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Continuing our Plug In series last night #Kairosgcy #granitecreek #plugin

Toothbrush Challenge

This is our challenge from our Plug In series on prayer.
It is a simple way to start adding prayer to your daily routine.
Let us know how this challenge goes for you! Do you notice a difference in your day?

How Do We Pray?

Matthew 6:9-13

Lord’s Prayer

Our Father, which art in heaven,

Hallowed be thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come. 

Thy will be done in earth, 

As it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our trespasses,

As we forgive them that trespass against us. 

And lead us not into temptation, 

But deliver us from evil. 

For thine is the kingdom, 

The power, and the glory, 

For ever and ever. 

Amen.

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Our father, which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name

• addressing God
• daddy, holy father, father, Abba, etc
• Praise God as you begin
• adderessing His holiness

Thy Kingdom Come

• acknowledge the worship of God
• pray for spiritual awakening in neighborhood

Thy will be done in earth it is in heaven

• expressing a desire to see Gods work be done
• acknowledges that God’s will is going to occur

Give us this day our daily bread

• asks for His provision (for basic needs)
• asks for just enough, not an excess

And forgive us our trespasses,

• asks for forgiveness for our wrongdoings (sins) with God and others

As we forgive them that trespass against us

• in order to be forgiven we must have a spirit of forgiveness

And lead us not into temptation, 

• help us resist the things that temp us to do wrong
• the things that lead us from God

But deliver us from evil. 

• help us to conquer over evil in our lives
• help our light shine brightly

For thine is the kingdom, 

The power, and the glory, 

For ever and ever.

• praise Him for all He has done and has yet to do. 
• pray that His presence would be seen and experienced

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ACTS Model

• Adoration
  • praise/worship
• Confession
• Thanksgiving
• Supplication
  • praying for your needs and the needs of others

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Prayer doesn’t have to be difficult

It is simply a conversation with God

The most important thing to remember with prayer is to be genuine. 

God wants to hear everything that is on your heart, nothing is silly

What Is Prayer?

Praying is about having a desire to connect and grow and deepen our relationship with God 

Simply put, Prayer is communicating with God

Communication is extremely important in every relationship. Think about your friendships, if we don't keep in contact with our friends we loose that closeness with them. 

Sure, things might seem the same when you get together as they often are with close friends, but you lose that deep relationship because you no longer know everything about them. 

The same is true with our prayer life. 

Since God is not physically here with us our only connection to communicate with him is prayer. 

Prayer should not feel like an obligation (something you feel forced to do) it should come from the desire to be closer to God 

After all, who talks to people they don't care at all to get to know 

We also shouldn't only pray when we need something from God. He is our father, but he is not only there to provide for us, he wants to truly know us and our hearts. 

He also wants us to know him and our hearts. 

It is only through communicating with him that we can really know him. This makes the difference between believing in him and having a personal relationship with him. 

There are several different types of prayer:

• intercession (praying for others)
• petition (asking God for something)
• thanksgiving (giving thanks to God)
• penitential (confession) prayer (expressing sorrow for your sins)
• meditation (simply "listening to God”)
• liturgical prayer (Lords prayer) (written prayers) 

Wee need to be praying about everything, just as we would tell our closest friends everything, we should be telling God everything.

New series starting tonight!

New series starting tonight! 7:00pm see you soon!