Praying with Paul

Praying with Paul leads group members into the Epistles to see what Paul taught in his “school of prayer.” In 8 sessions groups and group members will be exposed to priorities of prayer, a God-centered framework for prayer, and practices for a more dynamic and meaningful prayer life. Christians today can still achieve the confidence Paul enjoyed by following his life-shaping principles and searching for a deeper devotional experience.

Pastor Jim · May 16, 2018
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Praying with Paul leads group members into the Epistles to see what Paul taught in his “school of prayer.” In 8 sessions groups and group members will be exposed to priorities of prayer, a God-centered framework for prayer, and practices for a more dynamic and meaningful prayer life. Christians today can still achieve the confidence Paul enjoyed by following his life-shaping principles and searching for a deeper devotional experience.

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Estimated Time: 8 Sessions. Approx. 1 hour each Discussion Group Session. Reading outside of Discussion Groups.

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Lessons from the Apostle Paul

Session 2: The Framework of Prayer

For better or worse, all Christians have some sort of default framework for how to pray and what to ask for. Children growing up in believing homes learn to pray from their parents. When college students come to Christ, they adopt the framework for prayer modeled by campus ministry leaders and the Christians that disciple them. Regardless of where we start, we should try to cultivate a more robust and mature framework for prayer. Even though most of Jesus’ disciples had grown up praying in their homes and at the synagogue, they still said to Jesus: “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11:1).

In this session, we adopt the same attitude, “Lord, teach us to pray,” and to this end we’ll examine the apostle Paul’s spiritual framework, his perspective and aims, and the specific petitions and thanksgivings that he makes. Paul sets an example by thanking God for signs of His grace in other Christians’ lives, specifically their growing faith and love and their faithful endurance of suffering. We’ll see that Paul’s ultimate goal when he prays is that Jesus’ name may be glorified in us and that we may be glorified in Christ. We’ll examine his request that God might make Christians worthy of His calling and bring to fruition their ambitions and efforts for good by His matchless power. We’ll also seek to learn from the apostle’s example of giving thanks to God for evidences of His grace at work in the lives of other people.

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Course Information

Estimated Time: 8 Sessions. Approx. 1 hour each Discussion Group Session. Reading outside of Discussion Groups.

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  • Course Syllabus

    • Lessons from the Apostle Paul
      • Session 1: Lessons from the School of Prayer
      • Session 2: The Framework of Prayer
      • Session 3: A Passion for People
      • Session 4: The Content of a Challenging Prayer
      • Session 5: Overcoming the Hurdles
      • Session 6: Praying to the Sovereign God
      • Session 7: Praying for Power
      • Session 8: Praying for Ministry