<p class="s24"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">TITLE:   THE POWER OF A PRAYING CHURCH: </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">CONDITIONS FOR ANSWERED PRAYERS </span></span>​</p>
<p class="s27"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">TEXT: </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">ROMANS 8:26, 27</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">; </span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">1</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> JOHN 5:14, 15</span></span></p>
<p class="s27"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">INTRODUCTION</span></span></p>

<div class="s30"><span class="s28">A. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">“How does God answer prayers?”  “Yes, No and Wait”</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s28">1. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">John 14:13, 14</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s28">2. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">John 16:23, 24</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s28">3. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Matthew 7:7</span></span></div>
<div class="s32"><span class="s28">4. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Matthew 21:21, 22</span></span></div>
<div class="s30"><span class="s28">B. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">“How does God answer prayer?”  “Just speak it…”</span></span> ​</div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s28">1. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">“Speak it into the atmosphere”</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s28">2. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">“Declare it and decree it”</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s28">3. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">“You can speak those things that be not as though they are”  (Rom 4:17)</span></span></div>
<div class="s32"><span class="s28">4. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Yes, our words have power (Self-fulfilling prophecy), however…</span></span></div>
<p class="s27"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">PRAY IN THE SPIRIT</span></span></p>

<div class="s30"><span class="s20">A. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">We sometimes pray in and out of the flesh</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">1. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">“We do not know how to pray as we ought.”  </span></span><span class="s33"><span class="bumpedFont20">Ought = to attain some end</span></span></div>
<div class="s32"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">We tend to pray for the immediate / for the moment</span></span></div>
<div class="s30"><span class="s20">B. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">God desires that we pray in the Spirit</span></span> <span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20"> </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">1. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Create a meditative space</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Take a meditative pause</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">3. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Listen to the Spirit</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">4. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Pray what the Spirit gives you to pray</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">5. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Note: The Spirit who gave us what to pray (knowing the </span></span><span class="s34"><span class="bumpedFont20">Father’s will</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">)   </span></span></div>
<p class="s35"><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">         will take our prayer to </span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">the Father according to the </span></span><span class="s34"><span class="bumpedFont20">Father’s will</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">.</span></span></p>

<div class="s36"><span class="s20">C. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Prayer is a spiritual undertaking</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<p class="s27"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">PRAY IN GOD’S WILL</span></span></p>

<div class="s36"><span class="s20">A. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Our confidence is in Him </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s30"><span class="s20">B. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">If we as anything according to the </span></span><span class="s34"><span class="bumpedFont20">Father’s will</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">1. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">He hears us</span></span></div>
<div class="s32"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">“Since” He hears us, whatever we ask, we have</span></span></div>
<div class="s30"><span class="s20">C. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Note:  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">1. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">God is only obligated to honor what is in His will</span></span></div>
<div class="s31"><span class="s20">2. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">When we pray for what is in the Father’s will, know that He already has it in the future waiting for us to ask for it.</span></span></div>
<div class="s32"><span class="s20">3. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">How do I know if it is in the Father’s will? Pray in the Spirit</span></span></div>
<p class="s27"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">THE TRINITY’S INVOLVEMENT IN PRAYER</span></span></p>

<div class="s36"><span class="s28">A. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Pray to the Father</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s36"><span class="s28">B. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Pray in the Spirit</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<div class="s36"><span class="s28">C. </span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">Pray in Jesus’ name (authority)</span></span><span class="s29"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span>​</div>
<p class="s19"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">CHALLENGE FOR THE WEEK:</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">  </span></span></p>
<p class="s19"><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">THAT I WILL PRAY IN THE SPIRIT AND</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> IN</span></span> <span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20">THE FATHER’S</span></span><span class="s23"><span class="bumpedFont20"> WILL</span></span></p>
<p class="s19"><span class="s37"><span class="bumpedFont15">WORK FOR THE WEEK</span></span></p>