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Praying the Bible
Our problem in prayer is…
we say the same old things
about the same old things
Our problem is not
that we pray about
the same old things.
To pray about your…• Family• Future• Finances• Work or school• Church or ministry• “Current crisis” … is normal
So our problem in prayer is…
we say the same old things
about the same old things
What’s the solution?
Whatever it is, it must be fundamentally simple.
Otherwise, almost no Christians in the world could have a meaningful prayer life
When you pray,
pray through a passage of Scripture,
particularly a Psalm.
Psalms of the Day150 Psalms ÷ 30 days = 5 Psalms per day 1. Day of Month 15
2. Add 30 + 30 45
3. Keep adding + 30 75
+ 30 105 + 30 135
On the 31st, use Psalm 119
PSALMS OF THE DAY
15, 45, 75, 105 & 135
• In the Psalms, God reveals how He wants us to praise Him.
• The Psalms were songs inspired by God for the purpose of being reflected in song back to God
GOD
PSALMS
Praying through . . .
• the Psalms
• the New Testament letters
• the narrative passages of Scripture
PRAYER REQUESTSame old things
1 COR. 13
PSALM 1
USUALMENTE
PSALM 23
GAL. 5:22PSALM 139
PRAYING THE BIBLE WITH A GROUP (e.g., a family, a class, or a church prayer meeting)
• Assign a verse to each person and have each pray through that particular verse
• Read the Psalm aloud (or have each read it silently), then ask each to pray based upon a verse that particularly impressed them.
• Read the Psalm, then (you as the prayer leader) call out—one at a time as needed—the phrases or verses you think are the most conducive to prayer. Those willing to pray would pray as inclined to do so after one or more of the phrases or verses you call out.
• The testimony of George Müller
• The observation of Charles Spurgeon
Biblical examples:
• Jesus in Matt. 27:46
• Jesus in Luke 23:46
• the Church in Acts 4:23-26