Have you ever found yourself trying to handle everything on your own and only praying when you run out of options? Pastor Lisa reminds us that prayer isn’t about having the perfect words—it’s simply talking with God and letting Him bring peace, wisdom, and strength into the middle of any situation. Truly nothing is impossible with God!
Notes 📓✏️:
Why Do We Pray?
How Do We Pray?
What Happens When We Pray?
We exist to introduce everyone to Jesus, and teach them to follow Him.
But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.
Luke 5:16
Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed.
After He had dismissed them, He went up on a mountainside by Himself to pray.
Matthew 14:23
One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.
Luke 6:12
Jesus Christ is at the right hand of God interceding for us.
Romans 8:34
Why do we pray?
Prayer disconnects us from the pressure of this world and reconnects us to the presence of God.
Prayer calms your mind.
Prayer helps you think clearly.
Prayer brings peace.
Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done. Then you will experience God’s peace which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Philippians 4:6-7
How do we pray?
“Prayer is talking with God.”
-DALLAS WILLARD
One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When He finished, one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray.”
Luke 11:1
When you pray:
-Have a certain time
-Have a certain place
What happens when we pray?
When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man cried to Elisha. “Don’t be afraid!” Elisha told him. “For there are more on our side than on theirs!” Then Elisha prayed, “O Lord, open his eyes and let him see!” The Lord opened the young man’s eyes, and when he looked up, he say that the hillside around Elisha was filled with horses and chariots of fire.
2 Kings 6:15-17
Discussion Questions 📝❓:
- How does seeing prayer as a relationship (talking with God and listening to God) change the way you approach prayer in everyday life?
- What pressures or distractions most often keep you from prayer, and what would it look like to choose prayer as your first response instead of a last resort?
- What “certain time” and “certain place” could help you build a sustainable rhythm of prayer, and what obstacles would you need to plan for ahead of time?
- When you think about God working in “exponential ways,” what long-term prayers are you tempted to stop praying, and why might persistence matter even when nothing seems to be happening?