1. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THIS “JOURNEY” “U” MUST BE SPIRITUALLY PREPARED

2. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY THE BASIC PREPARATION IS SIMPLE!!! “KNOW JESUS CHRIST AS LORD (BOSS) AND SAVIOR!!!!” WHY????????

3. SO HE CAN BE YOUR SPIRITUAL GUIDE ON THIS JOURNEY

4. !!TRIVIA QUESTION!! With what did God bless the Hebrew Mid-wives for lying to Pharaoh?

5. !!TRIVIA ANSWER!! What is the first (1 st ) Commandment with a promise? The 5 th Honor thy Father & Mother Eph. 6:2

6. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered) I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 1) Do I realize to whom I am Praying? Ex. 3:5b “For the place whereon thou standest is holy ground” Ex. 3:5b “For the place whereon thou standest is holy ground” Begin with “Praise” because it reminds us who we are talking to Matt. 6:9 “After this manner therefore pray ye: ‘Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name’” Matt. 6:9 “After this manner therefore pray ye: ‘Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name’”

7. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered) I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 2) Have I confessed all my sins? Knowingly and Willfully disobeying God’s Word (TGN) Psalm 66:18 “If I had ignored my sins the Lord would not have listened to me” (LASB) Eph. 4:31 “Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice”

8. I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 2) Have I confessed all my sins? (cont.) Jer. 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can knows it” Jer. 17:9 “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can knows it” Psalm 139:23,24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” Psalm 139:23,24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered)

9. I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 3) Is my prayer specific? Tell Him exactly what you want done James 4:2c “Yet ye have not, because ye ask not” James 4:2c “Yet ye have not, because ye ask not” Non-specific prayers are often an indication of a lack of the faith required to make specific requests

10. I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 4) Do I believe God will answer? Matt. 19:26 “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible” Matt. 19:26 “With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible” When Asking For Something James 1:6,7 “But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord” James 1:6,7 “But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered)

11. I.“BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 4) Do I believe God will answer? (cont.) 4) Do I believe God will answer? (cont.) Jesus said, “According to your faith will it be done” Jesus said, “According to your faith will it be done” Answers to OUR prayers are not limited by God’s power but by OUR FAITH Matt. 21:22 “If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered)

12. I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 5) Am I doing my part? Don’t ask for what you are not doing Eph. 3:20 “God is able to do immeasur- ably more than all I ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work in me” The Bible teaches we must be active- ly doing our part to bring them to pass SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY ( Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered)

13. I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 6) Is it God’s will? (LASB) Luke 22:42 “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done” Praying in line with God’s will is essential I John 5:14,15 “This is the confidence we have in appro- aching God: that if we ask anything ac- cording to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask —we know that we have what we asked of him” SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered)

14. God’s Will Never Contra- dicts God’s Word; So The More We Know The Bible, The More We Know God’s Will!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered)

15. I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 7) Will I pray in Jesus’ name? (LASB) John 14:14 “You may ask me for any- thing in my name, and I will do it” Praying in Jesus’ name means we won’t ask for anything for which Jesus would not ask or approve John 15:7 “If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you”

16. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered) I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 7) Will I pray in Jesus’ name? (cont.) “John 14:14 v. John 16:23” 14:14=This is your request for Jesus to “do” something for “U”!! i.e.; forgive your sins, sins of a loved one, destroy curses, destroy evil strong holds, to protect your child; ect. John 16:23 “In that day you will no longer ask me any- thing, I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name” 16:23=This is your request for the Heavenly Father to “give” “U” something in Jesus Christ’s name!! i.e.; give you deliver- ance, you total peace, your child salvation, you financial freedom; ect.

17. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered) I. “BEFORE PRAYER ASK THIS” 7) Will I pray in Jesus’ name? (cont.) STATE THIS TO GOD… Your Word says this..(John 14:14)..to Do OR Your Word says this..(John 16:23)..to Give Close with..”And I am standing on your Word to Do/Give unto “ME’” _?????_

18. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered) II. Checklist for Getting All My Prayers Answered 1. Do I realize to whom I am praying?_X_Yes___No 2. Have I confessed all my sin? ___Yes_X_No 3. Is my prayer specific? _X_Yes___No 4. Do I believe God will answer? _X_Yes___No 5. Am I doing my part? ___Yes_X_No 6. Is it God’s will? _X_Yes___No 7. Will I pray in Jesus’ name? _X_Yes___No #2I must tell everything to be heard for my request!! #5Make sure my purpose is the purpose for which God’s will, will be done!!

19. SPIRITUAL PREPARATION FOR YOUR JOURNEY (Checklist for Getting “ALL” Your Prayers Answered) B.asic I.nformation I.nformation B.efore B.efore L.eaving L.eaving E.arth E.arth

20. NEXT WEEK!!! FINAL EXAM “JOURNEY THROUGH SPIRITUAL” “BOOT CAMP”