The “Model Prayer” (Matthew 6:9-13; Luke 11:2-4)
• Pray for God’s glory
o For God to be number one
o For God’s kingdom to come
o For God’s will to be done
• Pray for your good
o For food
o For forgiveness
o For freedom from sin
The Praying of Epaphras (Colossians 4:12-13)
• Pray for others
• Pray frequently
• Pray fervently
• Pray fondly
• Pray for believers to be firm in their faith
• Pray for believers to have the full assurance of their fullness
Paul’s Prayer for the Philippians (Philippians 1:9-11)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
• Pray for believers’ love for God’s Word to grow greatly
• Pray for believers to approve and practice what is proper
• Pray for believers to be pure and unproblematic people
• Pray for believers to do lots of good so that God would be glorified
The Prayer of Jabez (1 Chronicles 4:9-10)
• Pray to the right Person
• Pray passionately
• Pray for prosperity
• Pray for protection from pain
The Prayer of Jacob (Genesis 32:9-12)
• Pray to the right Person
• Pray according to God’s promises to you
• Praise God for His person and for prospering you
• Pray for protection
• Praise God for protecting you
The Prayer of Jonah (Jonah 2:1-9)
• Pray
• Pray to the right Person
• Pray from any place
• Pray to be delivered from death
• Permeate your prayers with Scripture
The Prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-44; Mark 14:32-39; Luke 22:39-46)
• Pray
• Pray at any point in time
• Pray from any place, particularly a private place
• Pray privately and with other people
• Pray with a posture that is proper
• Pray for believers to be prevented from apostatizing to persevere in the faith
• Pray for the prevention of pain
• Pray for the performance of God’s will
• Pray passionately
• Pray persistently
The Prayer of Nehemiah (Nehemiah 1:4-11)
A Prayer of the Early Church (Acts 4:24-31)
Paul’s Prayer for the Colossians (Colossians 1:9-14)
The Colossians’ Prayer for Paul (Colossians 4:2-4)
The Prayer of Elijah on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:36-37)
• Pray to the right Person
• Pray with a submissive, servant’s spirit
• Pray for God to be recognized and revered
• Pray that God’s people would repent
The Praying of Elijah in the Days of Ahab (James 5:16-18)
• Those who pray are finite and fallen
• Those who pray are to be faithful
• Pray frequently
• Pray fervently
• Pray effectively (according to the revealed will of God)
Paul’s Prayer for the Romans (Romans 1:8-13)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
• Let other believers know you are praising God for them
• Pray in submission to the sovereign, secret will of God
• Pray for the edification of the saved through you
• Pray for the evangelization of sinners through you
The Romans’ Prayer for Paul (Romans 15:30-32)
• Pray persistently for other believers
• Be prepared by praying
• Pray for the protection of those proclaiming God’s Word
• Pray for the proclamation of God’s Word
• Ask others to passionately and perseveringly partner with you in prayer
o Prompted by a common connection to Christ and His cause
o Prompted by a Spirit-created concern for Christians
• Pray for rescue from sinners
• Pray for your service to be received by saints
• Pray in submission to the sovereign, secret will of God
• Pray for replenishment through God’s people
Christ’s High Priestly Prayer (John 17)
• Pray
• Pray at any point in time
• Pray from any place, particularly a private place
• Pray privately and with other people
• Pray with a posture that is proper
• Pray to the right Person
• Pray for the glory of God
o For the glorification of God’s Son
By God the Father
By God’s people
o For the glorification of God the Father
• Pray for the good of God’s people
o Their security
o Their purity
o Their unity
The Prayer of Hezekiah (2 Kings 19:14-20; Isaiah 37:14-20)
• Pray about problems (ask, rather than be anxious)
• Pursue the prayers of other people
• Praise God
o For being King
o For being the Creator
• Pray for God to be praised
Paul’s First Prayer for the Thessalonians (1 Thessalonians 3:9-13)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
o For their faith
o For their fondness
• Pray passionately
• Pray for the furtherance of the faith of other believers through you
• Pray for the furtherance of the fondness of other believers
o Their fondness for saints
o Their fondness for sinners
Paul’s Second Prayer for the Thessalonians (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
• Pray according to the revealed will of God
• Pray that God would graciously cause the conduct of other believers to be in keeping with their call
• Pray that God would graciously complete the desires for goodness and the faith derived deeds of other believers
• Pray that God would graciously cause the deeds of other believers to be done for divine adoration
Paul’s Third Prayer for the Thessalonians (2 Thessalonians 2:16-17)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
