Discussion: Do you sense the nearness of the Lord when you pray? What would help your prayer life?
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Holy Bible Scripture: The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth (Psalms 145:18)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I call upon you in truth and I know you are near to me even though I can’t see you. Thank you for answering all my prayers. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A church leader taught me to pray over church meetings that people’s lips would be sealed from speaking out against the will of God. This leader said that he had a trouble maker in his church, and when he prayed this way, he noticed the trouble maker remained silent in meetings.
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Discussion: Have you ever spoken too much in a certain situation? How can you control your tongue?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Set a watch, O Lord, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips (Psalms 141:3)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Please close my mouth when I try to say useless words or words that would bring harm to your kingdom. Let me only speak your words. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: One Bible teacher gave the best definition of grace that I had ever heard. He said today’s language has narrowed that definition down to mercy or unmerited favour. However that is only part of it. He said that grace is God’s power and ability to do in you what you can not do by yourself. This is why Paul emphasized in his writings in the Bible that with God’s grace (His power and ability) Christians could accomplish things they could not do by themselves.
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Discussion: What is your definition of grace? How are you growing in grace? How are you letting more of the Holy Spirit’s gifts empower you to let God do what He wants through you?
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Holy Bible Scripture: But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever (2 Peter 3:18)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I choose from this day on to continue to grow in grace and in knowledge of you and your ability to work through me. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A couple with a tremendous healing ministry, have so much of the anointing of the Holy Spirit on them because of their prayer life. They want to know Jesus, understand His prospective, His priorities, His plan for their lives and how to minister to others. I recently heard the husband speak in a stadium of about 30,000 people. Jesus did miracles in that service and healed people. These miracles happened because these church leaders heard and obeyed the Holy Spirit’s directions.
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Discussion: How do you spend your prayer time with Jesus? Do you write down His thoughts? How much time do you spend listening instead of talking when praying?
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Holy Bible Scripture: That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death (Philippians 3:10)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I want to know you intimately, not only to know your power but the price, Jesus, you paid for me on the cross so that I can die to my own reputation and live totally for you. In Jesus’ precious name I pray.
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Testimony: One family was struggling to keep its members close together since some of the relatives liked to quarrel causing hurt and division. This Bible scripture, along with the scriptures on love and forgiveness, helped the more mature family members act in love towards the family members that stir up strife.
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Discussion: How can you act with more mercy? How can you act with more kindness? How can you act with more forgiveness?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. (Colossians 3:12-13)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I put on the mantle of mercy, kindness, meekness and long-suffering, the ability to be able to love the unlovable, bear the unbearable and have compassion like you Jesus. In your name I pray.
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Testimony: A businessman says he needs to cast his cares upon the Lord constantly. His major care is his personal reputation and dignity, and he realizes that this causes him to be overly concerned about what other people think of him. He says he needs to die to his reputation and stop taking on so many cares and worries. He uses this scripture to help him to stop worrying.
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Discussion: How do you see God caring for you? What cares or worries have you not given to Jesus?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you (1 Peter 5:7)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I ask forgiveness for taking cares upon myself that I cannot handle. I now cast them all on you and believe you will help solve them. Thank you for always caring for me. In Jesus’ loving name I pray.
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Testimony: I worked for a large corporation, and one of my team mates came up to me and said: “I want the peace you have in your life.” He went on to say that the stresses of life got him down so much that he wanted to escape from it all. I was grateful that God let my light shine with His peace in the workplace.
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Discussion: Many people try to get peace in their lives by using drugs or alcohol. How can you share Jesus, the Prince of Peace, with people who are stressed out?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid (John 14:27)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I receive your inner peace so that in the midst of the storm of a troubled world, people will see my peace and want to have a relationship with you too. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: When I read this scripture, I see that sin really hurts my relationship with Jesus. I used to see sin as just hurting me. Now I see that sin is direct rebellion against God’s laws and that I need to teach myself to hate sinning.
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Discussion: How does sin affect your relationship with Jesus? How do you get strength from His Word to overcome temptation?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight (Psalms 51:4)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me see that when I sin it is really sinning against you and it hurts our relationship. I repent that I have only seen sin as affecting me and not you also. Help me to hate sin and anything that would affect our love relationship. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A Bible teacher said the important word to this scripture is believing. He said when you pray, you plant your seed like a farmer. The farmer always expects the seed to grow and talks about the harvest as he knows the harvest will come. This teacher said you have to pray this way believing in the harvest (the answer to your prayer) before you see it. So many want to believe after they see the answer but that requires no faith at all. Faith says “I believe my request is granted at the very moment I pray, since I am asking for something that I know is a promise of God found in the Holy Bible.”
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Discussion: How do you keep your expectation from weakening when you have to wait a long time for your prayer to be answered?
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Holy Bible Scripture: And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive (Matthew 21:22)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, This is the key I have been missing in my prayer answers. I have been waiting to believe until after I see results. You don’t need faith to believe something you see. I will now start believing the instant my prayer is being sent to you and I thank you before I see it. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: During my teenage years, I would have one foot with Jesus and one foot with the people-pleasing crowd. I was afraid to leave the people pleasers because I was too concerned about what they thought of me rather than what God thought of me. When I committed my life to Jesus and asked for the baptism of the Holy Spirit, God gave me the courage to jump in with both feet into His camp and to trust Him with my life. I was no longer a people pleaser but a God pleaser.
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Discussion: In what ways do you feel you can show God’s praises since He has saved you from hell and darkness?
