Ladies Bible Study
Welcome to the First Baptist Church Ladies Bible Study! We are glad you joined us! We meet each Wednesday night in our study room downstairs. We study together, share our burdens and our joys - and always have chocolate!
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Our study is always inductive.
Observation ~ Interpretation ~ Application
We observe what the Scriptures say. We interpret according to context. The Holy Spirit applies.
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Our current study is on prayer.
Prayer
Introduction
Prayer Facts
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Old Testament |
New Testament |
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5 Hebrew words for prayer in the OT with a total use of 81 times 3 words are used once 1 word is used 4 times 1 word is used 74 times |
8 Greek words for prayer in the NT with a total use of 54 times 3 words are used once 2 words are used 5 times 1 word is used 7 times 1 word is used 15 times 1 word is used 19 times |
What is prayer?
I. Simply put, prayer is:
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2. _______________________________________
Look up the verses and fill in the reference to prayer from each:
3. ___________________________ - Genesis 32:11
4. _______________________________ - I Samuel 1:15
5. _______________________________ - II Chronicles 32:20
6. __________________________________________ - Job 8:5
7. ____________________________ - Psalm 73:28
8. ____________________________ - Ephesians 3:14
- Easton’s Bible Dictionary
9. _____________________ - Psalm 5:3
10. ____________________________ - Psalm 25:1
11. __________________________________ - Lamentations 3:41
12. ___________________________ - Psalm 62:8
13. _____________________________ - Genesis 12:8; Psalm 116:4; Acts 22:16
14. _______________________ - Psalm 27:7; 34:6
15. _____________________________ - II Chronicles 32:20
16. __________________________________ - Psalm 27:
- The New Topical Textbook
II. Prayer has ____________________; ideas based on _____________:
1. It presupposes that God ________________
2. It presupposes that God __________________
3. It presupposes that God __________________________
4. It presupposes that God __________________________
5. It presupposes that God will _______________________
6. It presupposes that God __________________________
If prayer is simply defined as talking to or conversing with God, then our next question has to be:
I. Who is God? Who are we talking to when we pray?
1. If we are going to pray, we have to know Who we are praying to
2. Prayer without ___________________ isn’t prayer at all
II. Theology 101
1. Every believer is a _____________________ to some degree
2. Our very ________ show that we are theological to some degree
3. If we truly understand Who God is, Who we are talking to, it will ___________________________ the way we pray.
4. The more we learn of Him - ________________ - the more we will ____________________.
III. Who is God?
1. The simple definition is His countless Names.
2. List the Names of God that you know:
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3. What do these Names of God tell you about God?
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4. How might this information influence the way you pray?
5. Anticipate growth.