Praying the word of God

1.  The Integrity of God's Word
   • Matthew 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
   • Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should repent. He said, "And won't he?" He spoke, and he won't execute it?
   • 1 Kings 8:56 Blessed be the LORD, who has given peace to his people Israel, according to all that he has said; not a word of all his promises that he expressed through Moses his servant has failed.
   • 2 Corinthians 1:20 For all the promises of God are in him Yes, and in him Amen, through us, to the glory of God.
2. Why pray the Word?
   • Jeremiah 1:12 And the LORD said unto me, Thou hast seen well; for I hasten my word to do it.
   • 2 Chronicles 19:9 And he commanded them, saying, Ye shall also do in the fear of the Lord, with truth, and with an upright heart.
   • Loyal Heart, Perfect Ear, Full Heart, Committed Heart, (Peaceful Without Strife)
   • Psalm 37:3-4 Trust in the Lord, and do good; And you shall dwell in the earth, and feed on the truth. Delight yourself also in the Lord, and he will grant you the desires of your heart.
   • John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done unto you.
   • Words (Rhema)
   • Speak A word spoken by a living voice
   • 1 John 5:14-15 And this is the confidence we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have made to him.
3. Pray the Answer 
1. Don't Focus on the Problem, but on God's Solution
2. Isaiah 55:8-11 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts higher than your thoughts.10 For as rain and snow come down from heaven, and do not return thither, but water the earth, and cause it to sprout and bring forth, and give seed to the one who sows,  and bread to him that eateth, 11 so shall my word be that proceedeth out of my mouth; it will not return to me void, but will do what I will, and if will prosper in that for which I sent it.
• Identify God's Will
• Matthew 8:1-4 When Jesus came down from the mountain, many people followed him. 2 And behold, a leper came and fell down before him, saying, Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean. 3 Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I will; Be clean. And instantly his leprosy disappeared. 4 Then Jesus said to him, "Look, don't tell anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and present the offering that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.
4. Examples of How to Pray the Answer
• Finance
• Philippians 4:19 "Supplying all my needs"
• Luke 6:38 "As I give, it will be given to me"
• Matthew 6:33"Putting God first, all things were added to me"
• Psalm 37:25 "I Will Not Have to Beg for Bread"
• Psalm 34:10 "No good shall be wanting"
5. Healing
• Isaiah 53:5 "By His Stripes We Are Healed"
• 1 Peter 2:24"By whose stripes we are healed"
• Psalm 107:20 "He sent his word and healed"
• Exodus 15:26"For I am the Lord who heals you"
• James 5:14-15 "The Prayer of Faith Will Save the Sick"
6. Orientation
• Psalm 32:8 "I will guide with my eye"
• Isaiah 58:11 "The Lord will guide you continually"
• John 16:13 "The Spirit of Truth Will Guide You"
• Psalm 37:23 "My steps are commanded by the Lord"
• Psalm 119:105 "A Lamp to My Feet and Light to My Path" 
7. Fear
1. Psalm 27:1 "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear"
2. Joshua 1:9 "I will not be afflicted or faint, for the Lord my God is with me"
3. Romans 8:31 "If God is for me, who can be against me?"
4. 2 Timothy 1:7 "God has not given me a spirit of fear, but of power, of love, and of a sound mind." 
8. Peace

• Isaiah 26:3 "Keep Me in Perfect Peace"
• Philippians 4:7 "The peace of God will guard my heart and mind"
• Psalm 119:165 "Those who love your word have much peace"
• John 14:27 "Jesus left his peace with me, so my heart will not be troubled"

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Prayer and Fasting

 

