Hope Community Church
A casual, topical bible study to help "fill up your tank" in the middle of the week. Come as you are and dig deeper into the Word!
• Coffee bar at 6:30 in the auditorium
• Child Care (ages 6wks-5yrs) & Kids "Mid-Week Mania" (grades K-5th) provided
“How To Develop a Meaningful Prayer Life”
• Why do we pray?
• Why should we pray?
1. The Participants in prayer
Proverbs 15:29 NKJV
1. The Participants in prayer
2. The Prominence of prayer
I Timothy 2:8 NKJV
Genesis 4:26 NKJV
Genesis 12:8 NKJV
Daniel 6:10 NKJV
Acts 2:41-42 NKJV
Acts 9:10 NKJV
1. The Participants in prayer
2. The Prominence of prayer
3. The Practice of prayer
Psalms 116:1-2 NKJV
1. The Participants in prayer
2. The Prominence of prayer
3. The Practice of prayer
A doration
C onfession
T hanksgiving
S upplication
4. The Pathway to prayer
Proverbs 28:9 NKJV
1. The Participants in prayer
2. The Prominence of prayer
3. The Practice of prayer
4. The Pathway to prayer
3 obstacles to overcome are:
• Superficiality
• Self-reliance
• Sinfulness
5. The Purpose of prayer
I Thessalonians 5:17 NKJV
1. The Participants in prayer
2. The Prominence of prayer
3. The Practice of prayer
4. The Pathway to prayer
5. The Purpose of prayer
The purpose of prayer is communion, not closure!
"Prayer pulls the rope down below and the great bells rings above in the ears of God. Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so languidly; others give only an occasional jerk at the rope. But he who communicates with heaven is the man who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously with all his might."
–Charles Spurgeon
