2. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer A. There is warfare 1. People are blinded 2 Corinthians 4:4a Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe

3. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer A. There is warfare 1. People are blinded 2. People are bitter 2 Corinthians 2:10-11 Now whom you forgive anything, I also forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ, lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

4. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer A. There is warfare 1. People are blinded 2. People are bitter 3. People are battered

5. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer A. There is warfare B. There are weapons 1. Having faith – offensive Romans 10:17 So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Ephesians 6:17b And the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God

6. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer A. There is warfare B. There are weapons 1. Having faith – offensive 2. Good conscience – defensive

7. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer II.The priority of prayer A. The words 1. Supplications – looking inward 2. Prayers – looking upward 3. Intercessions – looking outward 4. Thanksgiving – looking backward

8. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer II.The priority of prayer A. The words B. The work Colossians 4:12 Epaphras... greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. Luke 22:44 And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground.

9. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer II.The priority of prayer A. The words B. The work 1. Pray for the leaders 2. Pray for the lost

10. If You Do Nothing Else I.The purpose of prayer II.The priority of prayer III.The privilege of prayer A. Our right B. Our responsibility