November 1, 2009 Study Guide (Answers)
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The document outlines key insights from a sermon at Oregon City Evangelical Church focusing on overcoming distractions to prayer through unity and scriptural teachings. It emphasizes the importance of praying with others and utilizing biblical prayers as guides for personal prayer practices. Additionally, it includes specific prayer requests and encourages support for new Christians and those facing financial difficulties.
November 1, 2009 Study Guide (Answers)
- 1. Oregon City Evangelical Church Application November 1, 2009 Sermon Notes 7. At a recent Sunday evening prayer time Eugene Morgan Pastor Tom taught about the distractions/hindrances to our prayer life and their antidote. They are listed below. Which Ephesians 3:14-21 hindrance is most challenging for you and what antidote I. Praying with other believers is an amazing act of unity. do you need to focus on? (Have each person share and someone else in the group pray for them.) When we pray with other believers we demonstrate to Hindrances: Fear ~ Doubt ~ Uncertainty ~ Impatience ~ the visible and invisible world that we are part of God’s Negative talk ~ Questioning the truth of God’s Word whole family in heaven and on earth. Antidote: 1. Agree with and believe God’s Word is absolutely true. John 17:17 2. In context of God’s Word, receive its promises. Psalm 77:8-15 3. Determine that we will not let distractions deter our faith or our II. God has an incredible storehouse of riches for prayers. Christians to pray into each other’s lives. 8. Reflect on the two prayers in Ephesians (1:15-23 and 3:14-21) along with the Scriptural prayers you studied with your Growth Group. Which prayer is most impacting to you? Which prayer could you use as a pattern prayer to help you develop your practice of prayer this week? Prayer Corner: Pray for those who have recently come to Jesus as Savior. Pray that they will grow in Christ and not waiver as new Christians. Pray for those in the OCEC who are experiencing III. God’s ability is not limited by our inability! financial crisis and possible foreclosure on their God’s ability to meet our need is beyond our ability to ask homes. Pray for God’s family to graciously help. or imagine but we often leave roadblocks to answered Pray for financial provision for the church ministries. prayer in place. James 1:2-8; 4:1-10; Matt. 5:23-24; 6:14-15 Prayer Tip: Build up your prayer experience by turning to a Biblical prayer and read it as a prayer with modern circumstances and people in mind. Take an additional step and actually Let praise and honor to God become a wonderful antidote put events and names in the prayer! to fear and waning faith.
- 2. Growth Group Study Guide Into the Word 4. The following passages are a few of many prayers Week of _November 1, 2009_ recorded in Scripture. One way a person can learn to pray is by using Scriptural prayers as a guide. Complete the chart, making special note of any Getting Started principles that could help you grow as a “pray-er”. 1. What was the hardest and easiest thing to ask your Passage Who Prayer Prayer Principles parent(s) for when you were a kid? Prayed Theme(s) Matthew 6:5-14 Luke 18:9-13 2. Sometimes parents (or Sunday School teachers) teach Philippians children a prayer to say at dinner or bedtime. If this is 1:9-11 true for you then tell about a prayer you were taught as a child. If not, share about a time as a child you remember hearing someone else say a memorized Daniel prayer. 9:1-19 Acts 4:23-31 2 Samuel 7:18-29 3. Share about a time when you remember someone praying and it really inspired or encouraged you to want to pray. 5. What do these sample prayers tell you about the types of things people should pray about? 6. What additional principle for praying powerful prayers do you find in 1 John 5:14-15?