Chapter 12 - Will Jesus Answer My Prayers?

  1. WHAT DOES THE BIBLE TELL US TO PRAY ABOUT? (PHILIPPIANS 4:6)
  2. HOW DOES THE BIBLE TELL US TO PRAY? (PHILIPPIANS 4:6)
  3. WHAT SHOULD WE DO AND WHAT WILL BE THE RESULT? (PHILIPPIANS 4:7)
  4. DOES GOD WANT TO ANSWER OUR PRAYERS? (MATTHEW 7:11)
  5. DID HE TELL US TO GIVE UP IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE THE FIRST TIME WE ASK? (MATTHEW 7:7-8)
  6. WHAT MUST WE DO IN ORDER TO RECEIVE AN ANSWER WHEN WE PRAY? (MATTHEW 21:22)
  7. WHY SHOULD WE CALL ON GOD IN PRAYER FOR OUR OWN NEEDS OR FOR THE NEEDS OF OUR CHURCH OR FAMILY? (JEREMIAH 33:3)
  8. IN WHOSE NAME DID JESUS SAY WE MUST PRAY? (JOHN 14:13-14)
  9. WHAT DID JESUS SAY HE WOULD DO WHEN WE PRAYED TO THE FATHER IN HIS NAME AND WHY? (JOHN 16:23-24)
  10. WHAT IS THE PRAYER THAT GOD WILL LISTEN TO FROM SINNERS? (LUKE 18:10-14)
  11. TO WHOM WILL THE LORD NOT LISTEN? (PSALM 66:18)
  12. HOW SHOULD WE PRAY? (EPHESIANS 6:18)
  13. GOD SAYS HE WILL ANSWER THE PRAYERS OF HIS CHILDREN ALTHOUGH THEY MAY NOT SEE THE ANSWER RIGHT AWAY. WHAT MUST WE BE WILLING TO DO? (LUKE 16:1-7)
  14. HOW CAN WE KNOW, WHEN WE PRAY, THAT WE HAVE WHAT WE HAVE ASKED FOR? (I JOHN 5:14-15)
  15. IF YOU CAN GET TWO OR MORE PEOPLE TO AGREE ON SOMETHING AND PRAY ABOUT IT, WHAT DOES GOD PROMISE WILL HAPPEN? (MATTHEW 18:19)
  16. WHAT IS THE PROMISE OF GOD THAT CAUSES US TO MEET TOGETHER IN GOD'S HOUSE?(MATTHEW 18:20)
  17. JESUS HAS GIVEN HIS DISCIPLES GREAT POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER SATAN AND DEMONS. HOW MUCH OF THE ENEMY'S POWER CAN WE OVERCOME? (LUKE 10:18-19)
  18. DO WE HAVE POWER TO DRIVE OUT DEMONS IN JESUS NAME? (MARK 16:17)
  19. IS THERE ANYTHING OF SATAN THAT IS MORE POWERFUL THAN THE SPIRIT OF GOD WHO LIVES IN HIS CHILDREN? (I JOHN 4:4)
  20. WHO ARE WE AT WAR AGAINST? (EPHESIANS 6:12)
  21. HOW CAN WE STAND AGAINST THE FORCES OF EVIL? (EPHESIANS 6:11)
  22. READ EPHESIANS 6:13-18 AND WRITE DOWN THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ARMOR OF GOD.IN YOUR PRAYERS EACH MORNING, PUT ON THE ARMOR OF GOD. SAY TO GOD, FOR INSTANCE, "FATHER, IN JESUS NAME I PUT ON THE HELMET OF SALVATION." PUT ON ALL THE ARMOR OF GOD IN YOUR PRAYERS EACH MORNING AND THIS WILL HELP YOU TO STAND AGAINST THE TRAPS OF THE ENEMY. NOTICE ALSO THAT THE HELMET OF SALVATION COVERS YOUR HEAD AND YOUR MIND. THE MIND IS A MAJOR BATTLEGROUND WHERE THE ENEMY TRIES TO LIE TO YOU AND DECEIVE YOU. ALSO, THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS IS A PIECE OF ARMOR THAT FITS OVER YOUR CHEST AND PROTECTS YOUR HEART. THE ENEMY OFTEN TRIES TO LEAD YOUR HEART INTO SIN AND RUIN YOUR RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. READ MATTHEW 4:1-11 TO SEE HOW JESUS USES THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT OR THE WORD OF GOD TO DEFEAT SATAN.
  23. THE LORD'S PRAYER IS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW GOD WANTS US TO PRAY. IN THAT PRAYER YOU WILL SEE A PATTERN. THERE IS FIRST ADORATION, PRAISE & WORSHIP AND THEN SEEKING GOD'S WILL, ASKING FOR PERSONAL NEEDS, ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS, FORGIVING OF OTHERS, ASKING FOR GUIDANCE, PROTECTION, AND STRENGTH, AND ENDING WITH ADORATION, PRAISE & WORSHIP. (MATTHEW 6:9-13)YOU CAN FOLLOW THIS SAME PATTERN, BUT PRAY IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND WITH YOUR OWN PRAISE AND YOUR OWN PERSONAL REQUEST. ANOTHER PATTERN YOU CAN FOLLOW IS THIS: THIS IS EASY TO REMEMBER BECAUSE IT SPELLS ACTS WITH AN EXTRA "S".
    • A. ADORATION (TO ADORE GOD AND PRAISE AND WORSHIP HIM)
    • C. CONFESS (TELL HIM YOUR SINS AND ASK FOR HIS FORGIVENESS)
    • T. THANKSGIVING (THANK HIM FOR HIS LOVE AND FOR WHAT HE HAS GIVEN YOU)
    • S. SUPPLICATION (ASKING HIM FOR THINGS YOU NEED AND THAT OTHERS NEED)
    • S. SCRIPTURE (SPEND TIME READING THE BIBLE)
  24. READ JOHN 14:23. REMEMBER THAT PRAYER IS A TIME OF FIGHTING THE ENEMY, FOR ASKING FOR WHAT YOU NEED, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR TALKING WITH YOUR FATHER AND GETTING TO KNOW HIM BETTER.

MEMORIZE: I JOHN 5:14-15