1. Deeper Life Bible Church, Aberdeen Sunday Message15-03-2009 PRAYING THROUGH & CONQUERING 2 Corinthians 10:3-6

2. 3 Points 1.CONTENTIONS BY PRAYER 2.CONSISTENT IN PRAYER 3.CONQUERING THROUGH PRAYER

3. 1. 1.CONTENTIONS BY PRAYER 2 Corinthians 10:3-5; Ephesians 6:12-13; 1 Chronicles 21:1; Daniel 10:13; 2 Chronicles 20:17 Believers contend against the following in prayer; 1.Self – Romans 7:22 2.Satan – 1 Thess. 2:18 3.Sin – Proverbs 5:22 4.Satanic agents & Supernatural powers – Eph.6:12 5.Spiritual forces – Romans 6:16 6.Sicknesses – Luke 13:11 7.Sodom (a type of the world & its system) – 1 John 2:15-17

4. 2. 2.CONSISTENT IN PRAYER 2 Corinthians 10:6; Ephesians 6:10; Luke 18:1; Colossians 4:2; 1 Thessalonians 5:18 Seven facts about prayer; 1.Prominence of Prayer – Luke 18:1 2.Promises of answered Prayer - Jer.33:3 3.Principles of Prayer – John 14:12-14 4.Postures in Praying – 1 Kings 8:54,22 5.People who prayed – Gen.18:23 6.Purity & Prayer – Psalms 66:18 7.Power through Prayer – Acts 4:33

5. 3. 3.CONQUERING THROUGH PRAYER 2 Corinthians 10:4-6; Ephesians 6:10,11,13-18; 1 Corinthians 15:57; 2 Corinthians 2:14; Hebrews 11:32-37; Revelations 6:2 People who conquered through prayer; 1.Moses, he conquered Pharaoh & all Egypt 2.Joshua; he conquered Jericho 3.David, he conquered Goliath and all other Giants 4.Hannah, she conquered barrenness 5.Jabez, he conquered Sorrow, had his name changed 6.The Early Church, they conquered Herod 7.Jesus Christ, He conquered the devil

6. Conclusion Practical session of praying through…… For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;), Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:3-5