THE PURPOSE OF PRAYER
John 15

Luke 11 "Teach us how to pray."

THE FOUR PURPOSES OF PRAYER

PRAYER IS AN ACT OF DEDICATION

John 15:5; "If a man remains in Me and I in him, he will bear much fruit, but apart from Me, you can do nothing. If anyone doesn't remain in Me, he's like a branch that's thrown away and withers. Such branches are picked up and thrown into the fire and burned. But if you remain in Me and My words remain in you, you can ask whatever you wish and it will be given to you."

PRAYER IS AN ACT OF COMMUNICATION

John 15:15; "I no longer call you servants because a servant doesn’t know his master's business. Instead I have called you friends for everything I've learned from My Father, I've made known unto you. You didn't choose Me, but I chose you to go and bear fruit that will last. Then the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name."

3. PRAYER IS AN ACT OF SUPPLICATION

Philippians 4:6,"Don't worry about anything but in everything, with your prayers and your supplications, make your requests known to God and the peace of God which passes all understanding will keep your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."

John 16:23:"I tell you the truth, the Father will give you whatever you ask in My name."

John 16:24; "Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive and your joy will be complete."

Psalm 145:15 "He will fulfill the desires of those who reverence Him."

Psalm 37:4 "Delight yourself also in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart."

Psalm 84:11 "No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly."

"That your joy may be complete."

Luke 11:11; "Which of you fathers if your son asked for a fish would you give him a snake instead? Or if he asked for an egg would you give him a scorpion? If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him."

4. PRAYER IS AN ACT OF COOPERATION

John 14:11; "Believe Me when I say I am in the Father and the Father is in Me or at least believe the evidence of the miracles themselves.

John 14:12; "Anyone who has faith in Me will do what I have been doing... And he will do even greater things than these because I'm going to the Father."

John 14:13; "And I will do whatever you ask in My name so that the Father may bring glory to the Son. You may ask Me for anything in My name and I will do it."

"The heart of the king is in the hand of the Lord and He turns it wheresoever He wishes."

"If you will ask, I will answer. ,... If you will ask, I will do ... "