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5th Retreat: Unanswered Prayer Session 2
31 May 2007
YAG RETREAT
Session #2
Thursday, 31 May 2007
A STUDY ON COMMON PROBLEMS EXPERIENCED IN THE REALM OF PRAYER
PROBLEMS IN OUR PRAYER-LIFE
1. Hindrances to Praying meaningfully and effectively
a) The problem of “hypocrisy” Matthew 6:5
b) The problem of “wrong influence” Matthew 6:7
c) The problem of being unable to forgive Matthew 6:14-15
d) The problem of the weakness of the flesh Matthew 26:41
e) The problem of doubts James 1:6-8
2. Help offered
a) The Model Prayer (The Lord’s Prayer – Matthew 6:9-13)
b) Personal example of the Lord Jesus
i) Spontaneous Prayer Matthew 11:25-27
ii) Prolonged Prayer Matthew 4:1-2 (40 days/nights)
iii) Consistent Daily Discipline Mark 1:35 (Early morning prayer)
iv) Special circumstances Matthew 26:36-46 (Gethsemane)
c) Deep insights on Prayer
i) The High Priestly Prayer John 17
ii) The Ministry of Jesus as our Great High Priest Hebrews 2-10
d) The Prayer-life of great servants of God
i) Moses (Book of Exodus in particular)
ii) Jeremiah (Book of Jeremiah)
iii) David (as recorded and revealed in his Psalms)
BASIC PRAYER CONSIDERATIONS (The starting point)
1. Paul’s 1st prayer for the Ephesians Ephesians 1:15-19
a) Prayer for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation to do a deep work in our life. Ephesians 1:17
b) Prayer for eyes of understanding to be enlightened Ephesians 1:18
c) Prayer for deep knowledge of what it means to be saved: –
i) Hope of God’s calling Ephesians 1:18
ii) The riches of His glory of His inheritance in the saints Ephesians 1:18
iii) The exceeding greatness of God’s power working in us Ephesians 1:19
d) Measuring our prayers against the benchmark above
i) Comparison
ii) Contrast
iii) Challenge
2. Paul’s 2nd prayer for the Ephesians (The Next Stage) Ephesians 3:14-21
a) Strengthened with might in the inner man (another work of the Spirit of God) Ephesians 3:16
b) That Christ’s Love and Presence Indwelling believers may be fully understood
i) Rooted Ephesians 3:17
ii) Grounded Ephesians 3:17
c) Comprehension of the Love of Christ that passes all knowledge Ephesians 3:18-19
i) Length
ii) Breadth
iii) Depth
iv) Height
d) Filled with all the fullness of God Ephesians 3:19
e) Commended to and Almighty God who is able to accomplish all of the above and more Ephesians 3:20
f) All to be done with the glory of God in mind Ephesians 3:21
g) Evaluating our prayer requests
i) Comparison
ii) Contrast
iii) Challenges