Week of July 3

Waiting on God

Sowing our Prayer… Reaping the Spirit

To pray effectively we must want what God wants—that and that only is to pray in the will of God. – A.W. Tozer

Prayer is not designed for the furnishing of God with the knowledge of what we need, but it is designed as a confession to him of our sense of need. – A. W. Pink

Really to pray is to stand to attention in the presence of the King ant to be prepared to take orders from Him. – Donald Coggan

Beware in your prayer above everything of limiting God, not only by unbelief but by fancying that you know what he can do.

 – Andrew Murray

The self-sufficient do not pray, the self-satisfied will not pray, the self-righteous cannot pray. – Leonard Ravenhill

We should spend as much time in thanking God for His benefits as we do in asking him for them. – St. Vincent de Paul

Monday	Ephesians 3:14-21;  Psalm 90
Tuesday	Matthew 6:5-15;  Psalm 139
Wednesday	2 Samuel 22:1-51;  Psalm 47
Thursday	Philippians 1:9-11;  Psalm 19
Friday	Habakkuk 3:1-19;  Psalm 15
Saturday	Acts 4:24-31;  Psalm 25

These are some of the prayers in the Bible.  There are so many that it was difficult to limit which were included for this week.  Every Psalm is a prayer, and the variety allows for different Psalms to be prayed for occasions or life-experiences. 

Look at these prayers this week and look specifically at the things said.  For what does the prayer ask?  What does the prayer say about God?  What does the prayer show about the relationship between the person and God?  What is common in all these prayers?  Make a list or jot some things down that you notice about these prayers and compare it to the prayers you pray.  What is different?  What is the same?  What should you focus on in prayer?  What might you focus on too much?