9
The Necessity of Confession and Repentance
16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another,
that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man
avails much. James 5:16 (NKJV)
9That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the
world. John 1:9 (NKJV)
4. Tonight we will particularly focus on preparing our hearts through confession
of sin.
The Necessity of Confession and Repentance
Time of Prayer
1. What is God’s intention when He convicts you of sin?
Is it a sign of His disapproval or favor? Heb 11:6.
6But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek
Him.Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)
Time of Prayer
2. Why is it a sign of God’s favor?What would happen if He left us in the
deception of our sin?
3. Ask God to search your heart. Spend time responding to Him.
Time of Prayer
Pray for the requests that God would want you to pray for.
Here are some categories that you may include:
Praying for one another Praying for our church
Praying for others Praying for the world