CONVERSATIONAL PRAYER

April 16, 2023  Pastor Sam Goins

“Pray in the Spirit AT ALL TIMES with ALL KINDS OF PRAYERS, asking for everything you need. To do this you must always be ready and never give up. And always pray for all God's people.”  Ephesians 6:18 NCV

BY DEVELOPING 2 HABITS

1. KEEP A _________________________________ WITH GOD

“Pray on every occasion, as the Spirit leads.”  Ephesians 6:18 TEV

“Never stop praying! (Pray all the time!)”      1 Thessalonians 5:17 GW

2. _____________________________________ THROUGHOUT MY DAY

“Seven times a day I praise you!”  Psalm 119:164 

A DAILY SCHEDULE BUILT ON THE LORD’S PRAYER

1. GET UP __________________________! 

Jesus said, “...Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. So then, this is how you should pray: 'Our Father in heaven’...”  Matthew 6:8-9

“Every good gift and every perfect present comes from your Father of light in heaven...”                                                      James 1:17     

• I THANK MY FATHER IN HEAVEN FOR HIS CONSISTENT LOVE & I RECALL ALL ____________________________________________

2. ______________________________ AT BREAKFAST! 

“Hallowed be your name...”  Matthew 6:9b

“Every day I will bless your name, and praise it forever and ever!”  Psalm 145:2 

• I REVIEW GOD’S NAMES & ________________________________

GOD SAYS “I AM . . .”

Abba              Your ______________________________!        

El Deah               Your God Who _______________________!   

Jehovah Rapha    Your God Who ________________!

Jehovah Jireh        Your God Who _______________!

El Shaddai        God Almighty – with all the _______________________!

“Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never abandoned those who truly seek you.”  Psalm 9:10 

3. AT MIDMORNING, ___________________________________________ 

“May your kingdom come, and may your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”                                                                 Matthew 6:10

• I ALIGN MYSELF WITH GOD’S ______________________ FOR MY LIFE

“If you seek first God’s kingdom and his righteousness, all the other things will be given to you as well.”  Matthew 6:33 

4. ____________________ AT LUNCH 

 “Give us today our daily bread.”  Matthew 6:11

• I ASK FOR _______________ I NEED   

    Jesus: “You can ask for anything in my name”  John 14:13 NLT

• I ASK FOR WHAT ________________________________ 

“I’d be sinning against the Lord if I failed to pray for you.”  1 Samuel 12:23 

“Jesus has the power of God, by which he gives us everything we need to live, and to serve God. We have these things because we know him.”   2 Peter 1:3 NCV

5. _________________________________IN THE AFTERNOON 

“Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.”  Matthew 6:12

• I ADMIT MY SINS AND I _____________________________________________

“I confessed my sins to you and didn’t try to hide them... Then you forgave me and now all my guilt is gone!”  Psalm 32:5 

6. ASK GOD TO HELP ME ____________________________________ 

“And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from the evil one.” Matthew 6:13

The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.  1 Cor. 10:13 NLT

7. END MY DAY WITH ________________________________________ 

“For yours is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever! Amen!”                                                                            Matthew 6:13c NAS