Wednesday Prayer

1. Developing an
effective and
powerful
PRAYER

2. JAMES 5:16
NIV
The prayer of a righteous man is
powerful and effective.
NLT
The earnest prayer of a
righteous person has
great power and produces
wonderful results.

3. Elijah the Righteous Man
JAMES 5:17-18
v17 Elijah was a man just like us.
He prayed earnestly that it
would not rain, and it did not
rain on the land for three and a
half years.
v18 Again he prayed, and the
heavens gave rain, and the
earth produced its crops.

4. PSALM 84:11
For the LORD God is
our sun and our shield.
He gives us grace and
glory. The LORD will
withhold no good thing
from those who do what
is right.

5. Malachi 3:16-18
Then those who feared the
LORD spoke with each
other, and the LORD
listened to what they said. In
his presence, a scroll of
remembrance was written to
record the names of those
who feared him and always
thought about the honor of
his name.

6. Malachi 3:16-18
v17 "They will be my people,"
says the LORD of Heaven's
Armies. "On the day when I act
in judgment, they will be my
own special treasure. I will
spare them as a father spares
an obedient child.
v18 Then you will again see the
difference between the
righteous and the wicked,
between those who serve God

7. 1. Living in
Obedience

8. John 14:13-15
v13 And I will do whatever
you ask in my name, so that
the Son may bring glory to
the Father.
v14 You may ask me for
anything in my name, and I
will do it.
v 15 "If you love me, you will
obey what I command.

9. John 15:7
If you remain in me and
my words remain in
you, ask whatever you
wish, and it will be
given you.

10. John 15:9-11
v.9 "As the Father has loved me,
so have I loved you. Now
remain in my love.
v.10 If you obey my commands,
you will remain in my love, just
as I have obeyed my Father's
commands and remain in his
love.
v.11 I have told you this so that
my joy may be in you and that
your joy may be complete.

11. 2. Living in
Faith

12. James 1:6
NIV
But when he asks, he must
believe and not doubt,
because he who doubts is
like a wave of the sea,
blown and tossed by the
wind.

13. James 1:6
NLT
But when you ask him, be
sure that your faith is in God
alone. Do not waver, for a
person with divided loyalty
is as unsettled as a wave of
the sea that is blown and
tossed by the wind.

14. Mark 9:24
Immediately the
boy's father
exclaimed, "I do
believe; help me
overcome my
unbelief!"

15. Luke 17:5
The apostles said
to the Lord,
"Increase our
faith!"

16. Romans 1:17
For in the gospel a
righteousness from God
is revealed, a
righteousness that is by
faith from first to last, just
as it is written: "The
righteous will live by
faith."

17. 3. Living in
Purity

18. Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the
pure in heart, for
they will see
God.

19. Psalm 66:18
If I had cherished
sin in my heart,
the Lord would not
have listened.

20. Psalm 139:23-24
v23 Search me, O God,
and know my heart; test
me and know my anxious
thoughts.
v24 Point out anything in
me that offends you, and
lead me along the path of
everlasting life.

21. Psalm 24:3-5
v.3 Who may climb the mountain
of the LORD? Who may stand in
his holy place?
v.4 Only those whose hands and
hearts are pure, who do not
worship idols and never tell
lies.
v.5 They will receive the LORD's
blessing and have a right
relationship with God their
Savior.

22. Job 8:1-7
V.1 Then Bildad the Shuhite
replied to Job:
V.2 "How long will you go on like
this? You sound like a
blustering wind. Does God twist
justice?
V.3 Does the Almighty twist what
is right?
V.4 Your children must have
sinned against him, so their
punishment was well deserved.

23. JOB 8:1-7
V.5 But if you pray to God
and seek the favor of the
Almighty,
V.6 and if you are pure and
live with integrity, he will
surely rise up and restore
your happy home.
V.7 And though you started
with little, you will end with
much.