The Holy Spirit, Word & Prayer Romans 8:26  Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groaning's which cannot be uttered.  And verse 27 Memory Text Lesson 10 1st Quarter 2017

Who is answering your prayers? John 15:7  If you abide in Me, and My Words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you.  Sunday ‘Prayer is the opening of the heart to God as to a friend. Not that it is necessary in order to make known to God what we are, but in order to enable us to receive Him. Prayer does not bring God down to us, but brings us up to Him.’ Steps to Christ p93 Who is answering your prayers?

Matthew 7:7  Jesus said… ‘Ask and it shall be given to you; seek and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.’  ‘So it is with every other one of God's requirements. All His gifts are promised on condition of obedience. God has a heaven full of blessings for those who Will co-operate with Him. All who obey Him may with confidence claim the fulfilment of His promises.’ Christ’s Object Lessons p145 Monday

What do you ask for most? Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you, All things, whatever you ask, praying, believe that you shall receive them, and it will be to you.  1 John 5:14  And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.  Psalm 66:18  If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:  What do you ask for most?

Tuesday Mark 11:24  Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.  James 1:6, 7  But let him ask in faith, doubting nothing. For he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, driven by the wind and tossed. For do not let that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord; Do you?

Wednesday John 5:14, 15  And this is the confidence that we have toward Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.  And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.  ‘For the pardon of sin, for the Holy Spirit, for a Christlike temper, for wisdom and strength to do His work, for any gift He has promised, we may ask; then we are to believe that we receive, and return thanks to God that we have received.’ Education p258

Who continued with one accord in prayer and supplication? Acts 1:14 Thursday Ephesians 3:14 & 16 For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,  that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;   Matthew 7:11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him. Who continued with one accord in prayer and supplication? Acts 1:14

Friday Christ's lessons in regard to prayer should be carefully considered. There is a divine science in prayer, and His illustration brings to view principles that all need to understand. He shows what is the true spirit of prayer, He teaches the necessity of perseverance in presenting our requests to God, and assures us of His willingness to hear and answer prayer. Our prayers are not to be a selfish asking, merely for our own benefit. We are to ask that we may give.’ COL 142