Prayer and Fasting

1. The Combination of Praying and Fasting
• Mark 9:29 And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
• Fasting:
• Abstinence (Voluntary forbearance especially from indulgence of an appetite or craving or from easting some foods)
• To abstain from food
• Hebrew word for fasting means to cover over one's mouth 
• Examples of Fasting in the Word
• Ezra 8:21-23 "Prayer and fasting for protection"
• Nehemiah 1:4 "Prayer and fasting over the condition and restoration process"
• Esther 4:16 "Prayer and fasting for guidance and deliverance"
• Psalms 35:13 "Prayer and fasting for healing"
• Daniel 9:2-3 "Prayer and fasting for fulfillment of the promise"
• Luke 2:36-38 "Prayer and fasting as a lifestyle"
• Acts 13:2-3 "Prayer and fasting for direction"
• Acts 14:23 "Prayer and fasting for the appointment of leadership"
2. What Fasting is and is not
• Fasting is not twisting the arm of God to force Him to move on our behalf. 
• It is not a diet.
• Fasting is:
• Putting the flesh under submission
• Focusing on the supernatural and not the natural
• Focusing on the will of the Father and not the will of the flesh
• A time to feed upon the Word of God and not natural food
• A specified time set apart to seek God through prayer and the Word
• Matthew 4:1-4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
• John 4:34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
• Isaiah 58:1-14 "God's Chosen Fast"
• To loose the bonds of wickedness
• To undo heavy burdens
• To let the oppressed go free
• To break every yoke
• To share your bread with the hungry
• To bring the poor to your house
• To clothe the naked
• Not hiding yourself from those in need
• Fasting focuses on the plan, will, and purpose of the Father.
• Fasting is not focusing on the problem.
• Matthew 6:16-18 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face, That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Faith and Prayer

1. Faith is...
• Hebrew 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
• Faith (pistis)
• from G3982; persuasion, i.e. credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself:—assurance, belief, believe, faith, fidelity.
• Faith is the substance (to set under) things hoped for.
• assurance
• guarantee
• certainty
• The evidence of things not seen. 
• Proof
• Faith itself is the guarantee; the objective assurance that the goods promised by God not presently seen but vouchsafed (to grant or furnish) by Him, will indeed be delivered.
2. Without faith it is impossible to please him
• Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
• Rewarder (Strong's G3406 - misthapodotēs)
• from G3409 and G591; a remunerator[1]:—rewarder.
• remunerator - compensation, payment
• Diligently (Strong's G1567 - ekzēteō)
•  from G1537 and G2212; to search out, i.e. (figuratively)investigate, crave, demand, (by Hebraism) worship:—en- (re-)quire, seek after (carefully, diligently).
• Romans 14:23 And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin.
• 1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.
3. In Prayer We must ask in Faith
• James 1:6-8 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
• Asking in Faith
• Believing in God
• Not Doubting (not wavering). This is... 
• Uncertainty if God can really do it
• not confident in His ability
• Lack of trust in His Word and who He is
4. We must receive by faith
• Mark 11:22-24 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.
• Believe (Strong's G4100 - pisteuō)
•  from G4102; to have faith (in, upon, or with respect to, a person or thing), i.e. credit; by implication, to entrust (especially one's spiritual well-being to Christ):—believe(-r), commit (to trust), put in trust with.
• Revieve (G2983 - lambanō)
• to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of
5. Praying the prayer of faith
• James 5:15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
1. Learn the promise of God found in His Word for your situation.
2. When you are convinced, not just in your head but in your heart, that the promise is true for you, speak the Word.
3. When thoughts come to make you doubt, confess the promise and thank God that it is done. 
4. Stand and it will come to pass. 
• 1 Corinthians 16:13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• Daniel 10:1-13

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Corporate Prayer

Corporate Prayer

Corporate prayer: A unified body of individuals gathered together to communicate with God. 

Luke 9:18

And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am?

