 Living for Adventures with the Spirit of God ●Leads and guides ●Reveals things to come ●Unpredictable experiences  Living for Adventures with the Spirit of God ●Leads and guides ●Reveals things to come ●Unpredictable experiences

Adventures in Prayer Living for Adventure

I. Value of Prayer  Your personal value indicated by your involvement ●Little prayer – little value ●Much prayer – much value  Your personal value indicated by your involvement ●Little prayer – little value ●Much prayer – much value

 James 5:16-18 ●Earnest prayers of righteous people have great power and produces wonderful results (NASB- accomplish much) ●Elijah, human as we are, had effective prayers - 1 Kings 18  James 5:16-18 ●Earnest prayers of righteous people have great power and produces wonderful results (NASB- accomplish much) ●Elijah, human as we are, had effective prayers - 1 Kings 18

II. Help in Prayer  Romans 8 – Life in the Spirit ●V. 9 Controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you ●V ▪Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness ▪Don’t know what God wants us to pray for ▪Holy Spirit prays for us in harmony with God’s will  Romans 8 – Life in the Spirit ●V. 9 Controlled by the Spirit if you have the Spirit of God living in you ●V ▪Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness ▪Don’t know what God wants us to pray for ▪Holy Spirit prays for us in harmony with God’s will

 Romans 8:26-27 AMPLIFIED – “So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God’s will.”

 1 Corinthians 14 – Praying by the help of the Holy Spirit ●Speaking in tongues (unknown languages) ●Speaking by the power of the Spirit ●Speaking mysteries  1 Corinthians 14 – Praying by the help of the Holy Spirit ●Speaking in tongues (unknown languages) ●Speaking by the power of the Spirit ●Speaking mysteries

●Two types of tongues ▪Personal prayer –Talking to God –My spirit prays –Strengthened personally ▪Message to the body (includes interpretation) –I will speak to my own people –Equivalent to prophecy –Strengthen the church ●Two types of tongues ▪Personal prayer –Talking to God –My spirit prays –Strengthened personally ▪Message to the body (includes interpretation) –I will speak to my own people –Equivalent to prophecy –Strengthen the church

●Praying in tongues ▪My spirit is praying ▪My mind doesn’t understand ▪v.14 AMPLIFIED “For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps no one] ▪Result – –Pray in the spirit and with understanding –Sing in the spirit and with understanding –Pray that you may interpret ●Praying in tongues ▪My spirit is praying ▪My mind doesn’t understand ▪v.14 AMPLIFIED “For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps no one] ▪Result – –Pray in the spirit and with understanding –Sing in the spirit and with understanding –Pray that you may interpret

 Love-based tongues 1 Corinthians 13:1 ●Languages of earth ●Languages of angels ●Meaningless without love ●Gifts of the Spirit have no value without fruit of the Spirit  Love-based tongues 1 Corinthians 13:1 ●Languages of earth ●Languages of angels ●Meaningless without love ●Gifts of the Spirit have no value without fruit of the Spirit

 Yielded Tongue – James 3:1-12 ●If we could control our tongue we could control ourselves in ever other way ●Sets the course of your life  Yielded Tongue – James 3:1-12 ●If we could control our tongue we could control ourselves in ever other way ●Sets the course of your life

●Taming the tongue ▪Requires more than ourselves ▪Yield it to the Spirit of God ●Taming the tongue ▪Requires more than ourselves ▪Yield it to the Spirit of God

III. Praying in the Spirit  Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.  Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,  Ephesians 6:18 Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere.  Jude 1:20 But you, dear friends, must build each other up in your most holy faith, pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,

 Acts 4:23-35 ●All the believers lifted their voices together in prayer (prayer of agreement) ●Give us boldness in preaching ●Stretch out your hand with healing power ●May miraculous signs and wonders be done ●They were all filled with the Holy Spirit ●They preached the word with boldness ●All were united in heart and mind and shared everything  Acts 4:23-35 ●All the believers lifted their voices together in prayer (prayer of agreement) ●Give us boldness in preaching ●Stretch out your hand with healing power ●May miraculous signs and wonders be done ●They were all filled with the Holy Spirit ●They preached the word with boldness ●All were united in heart and mind and shared everything

 Spirit filled – the more you yield to the Holy Spirit the more filled you will be ●Gifts ●Fruit ●Direction ●Truth/Freedom ●Adventure!!  Spirit filled – the more you yield to the Holy Spirit the more filled you will be ●Gifts ●Fruit ●Direction ●Truth/Freedom ●Adventure!!

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