1. Shepherd of the Hills Church
Bible 101
Dean Biebert, Pastor
Shepherd of the Hills Church

2. Lesson Ten:
Prayer

3. Last Time’s Homework: 1. Jesus set up the Lord’s Supper…
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
1. Jesus set up the Lord’s Supper…
a. ___ right after He came back to life.
b. ___ the night He was betrayed, the night before He died on the cross.
c. ___ during a time when He was alone with His disciples on a mountain.

4. Last Time’s Homework: 1. Jesus set up the Lord’s Supper…
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
1. Jesus set up the Lord’s Supper…
a. ___ right after He came back to life.
b. ___ the night He was betrayed, the night before He died on the cross.
c. ___ during a time when He was alone with His disciples on a mountain.

5. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
2. When people get the Lord’s Supper, they are getting…
a. ___ just bread and wine.
b. ___ just Jesus’ body and blood.
c. ___ bread and wine that are sharing the same space as Jesus’ body and blood.

6. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
2. When people get the Lord’s Supper, they are getting…
a. ___ just bread and wine.
b. ___ just Christ’s body and blood.
c. ___ bread and wine that are sharing the same space as Jesus’ body and blood.

7. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
3. How 100% bread and wine can be 100% Jesus’ body and blood at the same time…
a. ___ doesn’t make sense, but it’s clearly what the Bible teaches.
b. ___ makes sense if you say that the minister changed the bread and wine into Jesus’ body and blood.
c. ___ makes sense if you say that the bread and wine just picture Jesus’ body and blood.

8. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
3. How 100% bread and wine can be 100% Jesus’ body and blood at the same time…
a. ___ doesn’t make sense, but it’s clearly what the Bible teaches.
b. ___ makes sense if you say that the minister changed the bread and wine into Jesus’ body and blood.
c. ___ makes sense if you say that the bread and wine just picture Jesus’ body and blood.

9. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
4. Two good reasons for getting the Lord’s Supper are…
a. ___ to let God remind me He forgives me and to show what a good Christian I am.
b. ___ to remember Jesus’ death and to get help earning heaven with my good life.
c. ___ to remember Jesus’ death and to let God remind me He forgives me personally.

10. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
4. Two good reasons for getting the Lord’s Supper are…
a. ___ to let God remind me He forgives me and to show what a good Christian I am.
b. ___ to remember Jesus’ death and to get help earning heaven with my good life.
c. ___ to remember Jesus’ death and to let God remind me He forgives me personally.

11. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
5. Getting the Lord’s Supper with other believers is…
a. ___ necessary for the sacrament to have any power or purpose.
b. ___ a beautiful way of showing we share the same Bible beliefs.
c. ___ part of what God wants if we hope to earn a future with Him.

12. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
5. Getting the Lord’s Supper with other believers is…
a. ___ necessary for the sacrament to have any power or purpose.
b. ___ a beautiful way of showing we share the same Bible beliefs.
c. ___ part of what God wants if we hope to earn a future with Him.

13. Last Time’s Homework: 6. We may give the Lord’s Supper to…
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
6. We may give the Lord’s Supper to…
a. ___ anyone, regardless of age or beliefs.
b. ___ repentant Christians who understand what Jesus’ death means and recognize their sin and their need for the forgiveness God gives.
c. ___ anyone who’s a church member, regardless of personal faith or conduct.

14. Last Time’s Homework: 6. We may give the Lord’s Supper to…
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
6. We may give the Lord’s Supper to…
a. ___ anyone, regardless of age or beliefs.
b. ___ repentant Christians who understand what Jesus’ death means and can recognize their sin and their need for the forgiveness God gives.
c. ___ anyone who’s a church member, regardless of personal faith or conduct.

15. Last Time’s Homework: 7. The Lord’s Supper is… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ a sacrament, a visual aid God uses to forgive sins and intensify Christian faith.
b. ___ a sacrifice, in other words, something we do to complete payment for sins.
c. ___ neither a sacrament nor a sacrifice, but an exceptional church custom.

