Sermon Outline

I.              “Christians want to pray, but they don’t know how!”

a.    Aside from Laundry List prayer

b.    1The 5:16-17 contains 3 plural commands and a reason:

II.             A Method for Praying (Like but different from Lk 11:2-4)

III.           Example #1: Philippians 1:3-11

a.    Verses 3-5: Thanks & Joy

b.    Verse 6: Sanctification

c.    Verse 8: Godly affection

d.    Verse 9-11

                                               i.     Growing Love

                                             ii.     Knowledge and discernment of life

                                            iii.     Purity and blamelessness, Righteousness

                                            iv.     God glorifying

IV.           Example #2: Isaiah 1:2-4

a.    So how do pray a passage about Israel’s rebellion in the present?

                                               i.     Tact 1: Save it and pray it only for people truly in rebellion to God

                                             ii.     Tact 2: Pray a passage like this pre-emptively even for the currently faithful.

                                            iii.     Tact 3: Look for a parallel in my life or another’s life.

V.            Congregational example

VI.           Conclusion