Learning to Pray

Christian Growth

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Learning to Pray - Trailer

For many of us, prayer is hard. We’re not sure how to do it or if it even works, so we simply give up. If you’ve ever wrestled with prayer, you won't want to miss this class. We’ll cover everything from what prayer is to how to pray and whether it even works....More

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Learning to Pray - Introduction

Do you ever wonder: How do I talk to God? What do I say? What’s the point of prayer? Does He care? or Does He even talk back? If you can identify with any of these questions, you are in good company. In this extremely practical class, "Learning to Pray", we will address just how practical it can be to talk with God. Prayer is how we communicate with God and this class will cover some very tangible ways to not only teach you how to pray, but hopefully strengthen and grow your relationship with God....More

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Session 1: What is prayer?

In this session we will start to dive into questions like: Who prays? What is prayer? and what should I expect when I pray? Laying an important foundation is key to being able to build anything and this is where we will start, with the foundation of prayer....More

Session 2: Why do we pray?

Session 2: Why do we pray?

Once the foundation has been laid with our knowledge of what prayer is, we begin to ask questions like: Why do we pray? What is the purpose of prayer? And does it really matter if we pray? In this session, we will address how praying can help us develop our relationship with God....More

Session 3: When and where do we pray?

Session 3: When and where do we pray?

Finishing out all the 5 "W" questions (who, what, when, where, and why), we will be addressing the "when" and the "where" questions in this session. We will discuss when you can pray and where you can pray....More

Session 4: Prayer Models

Session 4: Prayer Models

Quality over quantity. In this brief session, we will talk about the importance of having quality prayers. We will also introduce two practical prayer models which help us to have quality prayers....More

Session 5: The Lord's Prayer

Session 5: The Lord's Prayer

In this session, we will be breaking down a prayer, line-by-line, that Jesus Himself taught his disciples, known today as the Lord’s prayer. We will discover how this prayer can have practical implications in how you pray to God....More

Session 6: The ACTS Prayer

Session 6: The ACTS Prayer

Another model to use while developing your prayer life is the ACTS model. In this session, find out how the ACTS model is a useful acronym designed for us to focus on different aspects of our communication with God. ...More

Session 7: Does God answer prayer?

Session 7: Does God answer prayer?

In this final session, we will address some lingering final questions you may have: Does God listen to all prayers? How do we know when God answers? What are we listening for?...More