If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

A. There is warfare

1. People are blinded

2 Corinthians 4:4aWhose minds the god of this age has blinded,

who do not believe

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

A. There is warfare

1. People are blinded

2. People are bitter

2 Corinthians 2:10-11Now whom you forgive anything, I also

forgive. For if indeed I have forgiven anything, I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the

presence of Christ, lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of

his devices.

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

A. There is warfare

1. People are blinded

2. People are bitter

3. People are battered

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

A. There is warfare

B. There are weapons

1. Having faith – offensive

Romans 10:17So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing

by the word of God.

Ephesians 6:17bAnd the sword of the Spirit, which is the word

of God

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

A. There is warfare

B. There are weapons

1. Having faith – offensive

2. Good conscience – defensive

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

II. The priority of prayer

A. The words

1. Supplications – looking inward

2. Prayers – looking upward

3. Intercessions – looking outward

4. Thanksgiving – looking backward

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

II. The priority of prayer

A. The words

B. The work

Colossians 4:12Epaphras . . . greets you, always laboring

fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of

God.

Luke 22:44And being in agony, He prayed more

earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood falling to the ground.

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

II. The priority of prayer

A. The words

B. The work

1. Pray for the leaders

2. Pray for the lost

If You Do Nothing ElseI. The purpose of prayer

II. The priority of prayer

III. The privilege of prayer

A. Our right

B. Our responsibility