1. Prayer Guide Techniques
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Prayer Guide Techniques
It’s not too late to get Prayer guide.
This session covers chapters
Page numbers will be listed bottom left.
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There’s nothing more important to the growth and maturity of a Christian than learning to talk with God. What greater goal can you aspire to than helping others better communicate with their Heavenly Father?
p.13

3. Prayer Guide Techniques
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Prayer Guide Techniques
You can lead prayer effectively and Guide others to the Throne of God.
p.59

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As a Prayer Guide -
Your goal is to guide your group to a spiritual place where they are most likely to meet God and help them encounter Him.
p.59

5. The Way of the Prayer Guide
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The Way of the Prayer Guide
If you’re going to make a difference;
you must be willing to be different.
p.59

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Matthew 18:19
"Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven.

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Matthew. 18:20
For where two or three are gathered together in My name, I am there in the midst of them." Matt 18:20 NKJV

8. The Four Prayer Guide Techniques:
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The Four Prayer Guide Techniques:
Scriptural Meditation
Prayer by Suggestion
Topical Prayer
Biblical Visualization
p.60

9. Scriptural Meditation
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Scriptural Meditation
Ps 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. NIV
Ch.13

10. • The precepts of God (Ps. 119:27)
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• God. (Mal. 3:16)
• The Love of God (Ps. 48:9)
• The laws of God. (Ps.119:97)
• The precepts of God (Ps. 119:27)
• The things that God has done for you in the past. (Ps. 143:5)
• The good things you have been taught by Godly teachers.(I Tim. 4:15)
• The Word of God. (Joshua 1:8)
p.71

11. Scriptural Meditation
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Scriptural Meditation
Gets the attention of distracted minds,
is taught in scripture,
helps individuals focus on the things of God.
and lets God speak first.
p.72

12. Choosing a Scripture Can be one verse or short passage
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Can be one verse or short passage
Can be related to the purpose of the meeting
Does not need to be familiar
Should be easy to read
Must be easily understood
p.72

13. Scriptural Meditation
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Ex. 15:2
The LORD is my strength and song,
And He has become my salvation;
He is my God, and I will praise Him;
My father's God, and I will exalt Him. (NKJV)

14. Prayer by Suggestion: Involves people who normally don’t pray
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Prayer by Suggestion:
Involves people who normally don’t pray
Helps folks pray about personal needs they would never pray about out loud
Helps the group pray in agreement
Ch.11

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Prayer by Suggestion:
p.65

16. God’s people want to talk with Him.
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God’s people want to talk with Him.

17. Making Suggestions Suggest one thing at a time.
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Making Suggestions
Suggest one thing at a time.
Remind them to pray silently.
Pray about it yourself so you’ll know how long to wait.
Don’t be afraid of the silence.
p.65

18. Adoration Confession Thanksgiving Supplication Praise Repent Ask Yield
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Two helpful acrostics
Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication
Praise
Repent
Ask
Yield or

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Topical Praying
“Praying conversationally makes prayer such a natural means of “spiritual togetherness” that the healing love of God touches us all…”
Rosalind Rinker – Prayer, Conversing with God
Ch.12

20. Topical Praying Keeps the prayer moving Involves more people
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Topical Praying
Keeps the prayer moving
Involves more people
Helps the group pray in agreement
p.67

21. 4 Rules of Topical Praying
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4 Rules of Topical Praying
Each person prays short prayers about one topic at a time.
Each person prays as often as they want.
The group continues praying about the same topic until someone introduces another topic.
Each topical prayer is part of the whole and doesn’t need a benediction.
p.68

22. Natural Conversation is Topical
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Natural Conversation is Topical

23. Teaching Topical Prayer
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Teaching Topical Prayer
Prayer walking is topical prayer in motion.
Combine it with prayer by suggestion.
p.69

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What have you learned?

25. Biblical Visualization
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Biblical Visualization
Focuses the attention of the group in one spiritual place,
prepares the group for conversation with God.
and lets Him speak first.
Ch.14

26. Some examples Throne Room of Heaven (Rev.14:1-6)
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Some examples
Throne Room of Heaven (Rev.14:1-6)
Holy of Holies (Lev.16:2, II Cron.3:8-14)
Garden of Gethsemane (John 18:1-2)
Hillside of Galilee (Matt.5:1)
p.76

27. Using Biblical Visualization
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Using Biblical Visualization
Use only Biblical situations that people are familiar with,
Use the second person ‘you’,
And don’t give so many details that they lose focus of the theme.
p.77

28. Be the Prayer Guide Scriptural Meditation. Prayer by Suggestion.
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Be the Prayer Guide
Scriptural Meditation.
Prayer by Suggestion.
Topical Prayer.

29. Prayer Guide Commitment
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Prayer Guide Commitment
Read the book and do the Study Guides.
See yourself in the throne room every time you pray.
Use at least one of the Prayer Guide techniques.

30. More help from Lowell’s book:
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More help from Lowell’s book:
ch.16 - Guiding a Prayer Walk
ch.17 - Guiding a Short Prayer Time with a Small Group
ch.18 - Guiding an Extended Prayer Time with a Small Group
ch.19 - Guiding a Short Prayer Time with a Large Group
ch.20 - Guiding an Extended Prayer Time with a Large Group

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A Prayer Guide...
Is a friend of God who delights in bringing others to his friend for help.