Sermon Outline

1. “The Least I can do it pray for you.”
   1. As one author wrote, “”Prayer does not equip us for greater works„ prayer is the greater work.”
2. Why Pray?
   1. We are called to be a people of prayer (Is 56:6-7, 1Pet 2:5, 1Cor 3:16)
   2. The Lord is at hand (Phil 4:5b)
   3. Because it changes things (col 4:3-4, Eph 6:18, Phil 4:7, 1Tim 2:1-4, 4:5, 2Ki 20:1-11, Mt 26:41)
3. Does it really work?
4. What should we pray about?
   1. Phil 4:4 “Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say it, rejoice!”
   2. Reasonableness/Self-denial (Phil 4:5)
   3. Anxiety / Worrisome situations (Phil 4:6)
   4. Thanksgiving
5. Conclusion