Prayer Basics
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Lesson OneWhy Pray?8 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson TwoWhy Not Ask?7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson ThreeWhen You Don’t Know What to Say7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson FourObstacles to Prayer7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson FivePraying for Others7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson SixPraying with Others6 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson SevenPrayer and Fasting6 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson EightWhat about “Unanswered” Prayer?7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson NinePersevering in Prayer7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Lesson TenLiving a Prayer-Filled Life7 Activities|1 Assessment
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Course Wrap-UpCourse Completion2 Activities
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How often do we get discouraged after praying just a few times? And the reason why we get discouraged is we take the fact that nothing is happening in the moment to mean that God is saying “no,” when he isn’t saying “no” at all. Oswald Chambers observed, “The majority of us know nothing about waiting. We don’t wait, we endure. Waiting means that we go on in the perfect certainty of God’s goodness—no dumps or fear.” Elijah was able to go on praying because He knew what God had promised. But he didn’t take it for granted, he pursued it. And because God has made beautiful promises to us, we can persevere in prayer as well and anticipate good things from Him.
In this lesson, you learned how to:
- Recognize how often perseverance in prayer is modeled in Scripture.
- Explain how persevering in prayer honors God and exercises your faith.
- Practice waiting with God rather than for God.
Continue to Lesson 10: Living a Prayer-Filled Life and appreciate living in God’s presence.