1. Antioch Baptist Church
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Antioch Baptist Church
October 8, 2006

2. Dynamic Prayer Meeting

3. Dynamic Prayer Meeting Study Guide (Week 11) Confession and Repentance
Practice #2 They Responded From the Heart

4. 1. They began by ________________________.
Review: What was the # 1 and #2 practices they exercised in the prayer meetings
of the Bible?
1. They began by ________________________.
Focusing On God

5. 2. They responded from the __________.
heart

6. The Necessity of Heart Preparation
1. In the Bible, whenever God wanted to move His people, He first had a season
of preparing their heart.
Luke 1:17, 76, 2:31, 3:4

7. 17He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
Luke 1:17 (NKJV)

8. “And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest;
For you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways, Luke 1:76 (NKJV)

9. Which You have prepared before the face of all peoples,
Luke 2:31 (NKJV)

10. 4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying:
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the LORD; Make His paths straight.
Luke 3:4 (NKJV)

11. The Necessity of Heart Preparation
2. Whenever His priests appeared before Him, they first had to get prepared. Ex 30:20

12. 20When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.
Exodus 30:20 (NKJV)

13. The Necessity of Heart Preparation
3. The same is true in prayer. Your heart must be prepared in order to appear before God in prayer.

14. The Necessity of Confession and Repentance
Getting prepared especially has two expressions
2. Confession of the truth – The biblical definition of confession is to say the same thing that God says
about something. This can work with sin or the truth. Hebrews 11:13. Stating the truth washes our
minds and hearts.

15. 13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off were assured of them, embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Hebrews 11:13 (NKJV)

16. The Necessity of Confession and Repentance
3. Confession of sin – Confession of sin means to agree with God about the nature of your sin.
Encourages us to repent in our minds/hearts and our behavior – James 5:16, John 1:9

17. 16 Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
James 5:16 (NKJV)

18. 9That was the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world.
John 1:9 (NKJV)

19. The Necessity of Confession and Repentance
4. Tonight we will particularly focus on preparing our hearts through confession of sin.

20. Time of Prayer 1. What is God’s intention when He convicts you of sin?
Is it a sign of His disapproval or favor? Heb 11:6.

21. 6But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.
Hebrews 11:6 (NKJV)

22. Time of Prayer 2. Why is it a sign of God’s favor?
What would happen if He left us in the deception of our sin?
3. Ask God to search your heart. Spend time responding to Him.

23. Time of Prayer
Pray for the requests that God would want you to pray for.
Here are some categories that you may include:
Praying for one another
Praying for our church
Praying for others
Praying for the world