Persons
Reality
Attitude
Yearnings
Energy
Results
I. Persecution/Prison.
We pray when times are tough, days are dark, life is long. What would it take for us to begin to pray. Could we begin because we ache for the condition of our world, because things are not as they are supposed to be.
The persecutor
The persecuted
The persecution
II. Prayer
PERSONS
PERSON TO WHOM WE PRAY--supreme, powerful, potent
PERSONS FOR WHOM WE PRAY--others
PEOPLE OF PRAYER
- a united church--numerous in attendance, serious in their task, surprised in the result, instructed by the process
- a praying church--in the habit of prayer, preprayed/prepared for emergencies, concerted in prayer, concerned in prayer, unceasing, intense, to the point, to God.
ATTITUDE OF PRAYER in an earnest spirit
THE QUALITIES OF PRAYER--certain in its concern, sincere in its desire, earnest in its dependence, patient in its continuing
The heart of prayer is in petition
The importance of prayer is in its person
The result of prayer is in its power
III. Power
The power of united prayer
IV. Peace
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