• Prayer Alone
• 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
• Praying together
• The Power of Agreement
• Matthew 18:19-20 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
• Agree
• To be harmonious
• to accord (to be in agreement, to be consistent or in harmony)
• Agree together
• Amos 3:3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
• Ecclesiastes 4:12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
• Established by two
• 2 Corinthians 13:1 This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
• Deuteronomy 19:15 One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
• Genesis 41:32 And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
• The power of unity
• Genesis 11:1-9 "The Tower of Babel"
• Genesis 11:6 And the Lord said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
• Acts 2:1-4 "The Day of Pentecost"
• Acts 2:1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
• One accord: one mind
• Examples of Corporate prayer
• Esther 3:1-15 "Haman's plan to annihilate the Jews"
• Esther 3:13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
• Esther 4:1-17 "Mordecai asks Esther to go before the King"
• Esther 4:15-17  Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
• Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
• Esther 8:1 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
• There is great power in united or corporate prayer and fasting
• The goal of united prayer is to seek the Lord for His help and direction concerning a particular situation. 
• 2 Chronicles 20:1-25 "Jehoshaphats battle against Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir"
• 2 Chronicles 20:3-4 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
• 2 Chronicles 20:15-18 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the Lord will be with you. And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, worshipping the Lord.
• Acts 12:1-19 "Peter freed from prison"
• Acts 12:11-13 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.  And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
• The Power of Corporate prayer is not a group of people praying, but a group praying for the same goal and purpose. 

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Hindrances to Prayer

Hindrances to Prayer

Hinder (meaning)

• To Impede the progress of 
• To Hold back
• To Obstruct or Block

9 Hindrances to Prayer

1. We ask amiss
1. James 4:1-3 From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?  Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
2. Amiss (meaning)
1. Wrongly
2. astray (off the right path or route)
3. Imperfectly
4. out of place
3. Amiss (in Greek)
1. Amiss (G2560) kakōs- Adverb form from G2556, badly (physically or morally):—amiss, diseased, evil, grievously, miserably, sick, sore.
4. Key Truth #1 "Pray the Word"
1. Nehemiah 1:8 Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations:
2. Unforgiveness 
1. Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
2. The Parable of the unforgiving servant
1. Matthew 18:21-35
   
3. Key Truth #2 "Walk in Forgiveness"
1. Mark 11:25-26 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
3. Pride 
1. Psalm 138:6 Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
2. Proud: H1364 gāḇōha
1. (fully) from H1361; elevated (or elated), powerful, arrogant:—haughty, height, high(-er), lofty, proud, × exceeding proudly.
3. Hebrews 4:16 Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
1. Boldly does not mean demanding with an attitude of pride and arrogance. 
4. Key Truth #3 "Pray with Humility"
1. 2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
4. Sin and Iniquity 
1. Isaiah 59:1-4 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
2. Key Truth #4 "Confession"
1. 1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
2. James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.
5. Bitterness 
1. Hebrews 12:12-15 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
2. Bitterness: 
1. Poison
2. Corrosive
3. Sharp and bitter in taste and odor
3. Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
4. Key Truth #5 "Guard Your Heart"
1. Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
6. Unbelief 
1. James 1:5-8 if any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.
2. Key Truth #6 "Let Jesus Hear and See your faith"
1. Mark 2:2-5  And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.
2. Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
7. Improper Relationships 
1. 1 Peter 3:7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
1. Honour (G5092) a value, i.e. money paid, or (concretely and collectively) valuables; by analogy, esteem (especially of the highest degree), or the dignity itself:—honour, precious, price, some.
2. Hindered (G1581) from G1537 and G2875; to exscind; figuratively, to frustrate:—cut down (off, out), hew down, hinder.
2. Key Truth #7 "Maintain Proper Relationships"
8. Uncontrolled and Undisciplined Thoughts 
1. Romans 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
2. 2 Corinthians 10:4-6 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
3. Key Truth #8 "Think on these Things..."
1. Philippians 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. 
2. Psalms 19:7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.
9. We give up too Easy
1. The Woman with the flow of blood
1. Mark 5:24-34
   
2. The Parable of the Persistent Widow
1. Luke 18:1-8
3. Key Truth #9 "Trust in God's Timing"
1. Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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Pattern of Prayer (part 3)

 The Tabernacle of Moses

Exodus 25:8-9

8 And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. 9 According to all that I shew thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it.

