etc. Welcome to Week 6 Empowering Prayer

Empowering prayer Homework: What are the ‘ingredients’ of a prayer of commitment?

Why do we find it difficult to share our faith? Don’t know what to say People wouldn’t be interested I might get asked something I don’t know the answer to I don’t think my life is a good enough witness

Why do we find it difficult to share our faith? Has your confidence grown? Have your recognised opportunities to listen and share your story? What more do you need?

Prayer is vital Why do we pray when God knows everything already?

Prayer is vital Prayer helps us recognise that we can engage with God. Prayer helps us experience God working through us Prayer helps change us Prayer is vital to our relationship with God

Prayer is vital Prayer helps us to discover: passion for the lost like God’s power to enable us to do what God wants

Action Prayer is most effective with action – Landbeach Baptist Church

Action Do you believe what Jesus said is true? “Ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you.” (Matthew 7:7) Do you believe what Jesus said is true?

Prayer is vital Prayer is more than asking, it’s also doing – Jesus calls us to a radically different lifestyle: Loving enemies Giving secretly to needy Focusing on God not stuff Not judging others

What to pray? Prayer is about God changing me, not me changing God!

What to pray? Specific Honest Alone or with others Harvesting

Reflect Look back at your hopes and fears in week 1 - have they been met / allayed? Are there unanswered questions that your church need to answer?