• Pray to God the Son
• Pray to God the Father
o One who is caring
o One who is sharing, sharing with believers continual encouragement and confidence in what is to come for them
• Pray for the encouragement of other believers
• Pray for the establishment of other believers
The Thessalonians’ Prayer for Paul (2 Thessalonians 3:1-2)
• Pray persistently for other believers
• Be prepared by praying
• Pray for the protection of those proclaiming God’s Word
• Pray for the proclamation of God’s Word
• Ask others (not just pastors, but also other parishioners) to persistently pray for you
• Pray for the success of God’s message
o For the gospel to advance
o For the gospel to be admired
• Pray for the safety of God’s messengers
David’s Prayer of Confession (Psalm 51)
• Confess corrupt conduct
• Confess the corrupt character that causes corrupt conduct
• Confess that corrupt conduct is contrary to God
• Be contrite over corrupt conduct
• Cry for cleansing of being and behavior
The Ephesians’ Prayer for Paul (Ephesians 6:18-20)
• Pray persistently for other believers
• Be prepared by praying
• Pray for the protection of those proclaiming God’s Word
• Pray for the proclamation of God’s Word
o For the words to proclaim
o For the nerve to proclaim
• Petition God in prayer for yourself and others
• Pray under the power or control of the Spirit (i.e., according to the revealed will of God)
Paul’s First Prayer for the Ephesians (Ephesians 1:15-23)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
o For their faith in Christ
o For their fondness for Christians
• Let other believers know you are praising God for them
• Pray for illumination
o To perceive how precious is the believer’s prospect
o To perceive how powerful is the believer’s present
Paul’s Second Prayer for the Ephesians (Ephesians 3:14-21)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
• Pray according to the revealed will of God
• Pray with a posture that is proper
• Pray to the right Person
• Pray for believers to be strengthened in their spirits by the Spirit
• Pray for believers to more completely comprehend the incredible concern that Christ has for them
• Pray for believers to be fully filled with God’s fullness
David’s Prayer for Purification (Psalm 139)
• Confess God’s character
o His omniscience
o His omnipresence
o His omnipotence
• Praise God in prayer for His omnipotence as seen by His work in the womb
• Ask God to search your heart
• Ask God to show you your wrong
• Ask God to show you the right way
Hannah’s Supplication for a Son (1 Samuel 1:10-20)
• Pray when you have a problem, such as barrenness
• Pray to the right Person
• Pray persistently
• Pray passionately
• Give glory to God for answered prayer
Hannah’s Prayer of Praise (1 Samuel 2:1-10)
• Passionately praise God in prayer
o For His being
His sacredness
His stability
His sovereignty
o For His blessings, including exalting us
The Prayer of Daniel (Daniel 9:1-19)
• Pray in the midst of predicaments
• Pray privately and with partners
• Praise God in prayer
• Have a place where you pray
• Have an appropriate posture in prayer
• Pray persistently
• Our prayers are part of the bigger picture of the spiritual war in which we are engaged
• Pray according to the revealed will of God
• Prepare to pray
• Affirm God’s character in prayer
• Admit your corruption
• Pray for God to be glorified in answer to prayer
The Prayer of David After Receiving the Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7:18-29)
• Prays as one who is in the presence of the Lord
• Pray with the right perspective, that of a servant
• Praise God in prayer, such as for His holiness of being
• Pray for the final fulfillment of the Davidic covenant by praying for God’s kingdom to come
• Pray according to the revealed will of God
• Pray for God to be glorified in answer to prayer
Paul’s Prayer for Philemon (Philemon 4-7)
• Pray with other believers
• Pray for other believers
• Pray persistently
• Let other believers know you are praying for them
• Pray for the purity and perseverance of other believers
• Praise God for other believers
o For their faith in Christ
o For their fondness for Christians
• Let other believers know you are praising God for them
• Pray for believers to manifest magnanimity
The Prayer of Ezra (Ezra 9)
• Have an appropriate posture in prayer
• Contritely confess your corruption
• Confirm God’s character
o His graciousness and lovingkindness
o His mercy
o His righteousness
David’s Prayer of Praise for the Offering for the Temple (1 Chronicles 29:10-19)
• Praise God publicly in prayer
• Pray for God to be praised perpetually
• Praise God for His perfections
o His greatness
o His power
o His glory
o His sovereign supremacy
• Praise God for His possessions
• Praise God for His provisions
o Enrichment
o Exaltation
• Pray with the proper perspective
• Pray that God would cause and continue devotion to Him in others
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