1. The Holiest of all (Most Holy)
1. The Ark of the Covenant
2. The Holy Place
1. The Golden Altar of Incense
2. The Table of Showbread
3. The Golden Candle Stick
3. The Outer Court
1. The Brazen Laver
2. The Brazen Altar

Seven Major Components

1. Gate
1. Exodus 27:16 And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
2. Brazen Altar 
1. Exodus 27:1-2 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.
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3. Brazen Laver
1. Exodus 30:18-21 Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the Lord: 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
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4. Golden Candlestick
1. Exodus 25:31 And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
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5. Table of Shewbread
1. Exodus 25:23-24 Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.
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6. Altar of Incense
1. Exodus 30:1-3 And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.
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7. Ark of the Covenant/ Mercy Seat
1. Exodus 25:10-11 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.
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Praying Through the Tabernacle 

The Lord’s Prayer	Tabernacle	Purpose Or Focus	Scriptures
Our Father in Heaven Hallowed be your name	Gate (the place of entrance) Praise and Thanksgiving	Praise and Thanksgiving	Matthew 6:9 Psalm 100
Your Kingdom come, and Your will be done.	The Altar (the place of sacrifice) The Cross – Jesus died on the cross	Establishing His will for: ·         Yourself ·         Family ·         Church ·         Nation	Matthew 6:10 Psalms 40:8 Romans 12:1-2 Galatians 2:20 Psalms 118:27 1 Corinthians 15:31
Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors	The Laver (the place of washing) The Word	Forgiveness and the washing by the water of the Word of God	Matthew 6:12 Ephesians 5:26 1 John 1:9 Psalms 51:10
Give us this day our daily bread	The Table of shewbread Covenant	Fellowship, Provision, & Covenant	Matthew 6:11 John 6:48 Luke 24:35
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil	Candlestick   Holy Spirit	Deliverance, Direction	Matthew 6:13 Isaiah 10:27 John 16:13
Forgiving others	Altar of Incense   Intercession	Intercession (pray for others)	Mattew 6:12 Psalm 141:2 Revelation 5:8 Revelation 8:3-4
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory	The Ark of the Covenant   Relationship & Worship	Worship in His Presence	Matthew 6:13 Psalm 16:11

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Pattern of Prayer (part 2)

 

The Lord’s Prayer

Matthew 6:9-13	Luke 11:2-4
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.	And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.	Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.
Give us this day our daily bread.	Give us day by day our daily bread.
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.	And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.	And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Declarations

1.      Our Father in Heaven, Hallowed be your name.

a.     “Our Father”

                                                              i.      Covenant Relationship

1.      Galatians 4:4-6 But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

a.      We are now able to become children of God Almighty by adoption. We are adopted through the blood of Jesus.

b.     “Hallowed be your name”

                                                              i.      Hallowed

1.      Holy

2.      Sanctified

3.      Set apart

                                                            ii.      Psalms 30:4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.

                                                          iii.      Psalms 103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

                                                          iv.      His Name – “Eight Compound Names of God”

1.      Your kingdom come, and Your will be done.

a.      This establishes God’s Priority and will in your life.

b.     The laying down of your desires, will, and selfishness.

c.      Establishing God’s Kingdom and will in:

                                                              i.      My Life

                                                            ii.      My family

                                                          iii.      My church

                                                          iv.      My Nation (Nation, state, city)

2.      Give us this day our daily bread.

a.      Daily Provision

b.     Walking in God’s Covenant promise

                                                              i.      Philippians 4:19 But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

                                                            ii.      John 15:7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.

3.      Forgive us of our debts, as we forgive our debtors

a.      Receiving the Father’s forgiveness

                                                              i.      1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

                                                            ii.      Psalm 32:5 I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

b.     Walking in forgiveness towards one another

                                                              i.      Ephesians 4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

                                                            ii.      Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

                                                          iii.      Matthew 5:23-24 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

4.      Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil.

a.      James 1:14-15 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death.

                                                              i.      In what areas are we tempted or drawn away?

1.      1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

a.      The lust of the Flesh

b.     The lust of the eyes

c.      The pride of life

b.     Deliver us from evil

                                                              i.      Colossians 1:13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:

1.      God has delivered us from evil and put us in the kingdom of Jesus

5.      For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever.

a.      Revelation 7:11-12 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.

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