1. Instructions in
Prayer

2. Knowing how to pray is not enough
Mark 14:38
Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation...
NKJV
Knowing how to pray is not enough
You have to do it.
1 Thess 5:17
pray without ceasing
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3. Prayer should be as natural to Christian living as breathing
Ps 66:17, 19-20
17 I cried out to him with my mouth; his praise was on my tongue.
19 but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer.
20 Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!
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4. Prayer is more than a thought; it is communication of that thought
Matt 6:6
But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
NIV
Jesus gave at least five specifics about praying

5. Prayer involved a period of time
We have to make time in our daily schedule
Ps 55:17
Evening, morning and noon I cry out in distress, and he hears my voice.
NIV
Jesus also suggested that there be a place for prayer
It is easier for us to institute the habit of prayer if we have an established place for prayer.

6. Know the person to whom we pray
The need for privacy
Most public praying would be more vital if it had been preceded with secret praying
Know the person to whom we pray
Matt 6:9
In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven,...
NKJV
Prayer is communication to a known individual

7. The promise of an open blessing
When we pray to the Father in secret, He rewards us openly.
The more we mix the Scriptures with our prayer, the more we will pray in the will of God and according to the pattern of God