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We will answer the questions who, what, when, where, and how prayer can lead to a healthy soul.  What is your soul?  There are so many answers to that question, but we will explore one of them.  We will explore the relationship of prayer and the soul.  Hopefully our time together will lead to the start of a deeper, intimate, and richer walk with Jesus.  This outcome will help provide peace, purpose, and fulfillment in life.  Come, and let us explore together how the gift of prayer can change us from the inside out!

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PRAYER~

WHO?  Love relationship with God

How is it?

What needs to change?

 

WHAT?  Communicating with God

Five ways to hear from God:

(Henry Blackaby)

Holy Spirit:

Our Divine companion (John 14:15-17)

Honors Jesus!  (John 16:13-14)

Guides (John 16:13-14)

 

The Word:

How’s your diet? 

Joshua 1:8

Jeremiah 15:16

Praying the word

 

Prayer:

Listening prayer

Stillness

Psalm 46:10

Luke 5:16

Psalm 62:1

 

Circumstances:

What may God want to say to you in the midst of your circumstances?

Matthew 11:28-30

 

The Church:

How is your church life?

What may need to change?

 

Prayer fosters a Healthy soul

Mind regulator  (Thinker)

Emotions-avoiding the roller-coaster ride (Feeler)

Will-making choices that heal  (Chooser)

 

WHEN?  Any time!

Out loud-speak it

Quietly -think it, feel it

Read it

 

WHERE?  Anywhere!

 

HOW?

ACTS:

Adoration:

1 Chron. 29:11-12

Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power
and the glory and the majesty and the splendor,
for everything in heaven and earth is yours.
Yours, Lord, is the kingdom; you are exalted as head over all.

Psalm 147:5

Great is our Lord and mighty in power; his understanding has no limit.

 

Confession:

Psalm 66:18-20

If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened;
19 but God has surely listened and has heard my prayer.
20 Praise be to God, who has not rejected my prayer or withheld his love from me!

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

 

Thanksgiving:

1 Thess 5:18

Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Colossians 3:15

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 

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Supplication:  appeal, request, pleading, begging

1Thess. 5:17

Never stop praying.

Matt 26:41

“Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

 

When God Responds:

Yes!  (Psalm 6:9)

The Lord has heard my cry for mercy; the Lord accepts my prayer.

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Wait. (Psalm 37:7 NLT)

Be still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for him to act.

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No! (2 Samuel 12:14-23, Acts 16:6-10, 2 Corinthians 12:7-9)

Stages of Grief:

1. Denial

2. Anger

3. Bargaining

4. Depression

5. Acceptance

(Swiss psychiatrist, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)

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Silence. (Psalm 83:1-2 NLT)

O God, do not be silent!
   Do not be deaf.
   Do not be quiet, O God.
2 Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies?
   Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?

 

When We Respond:

TRUST:

T-hank God (Psalm 7:17)

R-eassure yourself (Proverbs 3:5, 2 Corinthians 12:10)

U-nderstand and know God (Jeremiah 9:24)

S-ing (Psalm 5:11)

T-urn to God (Isaiah 45:22, Proverbs 3:7, 2 Corinthians 3:16)