Lesson Twelve

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://ourworld-top.cs.com/rjmcclur/worship_.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://ourworld-top.cs.com/rjmcclur/wors"><U><B>Twelve Lessons On Worship</B></U></A></FONT><B>  |  </B><B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#111111" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://members.tripod.com/rjmcclur55/HolySpirit/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://members.tripod.com/rjmcclur55/Hol"><U><B>Studies On The Holy Spirit</B></U></A></FONT><B> </B></div> <div> <A HREF="bible_study.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson One"><U>Lesson One</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Two"><U>Lesson Two</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Three"><U>Lesson Three</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Four"><U>Lesson Four</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Five"><U>Lesson Five</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Six"><U>Lesson Six</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Seven"><U>Lesson Seven</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Eight"><U>Lesson Eight</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Nine"><U>Lesson Nine</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Ten"><U>Lesson Ten</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lesson Eleven"><U>Lesson Eleven</U></A>   |   <B>Lesson Twelve</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#9999FF" TEXT="#080000" background="02ad2103.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://www.biblestudyoftheweek.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.biblestudyoftheweek.com"><U><B>Bible Study of The Week Home</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0656c6c0.png" border=0 width="108" height="108" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-122/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="140" height="91">  </div> <bR> <div>  <img src="HTMLobj-123/aniGif.gif" border="0" align="bottom" width="169" height="103">  </div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Lesson Twelve</I></div> <div> <B>New Testament Worship</B></div> <div> <B>XII. Prayer          Part 4</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1) Why would you (or not) consider prayer to be worship? Job 21:15; Luke 11:13;      Heb 4:16; Js. 4:3</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>“entreat Him”           “ask Him”           “draw near”</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Again, we need only to remember that worship is offering from a humble heart ourselves to God. In going to God in (Scriptural) prayer, we're telling God that we know He is our Creator, Provider, God… that we need Him!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>2) Is this limited to “the first day of the week”? 1 Thes. 5:17</B></div> <bR> <div> <B> We should always be thanking, praising, asking our God!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>3) Remember when Jesus taught His disciples how to pray? Look at this prayer Matt. 6:9f and 1 Tim. 2:1,2. What are the different elements of prayer?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>A)  Praise          Acts 2:4</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>B) Thanks          Col 4:2</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>C) Confess                 1 Jn. 1:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>D) Requests                  Philp. 4:6</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>E) Intercession     1 Tim 2:1,2</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>F)  Praise          Matt. 6:13</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>NOTE: Praise and thanks are entirely different! Praise never thinks of 'self'. Thanks does.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>4) What should our attitude be in prayer? James 1:5-8; 4:3 Luke 18:1-14</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Realizing that God gives generously, without doubting, unselfish motives, not losing heart, humbly. These are attitudes that the </B><B>Christian</B><B> have when coming to God!</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>5) What hinders our prayers? Isa. 59:1,2; 1Peter 3:7; Matt 6:15</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>SIN- A MAN NOT LOVING HIS WIFE-NOT FORGIVING OTHERS</B></div> <div> <B>(it's still sin!)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>6) Does God hear our prayers? Jn 9:31; 1 Jn 5:14</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1 Jn. 5:14 tells us that God hears and answers, but Jn. 9:31 (Isa. 59:1,2) says that God doesn't hear sinners. (1 Peter 3:7) In order to come before God with the above expectations from prayer, one must become a “child of God” so that He is Father.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>7) How much time do you spend in prayer?</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>MINUTES-OR HOURS?</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>