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Prayer Basics

  1. Lesson One
    Why Pray?
    8 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  2. Lesson Two
    Why Not Ask?
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  3. Lesson Three
    When You Don’t Know What to Say
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Obstacles to Prayer
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  5. Lesson Five
    Praying for Others
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  6. Lesson Six
    Praying with Others
    6 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  7. Lesson Seven
    Prayer and Fasting
    6 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  8. Lesson Eight
    What about “Unanswered” Prayer?
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  9. Lesson Nine
    Persevering in Prayer
    7 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  10. Lesson Ten
    Living a Prayer-Filled Life
    7 Activities
    |
    1 Assessment
  11. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    2 Activities

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Prayer Basics Prayer and Fasting Lesson Summary
Lesson 7, Activity 6

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Fasting, as practiced in the Bible, is a way of humbling ourselves before God and telling Him, “You matter more than anything else (even food), and I want Your wisdom and Your way above all.”

In this lesson, you learned how to:

  1. Explain when and why fasting matters for prayer.
  2. Recognize the biblical reasons for and blessings of fasting with prayer.
  3. Identify ways to incorporate fasting into your prayer practice.

Continue to Lesson 8: What about Unanswered Prayer? to gain a deeper understanding of the challenge of unanswered prayer.