Conference yukon::christian_v7

    Bo... I have an awesome format for prayer that my Pastor designed, if
    you send me your address I'll mail it to you.
    
    Nancy

    Nancy,
    
    I'd appreciate that.  I'm sending you my home address by e-mail.
    
    Regards,
    Bo

Hi Nancy,

    I'm impressed .... would like to be awed too...

								Andrew

    Bo,
    
    I went home and searched and searched for the pamphlet and couldn't
    find it, but I did find the outline I wrote down.  I hope this helps:
    
    Why Pray?
    
    First, prayer is not confession, praising, meditation or adoring,
    although we should include those things when we pray.  The Greek word
    for prayer is ATEO, which means TO ASK.
    
    I.  God commands us to pray
    
    I Thess 5:17  Pray without ceasing.
    
    Ephesians 6:18  Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the
                    Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 
                    and supplication for all saints;
    
                19  And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, 
                    that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the 
                    mystery of the gospel,
    
    [Other References Luke 18:1, Phil 4:6]
    
    II.  Prayer allows us to get things from God
    
    James 4:2  Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and
               cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, 
               because ye ask not.
    
    III.  Cure for Worry
    
    Philippians 4:6  Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
                     and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests 
                     be made known unto God.
    
    Psalms 55:1      Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself 
                     from my supplication.
    
              2      Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, 
                     and make a noise;
    
    IV  Only way to have the power of the Holy Spirit 
    
    Luke 11:13  If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto
                your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father 
                give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?
    

    Prayer diaries or journals are a common practice to some folks in here
    and foreign to many.  My Pastor introduced a 3-ring subject notebook to
    use for organizing and journalling prayers.  I am going to do my best
    to recreate this for you.
    
    The notebook is divided into topics:
    
    SELF
    
    You write down your needs and date them.  
    
    OTHERS [Your Family First]
    
    Mate and their needs
    Example: [You want to see their prayers come true, list them and ask God
    to meet them]
    
    Children listed one by one and their needs
    [Example] Salvations, Baptisms, College Funds, Future Mates
    
    [OTHERS] UNSAVED
    
    List their names and the date you started praying for them
    
    [OTHERS] SAVED
    
    Example:
    Illnesses
    Broken Marriages
    Children going Wrong
    Unemployed
    Broken Relationships
    
    
    Make yourself the number one prayer target.  Too many times we get on
    our knees and ask God to *fix* someone else [usually a mate], and
    we ignore our own weaknesses and sin.  Always start with self.
    
    Then, go to your spouse and ask for God to meet their needs as you
    intimately know them and for the unspoken needs.  Be visionary,
    anticipate the burden and load your spouse carries with work, family,
    financies, church service, etc.
    
    Be careful that you're not criticizing your mate in prayer.  There is a
    difference between praying for their needs and complaining.  
    
    Then for your young children/teenagers.  Of course you place their 
    salvation and relationship to God on the top of your list and write 
    down when they are saved.  Don't forget to be visionary here as well 
    and pray for their future mates, their choice of colleges, their 
    service to God or career in the secular workplace.
    
    Next, the OTHERS category, which I believe is self explanatory. 
    Oftimes this is the most difficult, yet it's the easiest because if you
    know of other's needs, it's because they've told you and requested for
    prayer.  For instance, topic 6 in here... may be the most difficult to
    remember in your prayer [all those requests] and yet you don't have to
    be visionary or selfless, you just pray for them asking God's
    intervention in their lives.
    
    I hope this helps you.
    
    In Him,
    Nancy
    

                             TYPES of PRAYER
    
    1.  Personal Prayer
    
    Matthew 6:6  But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and
                 when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which 
                 is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall 
                 reward thee openly.
    
    2.  Early Morning
    
    Mark 1:35  And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he 
               went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there 
               prayed.
    
    3.  All Night Prayer
    
    Luke 6:12  And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a
               mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
    
    4.  Pastoral Prayer
    
    Acts 6:4  But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the
              ministry of the word.
    
    5.  Church Prayers 
    
    Acts 1:14  These all continued with one accord in prayer and
               supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of 
               Jesus, and with his brethren.
    
    Acts 1:24  And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the
               hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen,
    
    Acts 2:42  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
               fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
    
    7.  Fasting
    
    Matthew 17:21  Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and
                   fasting.
    
    Mark 9:29      And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing,
                   but by prayer and fasting.
    
    Luke 2:37      And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, 
                   which departed not from the temple, but served God with 
                   fastings and prayers night and day.
    

    My Pastor, Dr. Jack A. Trieber  knows of my participation in this 
    notesfile and has given me his permission to use his material in here.
    
    Nancy

    Thanks much, Nancy.  This is a tremendous help!
    
    Bo

    I have to admit that going back and re-reading .4 - .6 has once again
    encouraged me to pray more diligently.  
    
    Speaking of keeping prayer journals, does anyone out there keep a
    sermon journal, either your own or your Pastor's?

>    Speaking of keeping prayer journals, does anyone out there keep a
>    sermon journal, either your own or your Pastor's?

Most pastors do.  
I keep all of my bible lessons.  :-)
I don't know of anyone who keeps records of other people's sermons,
though most people will remember if their Pastor preached the same
sermon twice, even if it occurs in a ten year span.

    I take notes when Pastor preaches/teaches and have a journal or
    reference if you will to go back and re-submerge myself.
    
    It  helps my walk.

Me>I don't know of anyone who keeps records of other people's sermons,

Nance>    I take notes when Pastor preaches/teaches and have a journal or


NOW I KNOW SOMEONE WHO DOES!  :-)