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Fervency
James 5:16
Confess your faults one to another,
and pray for one another, that ye may be
healed. The effectual fervent prayer of
a righteous man availeth much.
Fervency
Acts 18:25
This man was instructed in the way of
the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit,
he spake and taught diligently the things
of the Lord...
Fervency
Romans 12:11
Not slothful in business; fervent in
spirit; serving the Lord;
Fervency
1. Realize our need for fervent prayer.
“Pray without ceasing” 1 Thessalonians 5:17
2. Commit to prayer.
“Praying always with all prayer and supplication for
all saints” Ephesians 6:18
3. Understand the urgency.
“Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon
him while he is near” Isaiah 55:6
4. Zealous in relationships.
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the
law of Christ” Galatians 6:2
Fervency
5. Confess our faults.
“Confess your faults one to another” James 5:16
6. Care for others
“ … pray one for another, that ye may be healed”
James 5:16
7. Pray with fervency to avail much.
“The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man
availeth much” James 5:16
Intercession
Ezekiel 22:30
And I sought for a man among them,
that should make up the hedge, and
stand in the gap before me...
Intercession
Matthew 9:38
Pray ye therefore the Lord of the
harvest, that He will send
forth laborers.
Intercession
Colossians 4:2-4
Continue earnestly in prayer,
being vigilant...that God would
open to us a door for the Word...
Intercession
8. Intercede for our cities. Nehemiah
prayed for Jerusalem: “I pray, Lord of heaven,
… please let Your ear be attentive and Your eyes open,
that You may hear the prayer of Your servant which I
pray before You now, day and night, for the children
of Israel Your servants.” Nehemiah 1:5-6, NKJV
9. Intercede for our nations. Moses
prayed: “Turn Your fierce wrath, and relent from
this harm to Your people. Remember Abraham, Isaac,
and Israel, Your servants … So the Lord relented
from the harm which He said He would do to His
people” Exodus 32:12-14, NKJV
Intercession
10. Intercede for world evangelism.
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of
the Holy Ghost” Matthew 28:19
11. Intercede for labors.
“Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he
will send forth labourers into his harvest”
Matthew 9:38
Intercession
12. Intercede for the churches. Paul
interceded for the Ephesians: “For this
cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord
Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and
earth is named, that he would grant you, according to
the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might
by his Spirit in the inner man” Ephesians 3:14-16
Intercession
13. Intercede for our pastors.
“Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with
thanksgiving; meanwhile praying also for us, that God would
open to us a door for the word, to speak the mystery of
Christ, for which I am also in chains, that I may make it
manifest, as I ought to speak”
Colossians 4:2-4, NKJV
14. Intercede for revival.
“ And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a
mighty rushing wind, and it filled the house where they were
sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as
of fire, and it sat upon each one of them. And they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance” Acts 2:2-4
Righteousness
Psalm 139:23
Search me, O God,
and know my heart:
try me, and know my thoughts.
Righteousness
Psalm 51:10
Create in me a clean heart O God…
and renew a right spirit within me.
Righteousness
Psalm 7:8
Judge me, O Lord,
according to my righteousness.
Righteousness
15. Search our hearts.
“ Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and
know my thoughts” Psalm 139:23
16. Cleanse our hearts.
“ Create in me a clean heart O God …” Psalm 51:10
17. Renew a right spirit in us.
“ … and renew a right spirit within me” Psalm 51:10
18. Possess right motives.
“ The Lord shall judge the peoples; Judge me, O Lord,
according to my righteousness, and according to my
integrity within me” Psalm 7:8, NKJV
Righteousness
19. Make right decisions.
“ Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and
doeth it not, to him it is sin” James 4:17
20. Put on Christ.
“ But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not
provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof”
Romans 13:14
21. Demonstrate righteousness.
“ My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness and Your
salvation all the day, for I do not know their limits”
Psalm 71:15, NKJV
Empowerment
Acts 1:8
...you shall receive power
when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you.
Empowerment
Acts 4:33
And with great power
gave the apostles witness
of the resurrection...
Empowerment
Acts 10:38
...God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with
the Holy Ghost and with power: who
went about doing good.
Empowerment
22. Empowered by the Holy Ghost.
“ But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit
has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me
in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the
end of the earth” Acts 1:8, NKJV
23. Empowered to witness.
“ And with great power gave the apostles witness of
the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace
was upon them all” Acts 4:33
24. Empowered for the miraculous.
“ And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great
wonders and miracles among the people” Acts 6:8
Empowerment
25. Empowered to do good works.
“ How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good,
and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for
God was with him” Acts 10:38
26. Empowered with strength.
“ Strengthened with all might, according to his
glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering
with joyfulness” Colossians 1:11
Empowerment
27. Empowered with joy.
“ The joy of the Lord is your strength” Nehemiah 8:10
28. Empowered with assurance.
“ Who are kept by the power of God through faith
unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time”
1 Peter 1:5
Ending
Psalm 68:3
But let the righteous be glad; let them
rejoice before God: yea, let them
exceedingly rejoice.
29. Rejoice in prayers answered.
30. Give thanks.
Ending
29. Rejoice in prayers answered.
“ Rejoice evermore” 1 Thessalonians 5:16
30. Give thanks.
“ In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God
in Christ Jesus concerning you”
1 Thessalonians 5:18