16. Last Time’s Homework: 7. The Lord’s Supper is… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ a sacrament, a visual aid God uses to forgive sins and intensify Christian faith.
b. ___ a sacrifice, in other words, something we do to complete payment for sins.
c. ___ neither a sacrament nor a sacrifice, but an exceptional church custom.

17. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
8. The Bible teaches “close communion” or “closed communion” to…
a. ___ protect true believers from the corrupting influence of church visitors.
b. ___ protect everyone from taking the Lord’s Supper improperly or foolishly.
c. ___ remind everyone that some Christians don’t need to get the Lord’s Supper.

18. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
8. The Bible teaches “close communion” or “closed communion” to…
a. ___ protect true believers from the corrupting influence of church visitors.
b. ___ protect everyone from taking the Lord’s Supper improperly or foolishly.
c. ___ remind everyone that some Christians don’t need to get the Lord’s Supper.

19. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
9. We love and look for opportunities to get the Lord’s Supper because…
a. ___ it is a very important part of getting to heaven by doing something Christian.
b. ___ in keeps us good church members and sets a fine example for other people.
c. ___ Jesus cared enough about us to give it to us, and we know He uses it to help us.

20. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Last Time’s Homework:
9. We love and look for opportunities to take the Lord’s Supper because…
a. ___ it is a very important part of getting to heaven by doing something Christian.
b. ___ in keeps us good church members and sets a fine example for other people.
c. ___ Jesus cared enough about us to give it to us, and we know He uses it to help us.

21. What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
1. Psalm 19:14
Christian prayer is a heart-to-heart talk with the only real God – the Triune God.
2. Isaiah 59:1-2; Galatians 3:26
Christian prayer is not a right. It’s a privilege that Jesus earned us.

22. What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
SIN
Unbeliever
God
The Problem of Prayer without Jesus

23. What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
SIN
Believer
God
The Privilege of Prayer with Jesus

24. What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
3. Acts 9:10-12
Jesus helped Paul understand. Paul’s fate didn’t depend on the quality of his prayer life. On his own, Paul had tried solving his own problems rather than consulting God. He had been preoccupied with his own needs, rather than other peoples’ needs. Jesus freed him from that negative living.

25. What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What does the Bible say about Christian prayer?
CHRISTIAN PRAYER IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO ONCE WE FIND OUT WE DON’T HAVE TO DO IT.

26. How should we pray? 1. John 15:16
Lesson Ten: Prayer
How should we pray?
1. John 15:16
In Jesus’ name I pray.
“In Jesus’ name” – this means asking God not to pay attention to us because of what we’ve done, but because of what Jesus did in our place.

27. How should we pray? 2. 1 John 5:14
Lesson Ten: Prayer
How should we pray?
2. 1 John 5:14
“Do what You want, not what I want.” God is smarter than us. He knows what’s best. So we give Him “veto rights” over our requests.
Do what You want, not what I want.

28. How should we pray? 3. Matthew 7:7-11
Lesson Ten: Prayer
How should we pray?
3. Matthew 7:7-11
Trust that God will answer us in His own time and way.
There are four possible answers that God may give to our prayers…

29. Four Possible Answers:
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Four Possible Answers:
1. Yes
Please don’t be angry with Your people. Don’t destroy them!
Exodus 32:7-14

30. Four Possible Answers:
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Four Possible Answers:
2. No
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
Three times I pleaded the Lord to make this suffering go away. But he told me, “My kindness is all you need. My power is strongest when you are weak.”

31. Four Possible Answers:
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Four Possible Answers:
3. Wait
Malachi 4:1-6

32. Four Possible Answers:
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Four Possible Answers:
4. Here is something better!
Job 42:10-13

33. What Should We Include in Our Prayers?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What Should We Include in Our Prayers? F
orgive
(Think of something you’ve done wrong)
T__________
hank
(Think of something you got to enjoy)
O__________
ther people
(Think of some other specific person to pray for)
M__________ e
(Think of personal things you want to talk to God about)
Petitions ___________________
Prayers for ourselves
Intercessions _______________
Prayers for others

34. For Which Other People Should We Pray?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
For Which Other People Should We Pray?
For people who are weak (Poor, hungry, sick, needy or suffering)
For God’s blessings on marriages & families
For people in positions of highest authority (President & government)
For those who point the way to God (Pastors & teachers)
A “Handy” Mnemonic
For people closest to you (Your family & friends)

35. For Which Other People Should We Pray?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
For Which Other People Should We Pray?
For people who are weak (Poor, hungry, sick, needy & suffering)
We pray for all people, great and small, friend and foe. (See 1 Timothy 2:1,2; Matthew 5:43-45)
For God’s blessings on marriages & families
For people in positions of highest authority (President & government)
For those who point the way to God (Pastors & teachers)
For people closest to you (Your family & friends)

36. What if I don’t know what to pray for?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What if I don’t know what to pray for?
Romans 8:26-27
We can pray from our heart and trust that the Holy Spirit will make the right requests to the Father in our place.

37. What if I feel too guilty to pray?
Lesson Ten: Prayer
What if I feel too guilty to pray?
Romans 8:34
We can pray confident that Jesus still pleads our case before the heavenly Father.

38. How often should I pray? 1 Thessalonians 5:17
Lesson Ten: Prayer
How often should I pray?
1 Thessalonians 5:17
We should keep the communication channel to God open all day. As we go about our business, we can let God in on our thought- lives. We should still set aside time to speak to God the way we set aside time to be with our people we’re close to. (Jesus often spent all night by Himself praying to His Father in heaven.)

39. Great Prayers in the Bible
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Great Prayers in the Bible
John 17
Jesus Prays for Himself and His People
1 Kings 8:22-53
Solomon’s Prayer to dedicate the first permanent Temple
Daniel 9:1-17
Daniel’s prayer admits the faults of God’s people
Habakkuk
The entire book is a prayer with God’s response.

40. People who prayed great prayers
Lesson Ten: Prayer
People who prayed great prayers
MOSES
Hannah
Samuel
David
Daniel
Solomon

41. Prayer Helps – Matthew 6:5-8
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Prayer Helps – Matthew 6:5-8
1. Posture:
Kneeling, folded hands, and bowed head can be helpful if they help us concentrate.
2. Place:
Find a quiet place by yourself, as Jesus often did. Setting aside a definite time each day to pray there is of tremendous value in your personal devotional life.

42. Lesson Ten: Prayer
Prayer Helps
3. Wording:
Speak honestly and directly from your heart with your own words, not with technical Bible words you don’t understand. Try to keep it brief, but not hurried. Written prayer books can be helpful if they remind us for the four elements of good, balanced prayers. They don’t need to take the place of prayers in our own words. Praying out loud, even when alone, may help you concentrate.

43. Prayer Helps 4. Reminder:
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Prayer Helps
4. Reminder:
Prayer and Bible study go together! “Pray through” parts of Scripture, verse-by-verse, paragraph-by-paragraph.
Receiver
Mouthpiece

44. Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer
Jesus wanted us to understand some of the basic concepts about our prayer relationship with God. We call the prayer He gave the Lord’s Prayer. It is in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:1-4.

45. The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Our Father in heaven.
Hear us because of Jesus. Don’t give us what we deserve. Give us what Jesus earned us – the opposite of what we deserve. Don’t hear us because of how religious we are. Hear us because of what Jesus did in our place.

46. The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Hallowed be Your name.
Your name is Your reputation – what we know of You from the Bible. You want to be famous for what Jesus did for sinners. Help our #1 priority be daily Bible use so we grow as Your people. Help us remember we may be the only Bible some people ever read.

47. The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Your kingdom come.
Your kingdom is Your family of believers. Keep me part of that select group. Bring many other people into it before it’s too late. You are passionate about rescuing people for heaven. Your kingdom comes when Your people spread Your Word.

