Scripture: John 16:20-28 Key Takeaways:

Prayer is a Privilege secured for us by Jesus.

 

Hebrews 10:19–22 

 

“God is radically committed to my life of prayer. He shed the blood of His Son so that I might be cleansed and rendered fit to stand before Him in love. He also permitted the brutal rending of His Son so that I might now have a way to enter into the Holy Place through the torn flesh of Jesus. ‘Draw near,’ he says… How can I not feel the infinite sincerity of these invitations, especially when considering the painful lengths that God endured so that I might enter his presence in prayer. Indeed the Gospel serves as the sweetest of invitation to pray.” - Milton Vincent.

 

Matthew 7:7–11  

 

Prayer is Adoring and Asking.

 

Matthew 7:7–11  

 

True Prayer Prioritizes the Priorities of God.

 

Matthew 6:9–10

 

Prayer is an attitude and a habit.

 

“It’s good to let prayer be the first business of the morning and the last at night. Guard yourself carefully against those false and deluding ideas which tell you, ‘Wait a little while. I will pray in an hour; first I must attend to this or that.’ Such thoughts get you away from prayer into other affairs which so hold your attention and involve you that nothing comes of prayer.” – Martin Luther

 

“Admit no exception in the prayer schedule, for the exception will break down the habit. The habit is the important thing.” - E. Stanley Jones.