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    Teach Us to Pray: The Bible Way
    Teach Us to Pray: The Bible Way
    Teach Us to Pray: The Bible Way
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    Teach Us to Pray: The Bible Way

    By Bob Bashawaty

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    Pray without ceasingContinue steadfastly in prayerPraying always with all perseverance and supplication for all saints
    Christians are commanded to pray and are promised that their prayers will be powerful and effective.
    Then why do so many of us fail to pray regularly and why do our prayers seem to go unanswered?

    In Luke chapter eleven, when the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, He gave them the pattern God requires from us when we pray. Using the Word of God, Teach us to Pray follows this pattern for you in ten daily prayer sessions.Teach us to Pray the Bible Way is not a commentary about prayer; it is prayer itself. It is our Lords own pattern given to His disciples. Use this book to familiarize yourself with the proper pattern of Biblical prayer. To receive the most benefit for your prayer life, use the book every day, speak the scripture verses and the words of prayer as your own and, most importantly, dont give up. Prayer works and, like breathing, must be continuous to have the most benefit. May God bless you as you seek Him with all your heart, mind, soul, and strength.The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateFeb 23, 2011
    ISBN9781449711702
    Teach Us to Pray: The Bible Way
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    Bob Bashawaty

    I accepted Jesus Christ into my heart as my Savior and Lord in 1981. I was given the spiritual gift of teaching and have taught through all the books of the New Testament as well as several Old Testament books. I've read, taught and practiced the Biblical pattern of prayer and felt moved by God to put what I have learned into print. I grieve when I hear Christians complain that they don't sense God's presence and that He doesn't seem to answer their prayers. Most often it because they don't pray properly and my deepest hope is that "Teach us to Pray" will become a valualbe and beneficial resource to help develope a dynamic prayer life. I live in Plymouth Michigan with my wife Doris, our cat Simba and our German Shepherd Rajah. We have a daughter who is the foster parent of two beautiful baby girls. I attend Harvest Bible Chapel in Westland where I have served as an Elder/Teacher for the past seven years

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      Teach Us to Pray - Bob Bashawaty

      Copyright © 2011 Bob Bashawaty

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Cover design: Nick Freidrich

      Editors: Sam and Joyce Oh

      Book Illustration: iStock

      Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 Biblica. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

      Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Any scripture not taken from the above versions of the Bible are taken from the King James Version and are free of copyright.

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      ISBN: 978-1-4497-1171-9 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-1170-2 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2011920901

      Printed in the United States of America

      WestBow Press rev. date: 2/16/2011

      Table of Contents

      The Purpose of This Book

      Prayer Works

      The elements of Prayer: A.C.T.S.

      Adoration

      Confession

      Thanksgiving

      Supplication

      God from A to Z

      The Challenge

      Day One: Adoration

      Day One: Confession

      Day One: Thanksgiving

      Day One: Supplication

      Day Two: Adoration

      Day Two: Confession

      Day Two: Thanksgiving

      Day Two: Supplication

      Day Three: Adoration

      Day Three: Confession

      Day Three: Thanksgiving

      Day Three: Supplication

      Day Four: Adoration

      Day Four: Confession

      Day Four: Thanksgiving

      Day Four: Supplication

      Day Five: Adoration

      Day Five: Confession

      Day Five: Thanksgiving

      Day Five: Supplication

      Day Six: Adoration

      Day Six: Confession

      Day Six: Thanksgiving

      Day Six: Supplication

      Day Seven: Adoration

      Day Seven: Confession

      Day Seven: Thanksgiving

      Day Seven: Supplication

      Day Eight: Adoration

      Day Eight: Confession

      Day Eight: Thanksgiving

      Day Eight: Supplication

      Day Nine: Adoration

      Day Nine: Confession

      Day Nine: Thanksgiving

      Day Nine: Supplication

      Day Ten: Adoration

      Day Ten: Confession

      Day Ten: Thanksgiving

      Day Ten: Supplication

      Sins Defined

      Where Do I Go From Here?

      Topics for Prayer

      Verses on Adoration

      Verses on Confession

      Verses on Thanksgiving

      Verses on Supplication

      The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray.

      Samuel Chadwick

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      The Purpose of This Book

      The purpose of this book is to teach you to pray the Bible way. In Luke chapter eleven one of the disciples said unto Jesus, Lord, teach us to pray and Jesus said, Say this and he led them word for word through the Lord’s Prayer. This amazing prayer includes the elements of adoration, confession, thanksgiving and supplication (A.C.T.S.) and establishes for us the Biblical pattern that God desires for prayer. This book is intended to lead you through those elements of prayer while still allowing you to make the prayer personal. As we follow this pattern we will use a great deal of scripture which is like praying to God in His language. You might ask, Is that really praying? It is if you make the words you say your own. Just like when we sing songs of praise written by others, we make them our own because they’re sung from the heart, so also, when we pray using the scripture, we don’t just read the words; we make those words our own. That’s the miracle of prayer.

      When thoughts and words are turned toward God, you have direct access to God. So to experience the greatest benefit from these times of prayer, it’s important that you keep your mind focused. Recite the words of scripture in each section and contemplate their meaning.* Then offer them up to God in prayer or, if they speak to your heart and stimulate your thoughts, offer those thoughts to God as a personal prayer. And finally, be honest with yourself and with God during the time of confession so your heart is truly right before God. Prayer is such a privilege as we enter into the very throne room of God and speak directly with him. So I encourage you to take this time seriously. Set aside all distractions and give your full attention to the Lord who is worthy. My sincere desire is that you will develop a consistent habit of prayer with God according to the pattern that Jesus gave us. May God bless you.

      * Many of the Psalms of adoration are in the third person. To make these scriptures more personal, they have been changed to the first person. These verses will be

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