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Welcome to the fe2 Women’s Mentoring Network.
Welcome to the fe2 Women’s Mentoring Network.
Read I Kings 17: 17-24. Elijah was given an impossible request from a grieving mother. Who healed the boy? How? Why? Was this story about Elijah’s power or God’s?
Read I Kings 18: 20-24, 27-29, 36-39. Which altar had fire consume the sacrifice? How? Why? Was this story about Elijah’s power or God’s?
Read James 5:16-18. This is another Elijah story mentioned even in the New Testament. Who brought the rain? How? Why? Was this story about Elijah’s power or God’s?
Elijah was an ordinary person, just like us, but had power in prayer because he knew His God. He knew that his prayers had nothing without the power of God. The prayers of a righteous person are powerful and effective – not because of great people who pray but because of a great God who hears!
Think about how you pray now. How would you describe your prayer life?
Why do you pray? Is it to get what you want, like a shopping list? Is it out of obligation?
If you do not pray diligently now, what keeps you from praying? What would have to change for you to pray more?
“Prayer is a discipline that when exercised will give you a greater intimacy with your Father but when neglected will make you feel distanced from Him.” (Kay Arthur). Prayer is a relationship – it is intimacy with the Almighty. Do you believe that is possible? Do you believe the God of the universe wants you to talk to him on a personal level? How is that done?
Read Luke 11:1. The disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray. Does that mean they already knew how to pray or that they had to learn? If they had to learn, then we must too.
Read Matthew 6:9-13. This is the prayer Jesus used to teach his disciples how to pray. So does that mean these words are only to be memorized and then repeated ritually or is there a deeper meaning? How do these instructions on prayer apply to us today? Let’s break it down.
Our Father who is in Heaven, Hallowed be Your Name (Worship), Your Kingdom Come (Allegiance),
Your Will be done on earth as it is in heaven (Submission), Give us this day our daily bread (Petition/Intercession) and forgive us our debts as we also have forgiven our debtors (Confession/Forgiveness), and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil (Vigilance/Deliverance),for Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever (Worship).
How would you weave those categories into a personal prayer for your own life today?
Suggested Reading: Lord, Teach Me to Pray by Kay Arthur