faqs on prayer
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FAQs: What Does The BibleSay About Prayer?
Debunking the myths about prayer…
Myth:Prayer is reserved for Pastors and people who are “super-religious”.
Fact: Prayer is simply communicating with God – listening and talking.
2 Chronicles 7:14 & 15
Myth:When I pray I have to use BIG words and eloquent speech – King James Style.
Fact: Prayer is as real as it gets – real people, real feelings, real emotions, and real words to a real God.
Matthew 6:5-13
Myth:When I pray I have to be sitting down with my hands folded and eyes closed.
Fact: There’s no exact science to the perfect position and posture.
~ on your knees (1 Kings 8:54)
~ bowing (Exodus 4:31)
~ on your face (2 Chronicles 20:18)
~ standing (1 Kings 8:22)
Myth: I don’t have to pray to be a Christian
Fact:Prayer is a part of the process of developing our relationship with God – it helps us grow closer to God.
Zechariah 13:9Matthew 26:41
Luke 18:1
Myth:There are specific times that I need to pray throughout the day.
Fact: We are to be in a constant state of prayer.
Ephesians 6:181 Thessalonians 5:17
Myth: It’s bad if I don’t always know how to pray.
Fact: When we don’t have the words to pray the Holy Spirit will lead us and even intercede (pray) for us.
Romans 8:26-27
Myth:My prayers should be done on my own, in my closet.
Fact: God calls us to pray on all occasions in a variety of ways.
~ with others (Matthew 18:19)
~ in private (Matthew 6:6)
~ in public (Luke 1:10)
~ in church (Acts 2:42)
FAQs: What Does The BibleSay About Prayer?
2 Key Questions:
1)How should I come to God in prayer?
~ with a humble heart (2 Chronicles 7:14)
~ with your whole heart (Jeremiah 29:13)
~ in faith (Mark 11:24)
~ through righteousness (James 5:16)
~ in obedience (1 John 3:22)
2) Are there reasons God won’t answer prayers?
~ disobedience (Deuteronomy 1:45)
~ masked sin (Psalm 66:18)
~ lack of mercy (Proverbs 21:13)
~ despising the law (Proverbs 28:9)~ open sin (Isaiah 59:2)
~ hard hearts (Zechariah 7:13)~ doubt (James 1:6-7)~ selfishness (James 4:3)
