Needs Based
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Worship Based
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Defines “prayer” as “asking and
receiving” or “getting things from God”
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Defines “prayer” as an exercise of
worship. Prayer is not a grocery list or
an organ recital.
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The focus is on ourselves and our
needs.
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The focus is the Person of God.
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This kind of prayer meeting is boring
and just dead.
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This kind of prayer meeting is alive
with the presence of the eternal living
God.
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Five minutes of this kind of praying
seems like an hour.
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An hour of this kind of praying seems
like Five minutes.
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This is like a teenager when he wants
money, something to eat, a change of
clothes or the keys to the car.
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This is like a child that just wants to
spend time with his Father and enjoy
His presence
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If we touch God God’s heart - - - -
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We will have the blessing of His hand.
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Needs Based prayer is a grocery list
of our problems.
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Worship Based prayer is a celebration
of our problem solver.
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As we pray with focus on ourselves
and our needs we become more
dissatisfied with life.
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As we pray together in worship-based
prayer we draw near to God and are
conformed to Him.
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We can understand our needs only
after we--
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Have worship and submitted to God.
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According to Mat 6:33 “and all these
things will be added to you.”
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When you "..seek first His kingdom
and His righteousness,
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It must grieve the Spirit of God when
we ask for more
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When we haven’t thanked and praised
God for what He has already given.
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Which kind of praying honors God the most?
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