1. Prayer: Our Forgotten Blessing
Luke 11:1-4

2. Our Father is Ready to Reply
Children and parents
Our heavenly Father, Matthew 7:7-11
When we forget to pray, we forget…
Prayer’s advantage
Prayer’s power and privilege
God in our abundance, Deut. 8:1-20
Our relationship with God

3. The Promise of Prayer
God hears and answers, Matt. 7:11; 21:22; 1 Pet. 3:10-12; 1 Jno. 5:14-15
God’s power and integrity, Jer. 32:27; Matthew 19:26; Hebrews 6:18
God’s answers express His love
Our prayers must respect God:
In truth and fear of God, Psalm 145:17-19
Ask in faith, James 1:5-8 (Matt. 21:22)
According to God’s will, 1 John 5:14

4. The Practice of Prayer Our attitudes, Phil. 4:6-8
Prayer helps…
Our lives , 1 Tim. 2:1-2; 1 Thess. 5:17-22
Temptations, Matt. 26:41; Hebrews 4:14-16
Sin, Psa. 69:5; Acts 8:22; 1 Jno. 1:9; Jas. 5:16
Spiritual growth, Luke 17:5
Others, Colossians 1:3, 9-12; 4:2-3
Going to heaven, 1 Peter 1:3-5
Our actions, 1 Pet. 3:7; Eph. 6:18-20

5. The Patience of Prayer (Psalm 55:16-17)
Endurance to keep on praying, Luke 18:1, 8; Acts 2:42; Eph. 6:18; Col. 4:2 (1 Thess. 5:17)
Faith to accept God’s answers, Matthew 26:39, 42, 44; 2 Cor. 12:7-10
Contentment with God’s answers is contentment with God
Contentment through faith, Phil. 4:10-13

6. Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves
Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified.
2 Corinthians 13:5