žDo’s and Dont’s of
prayer from scripture
žDon’t pray
for show
žExample
of what not to do
žLuke
18:10-12
ž 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the
one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11 The
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not
as other men are, extortioners,
unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
ž 12 I
fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
Don’t come
to God with a prideful heart
žJames
4:6
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.
Don’t treat
God like a genie
ž
žJames 16:6-7
žBut let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
ž For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
žDo come to God with a clean heart
žPsalm 139:23-24
ž23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
ž24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
žDo come to God with boldness
žHebrews 4:16
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
