Chapter 8: Receiving Help When You Don’t Know How to Pray

https://www.crosswalk.com/faith/prayer/ways-the-holy-spirit-prays-for-you.html The Holy Spirit prays for us in a power we don’t own. Our weakness will run out, but the Holy Spirit will keep going. When you fall asleep, are too weak, or just emotionally exhausted, the Spirit of God steps in and gives you the strength you need to continue in prayer. The Holy Read More …

Chapter 7: Being Guided in Prayer

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/holy-spirit/how-can-i-recognize-the-guidance-of-the-holy-spirit.html How many of us pray for direction and guidance but simply are not able to effectively discern the way of the Lord? His voice is not a familiar voice to us for one reason or another, and as a result, it appears at times that God is not leading. As Jesus prepared his disciples Read More …

Chapter 6: Receiving Strength to Believe God

Hindrances to Belief “ I have no right to say I believe in God unless I order my life as under His all seeing Eye “ – Oswald Chambers https://pastorrick.com/devotional/english/when-you-ask-for-something-believe-god-will-answer/amp/ This is the kind of life that God wants you to live, the thanking-God-in-advance kind of life. Jesus talked about it in Mark 11:24: “Therefore I Read More …

Chapter 5: Experiencing the Spirit’s Motivation in Prayer

Discipline of Prayer http://www.discipleshiptools.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=37272&columnid The Discipline of Prayer is the intimate pursuit and practice of the personal communication we have available between God and us. It is the spoken and unspoken confession of our Christian faith by engaging and proclaiming our complete dependence upon Christ as Lord over our lives. Prayer is not just a Read More …

Chapter 4: Turning Your Temptations into Victorious Prayer

Pg 39   “Our times of great weakness may be the precursor of special opportunities  . Many times great difficulties precede special works of God.“ https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/god-loves-to-work-in-our-weakness God is pleased to use our various kinds of weakness and limitation to remind us of important truths and refine our trust in him. All throughout the Bible, we see that God loves Read More …

Chapter 3: Sharing Your True Desires With God

Pg 34 Draw near with confidence https://www.ligonier.org/learn/devotionals/draw-near-confidence But our sin and covenant unfaithfulness must not make us stay away from Christ. Instead we must draw near to His throne. Christ has opened up the Holy of Holies to us through His death on the cross. We do not send Aaron into the holy place in Read More …

Chapter 2: Praying with Confidence when you Feel Unworthy

https://www.faithgateway.com/power-praying-jesus-name-amen/#.X3DY29lKiUk Prayers offered in the name of Jesus have “divine power to demolish strongholds” (2 Corinthians 10:4 NIV). Demolish! Not damage or hamper but demolish. Prayer falls on strongholds like lit matches on a grass hut. Prayer slaps handcuffs on Satan. Prayer takes problems out of the domain of the devil and into the presence of Read More …

Victorious Praying Series Introduction

  Why is it so hard to pray? It’s something many Christians can relate to: the desire to pray but the failure to execute. A Journey to Victorious Praying will tell readers why this is—and how to move past it. Addressing common misconceptions about prayer, then offering biblical truths and practices instead, Bill Thrasher teaches readers how Read More …