48. The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
You “want” people everywhere to know the truth. You “want” everyone who depends on Jesus to have never-ending life. Help us remember You base all Your decisions for our lives on these facts. You have “veto rights” on what we ask. You are smarter. You know best. Help me remember that when You say “no.”

49. The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Give us each day our daily bread.
You give life’s necessities even if we don’t ask. We take You for granted. We always have our hands out. You’re no genie in a bottle, serving our every whim. You promise what we need, not everything we want.

50. The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us.
Thanks for not being a selective forgiver. Thanks for not waiting until we’re really “sorry.” Thanks for not waiting until we promise we don’t do that wrong thing again. Thanks for not putting conditions on Your forgiveness. Help us do better at forgiving the way You do.

51. The Lord’s Prayer Explained And lead us not into temptation.
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
And lead us not into temptation.
You led Jesus into temptation in the desert. His whole life was an unbroken record of successes in the face of temptations. Give us Bible reinforcement and unselfish motives to make right decisions about how we’re going to behave.

52. The Lord’s Prayer Explained But deliver us from evil.
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
But deliver us from evil.
Our definition of “evil” and Your definition are not the same. We think anything unexpected, anything that hurts, anything that causes us problems is evil. You let these things happen for our eternal welfare. You turn evil into good. Keep us from whining.

53. The Lord’s Prayer Explained
Lesson Ten: Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer Explained
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
You control what happens. One day when we look back at our lives and our world, we’ll say, “I wouldn’t change a thing.” You deserve the credit for masterminding things. Help us mean what we pray in this prayer.

54. Homework: 1. Faith in Jesus… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ makes us confident that we can triumph over any kind of predicament by ourselves.
b. ___ makes us confident God cares and listens to us and will help us get through life.
c. ___ gives us access to God as long as we live good enough lives to deserve it.

55. Homework: 2. If we want God to hear our prayers, we should pray…
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Homework:
2. If we want God to hear our prayers, we should pray…
a. ___ depending on His love and forgiveness, knowing Jesus earned us prayer-access to Him.
b. ___ out loud, since God doesn’t hear our thoughts, just what we say to Him vocally.
c. ___ for whatever we want, regardless of what the Bible says.

56. Homework: 3. We should pray to… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ the only real God, the Triune God, either the Father, Son, or Holy Spirit.
b. ___ either God or the saints.
c. ___ God the Father, and only Him.

57. Homework: 4. When God answers our prayers… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ we can always be sure the answer will be “Yes.”
b. ___ He will answer them according to our timetable.
c. ___ He always has our best interests in mind and answers in His own time and way.

58. Homework: 5. Our physical posture when we pray… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ doesn’t matter, either to us or to God.
b. ___ must always be with folded hands, bowed head, and almost always kneeling.
c. ___ should be whatever helps us the most concentrate on our balanced prayer agenda.

59. Homework: 6. The best prayers are… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ long, with lots of technical Bible words, repeated over and over again for emphasis.
b. ___ short, so we can get on with our life quickly.
c. ___ in our own words, keeping in mind the four parts of good, balanced prayers.

60. Homework: 7. When we pray, we should pray for… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ ourselves most of all and once in a while Christians we know and care about.
b. ___ everybody except our enemies, once we finish praying for things we need personally.
c. ___ forgiveness for specific sins, thanking God for particular blessings, keeping in mind people who need His help, followed by what’s on our minds, even if it’s minor.

61. Homework: 8. Christians want to link their prayers to …
Lesson Ten: Prayer
Homework:
8. Christians want to link their prayers to …
a. ___ Bible study, so we better understand God’s plans and learn to accept His decisions.
b. ___ being good and doing good so we earn the right to speak with God.
c. ___ fasting and physical pain that helps bring us closer to God.

62. Homework: 9. Praying “in Jesus’ name” means… Lesson Ten: Prayer
a. ___ mentioning Jesus’ name at the end of every prayer.
b. ___ asking God to remember Jesus’ importance, not our own importance.
c. ___ reminding God we have earned the right to pray to Him the same way that Jesus did.