What kind of Church is YOUR Church

[Sam]

continued from part one

Last Wednesday I taught on Power In Prayer.
This is page one of the handout I used:

POWER IN PRAYER

Personal Pentecost When we were baptized in the Spirit we received gifts from God. One of these is a prayer language. We can build ourselves up by praying in the Spirit. Also, praying in tongues bypasses our own mental limitations we may set. Bishop Garlington said, "When you are going through something you don't understand it is good to pray in a language you don't understand."(Ref Romans 8:26-28, Eph 6:18, Jude 20, and 1 Cor. 14:4, 14-15. 18)

Ownership We are not our own, we are bought with a price and we are "owned" by our Heavenly Father who provides for us when we come to Him as children (1 Cor 6:19, 20; Luke 11:9-13; Matthew 6:5-15 and 7:7-11). Also, when we come to our Father it’s not in our own name but in the name of Jesus (John 14:13,14; 15:16; 16:23-27). In the Living Bible John 16:23 says, "...you shall present your petitions over my signature..." Someone said, "His name on a check is good for any amount."

Word John 15:7 says, "If ye abide in me and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you," God's Word is His Will. (1 John 5:14-15) If we can find a promise in God's Word we can claim it and hang onto it. Peter said that we have been given "exceeding great and precious promises" (2 Peter 1:4). D.L. Moody said, "God never made a promise that was too good to be true." In the Amplified Bible, 2 Cor 1:20 says, "For as many as are the promises of God, they all find their Yes (answer) in Him (Christ). For this reason we also utter the Amen (so be it) to God through Him-- that is, in His Person and by His agency-- to the glory of God." We sometimes sing a chorus that says,
"Every promise in the Book is mine,
every chapter, every verse, every line.
I am trusting in His Word divine.
Every promise in the Book is mine."

Examples When you pray, remind God and yourself of the many examples of how He has answered in the past and that helps build faith and confidence for continued answers to prayer. There are many examples found in His Word and in testimonies of those around us. (Rom 15:4; 1 Cor 10:6; Heb 6:12).When David was getting ready to meet Goliath, he mentioned examples of how God had helped him before (1 Sam 17:1-58)

Righteousness James 5:16 says (paraphrased) that the effective prayer of a righteous person avails or accomplishes much. The adversary, the accuser, will whisper to us that we are unworthy to receive anything from God. In the natural that is true but as children of God we have the righteousness of Christ. God no longer sees us in our sin but in the righteousness of His Son if I understand 2 Cor 5:21 and 1 Cor 1:30 correctly. We are "faultless to stand before His throne, dressed in His righteousness alone."
But relationship is important (Psalm 66:18; Prov. 28:9) for confidence and boldness.

On the second page I had the following scriptures printed out from the KJV and TLB:

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
John 14:13-14 KJV

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
John 15:16 KJV

23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
John 16:23-26 KJV

23 At that time you won’t need to ask me for anything, for you can go directly to the Father and ask him, and he will give you what you ask for because you use my name. 24 You haven’t tried this before, [but begin now]. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and your cup of joy will overflow. 25 I have spoken of these matters very guardedly, but the time will come when this will not be necessary and I will tell you plainly all about the Father. 26 Then you will present your petitions over my signature! And I won’t need to ask the Father to grant you these requests, 27 for the Father himself loves you dearly because you love me and believe that I came from the Father.
John 16:23-27 TLB

And I had the following above those verses: