Pray Always Josh Boyer September 22, 2019 Series: ASK: Ask Seek Knock

Week 1: Pray Around (Joshua 6)

Week 1: Pray Around (Joshua 6) Week 2: Pray Through (Luke 18:1-8)

Week 1: Pray Around (Joshua 6) Week 2: Pray Through (Luke 18:1-8) Week 3: Pray Hard (Isaiah 58:6- 10)

Week 1: Pray Around (Joshua 6) Week 2: Pray Through (Luke 18:1-8) Week 3: Pray Hard (Isaiah 58:6- 10) Week 4: Pray Big (I Kings 18:1, 30-39)

Week 1: Pray Around (Joshua 6) Week 2: Pray Through (Luke 18:1-8) Week 3: Pray Hard (Isaiah 58:6- 10) Week 4: Pray Big (I Kings 18:1, 30-39) Week 5: Pray Ready (Joshua 3:1- 7)

7 The royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers and governors have all agreed that the king should issue an edict and enforce the decree that anyone who prays to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, Your Majesty, shall be thrown into the lions’ den. 8 Now, Your Majesty, issue the decree and put it in writing so that it cannot be altered—in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be repealed.” 9 So King Darius put the decree in writing. --Daniel 6:7-9 (NIV)

Pray when it’s not convenient

But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you… --Matthew 5:44 (NIV)

When hard pressed, I cried to the LORD; he brought me into a spacious place. --Psalm 118:5 (NIV)

10 Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened toward Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before. 11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel praying and asking God for help. --Daniel 6:10-11 (NIV)

Pray consistently

16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. --1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 (NIV)

Adialeiptos: constantly recurring

Pray in conversation

“God speaks in the silence of the heart “God speaks in the silence of the heart. Listening is the beginning of prayer.” --Mother Teresa--

In the morning, LORD, you hear my voice; in the morning I lay my requests before you and wait expectantly. --Psalm 5:3 (NIV)

16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you!” 17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that Daniel’s situation might not be changed. --Daniel 6:16-17 (NIV)

13 Be alert. Be firm in the Christian faith. Be courageous and strong 13 Be alert. Be firm in the Christian faith. Be courageous and strong. 14 Do everything with love. --1 Corinthians 16:13-14 (GW)

Pray for Courage

For the Spirit God gave us does not make us timid, but gives us power, love and self-discipline. --2 Timothy 1:7 (NIV)

25 Then King Darius wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth: “May you prosper greatly! 26 “I issue a decree that in every part of my kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God and he endures forever; (cont’d) --Daniel 6:25-27 (NIV)

--Daniel 6:25-27 (NIV) …his kingdom will not be destroyed, his dominion will never end. 27 He rescues and he saves; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.” --Daniel 6:25-27 (NIV)

Pray for Change

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland. --Isaiah 43:19 (NIV)

Pray Always Josh Boyer September 22, 2019 Series: ASK: Ask Seek Knock