QUESTIONS What's the Point of Prayer?. We don't just Pray To get “stuff.” James 4:1-3 QUESTIONS.

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QUESTIONS What's the Point of Prayer?

We don't just Pray To get “stuff.” James 4:1-3 QUESTIONS

We Do Pray: 1) To Worship Ps. 141:2, Rev. 8:4 Matthew 6:8-12 P.A.R.T.S.

We Do Pray: (Video) 2) To Give Thanks 1 Chr. 16:8, Philippians 4:4-7, 1 Thess. 1:2, 5:18

We Do Pray: 3) To Confess Sin Psalm 32:3-5, I John 1:9

We Do Pray: 4) To Change Things 1 Chr. 16:35, Ps. 32:6, Ps 40, 2 Kings 20, Jonah 2, Acts 9:13-17, Ex. 32:11, 14, Ps. 32:6, 2 Kings 20, Acts 13:16,

We Do Pray: 5) To Gain Wisdom James 1:5

We Do Pray: 6) Defeat Darkness Mark 9:29, Luke 22:31-32, Jude 9, James 4:7-10,

We Do Pray : 7) To Build A Relationship Gen. 6:21-24 Difference in knowing God and knowing about God

We Do Pray: 8) Because Apart From Him, We can't do anything John 15:5

My Fathers House shall be a House of Prayer... Isaiah 56:7, John 2:13-16 You are “God's House.” 1 Cor. 3:16 So PRAY