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Holy Bible Scripture: But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light (1 Peter 2:9)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for calling me to do your work. Let me learn the role of how to be a priest in my own home. Teach me to work on holiness. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: In the 1980’s, when a well known evangelist sinned, Christian Television got a bad rap from the public. Christians themselves were quick to judge, criticize and point fingers at the sin instead of praying for the situation. A Bible teacher told us that immature Christians do not realize that when you harshly judge another for their sin, you are judged in the same manner. The mature Christians help restore those who have fallen.
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Discussion: Do you know someone who has fallen into sin? How are you ministering healing to them?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted (Galatians 6:1)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me never kick a Christian when he or she is down. Speaking bad words about them only continues to hurt a soldier that is already wounded. Instead let me pray for their quick recovery and repentance so that we are an army that cares for the wounded. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: I have met two Christian women who have used their God given beauty as a gift from the Lord. In their younger years, these women competed in beauty pageants. One went on to become a church leader’s wife and the other does Bible teaching in her church.
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Discussion: The world’s definition of beauty comes from TV or movies but that is not God’s definition of beauty. How caught up are you in judging people by their outer beauty instead of their inner beauty?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised (Proverbs 31:30)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me never try to show off by my actions, physical attraction or other admirable traits thinking it is all me, for you have given me all things and I recognize that. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: An accounts manager was carrying the burden of his career reputation for years. This burden would often give him anxiety and fear. When he gave all of this burden to the Lord, he felt a weight lift off his shoulders.
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Discussion: What burdens are you still carrying that need to be given to Jesus?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matthew 11:28)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I come to you to get rest from all the hectic things going on. Please help me to give all my burdens to you so I can focus on Church and Bible readings without my mind deviating. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: An evangelist would have his team pray for a long time before they went out to share Jesus and pray for the sick. They would ask God which areas of the city they should to go to, even if it meant a rough area of town. They would pray this scripture for God’s protection and God always protected them.
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Discussion: The Holy Spirit’s power has been given to the church to those who will obey Him. How does one learn about the authority of Jesus’ name so that the devil does not hurt you?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you (Luke 10:19)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Take my faith to the place where I can believe that if I am doing what you called me to do, then you will not allow anything to hurt me. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Holy Bible Scripture: Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ (Ephesians 1:3)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Let me think on this scripture for awhile to know that I have been blessed with tremendous spiritual blessings. I believe I am equipped for every task you call me to do. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Discussion: What spiritual blessings did you receive when you made Jesus Christ Lord of your life? What blessings did you receive when you asked for the baptism of the Holy Spirit?
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Testimony: The president of an organization did a Bible study on “Who we are in Christ.” This president learned through his study that Christians are: children of God, redeemed, saved, sanctified, justified, forgiven, loved and blessed tremendously. The blessings include, health, the ability to gain wealth for His purposes and most importantly, eternal life. He says we need to meditate on these scriptures to understand more of God’s spiritual blessings.
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Testimony: A Bible teacher addressed a group of Christians by asking: “How many of you are hot and on-fire for God?” None of the audience put their hand up. He then asked them: “How many of you are cold?” None of them put up their hand. The teacher went on to read this Bible scripture and all were convicted of their luke warm state.
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Discussion: How does hypocrisy destroy the church? How does one become on-fire for God?
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Holy Bible Scripture: So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth (Revelation 3:16)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I now see why you would spew out luke-warm Christians. It is because they set a bad example for non-Christians. I ask forgiveness for being a hypocrite. Help me to be on-fire for you all my days. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: A computer programmer prays this scripture to help keep his thoughts pure. The enemy tries to tempt this person with thoughts of lust; however, he rebukes those thoughts and focuses on the Word of God.
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Discussion: Do some TV shows, movies and magazines negatively influence your thoughts about God? How can you clean up your thought life?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established (Proverbs 16:3)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I commit my works unto you and you will establish my thoughts according to this scripture. Thank you for helping me. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: Some close friends made a list of attitudes to work on before they got married. They had excellent marriage counseling and that helped them control the anger, frustration and irritations that pop up in marriage. They made a point of never going to bed at night angry. Their marriage is so strong now that people come to them for marriage counseling.
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Discussion: Do you let anger continue for more than one day? How do you control frustration and irritation?
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Holy Bible Scripture: Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:26-27)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Don’t let me go to bed in anger. Let me quickly forgive all people as I don’t want to give the devil a foothold in my life. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: I took a course on the roots of anger. The speaker explained that so much of anger is developed in the childhood years through various circumstances. The course taught me that many people carry hurts for years and when these hurts flair up, they get so angry that they cannot control their anger nor their tongue.
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Discussion: What hurts do you have that trigger anger in your life? How can you control your anger?
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Holy Bible Scripture: He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city (Proverbs 16:32)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Help me to never shoot off my mouth in anger or frustration. Take control over my spirit so I do not err. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: As Bible College students, we were taught to quote chapter and verse when we teach others as the Holy Spirit speaks to people through the Bible. By teaching this way, God’s Word would go forth with power and accomplish great things.
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Discussion: When you pray, do you pray in line with the scriptures? How do you see God’s power work in the scriptures you pray?
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Holy Bible Scripture: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it (Isaiah 55:11)
(Scripture taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible)
Prayer: Heavenly Father, I thank you that when I speak your words that line up with your Holy Spirit, the situation must prosper and it will accomplish what you please. In Jesus’ name I pray.
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Testimony: We would often go out two by two into the streets and neighborhoods to share Jesus. Most of the time we shared with people in their homes. One afternoon I came across about 10 tough guys. Fear and intimidation tried to get me to walk away and be quiet. However I took courage and shared my testimony before them all. I was amazed to find they listened closely and let me pray for them.
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