Follow-Up Study 01PRAYER – FAITH - WORKS

Prayer…

Describe in 1 sentence, your prayer life…

What is good prayer life?

More than conversing with God

Trivia: when was prayer introduced in the bible? Genesis 4:26

…call on the name of the Lord…

Prioritizing Prayer as something Important Mark 1:35

Not action… but attitude of the heart

Power in Praying

Prayers can be used to do the following Guiding the heart (Luke 6:12)

Thirst for God (Ps 42:1-2, Ps 63:1)

Requests for the desires of our heart (Heb 5:7)

Better than a Genie

Extreme prayers of Jesus… loud cries and tears!

Do we pray likewise?

How are we using our prayers? Share of experiences

Satan’s Tricks

How-How-How? Share hindrances of prayers – examples?

Sinful nature, running-MAN Psalms 66:16-20

Tired of waiting on God Luke 18:1-8

Home work… 21st Century - The Lord’s Prayer (Luke 11:1-4)

Follow-Up Study 02PRAYER – FAITH - WORKS

Faith…

Definition of Faith? Hebrews 11:1

Explain faith in your own words

Faith and Belief… Any difference?

Explaining Faith – the practical sense

Why Faith?

Why do we need faith? Please God…

Training in the habits of faith

Faith and Deeds James 2:14-17

Work..

Work and where does it lead us to? Working out our salvation with fear and trembling

Ephesians 2:8-10

The story of Naaman in relation to ‘work’ 2 Kings 5:1-15

Lessons learnt from the old man

There’s nothing God need from us

God choose to clean us

The Proactive attitude

Work more…

God works

The Fight between Actions and Faith

Practice Christian Values (Very-Important)

Seasons of Work Time for Everything, Ecclesiastes 3:1-9

Routine is a good thing

Good routines such as:

Fasting regularly

Serving regularly

Memorizing scriptures regularly

Concluding thoughts on Work

Being a Christian is tough! Agree?

Christianity is not all about duties, rules, guilt and virtues

Failing Christian Virtues – the reality No more scoring

No bargaining

The GOAL – HEAVEN Helping one another stay focused

Homework…

Keep a prayer journal for 2 weeks Read the journal at the end of the week.

Share what you’ve read with a close friend

Create a 1-liner – what is your reason to believe in God