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Prayer Seminar on Video
The prayer seminar VHS video contains twelve thirty-minute teaching sessions correlated with the prayer seminar workbook, the basic teaching tool. A live prayer seminar provides six hours of instruction. Consequently, an individual or a group can have the same amount of instruction via the video tapes.Basic areas of the Christian life are included in the instruction: Bible study, Spirit-filled living, prayer, witnessing, and stewardship. The instruction will equip a believer to do the work of the ministry in his own Christian life.
Prayer Seminar Album
The prayer seminar album contains eight one-hour teaching tapes correlated with the prayer seminar workbook, the basic teaching tool. A live prayer seminar provides six hours of instruction. Since the tapes were initially prepared for Trinity Theological Seminary, Newburgh, Indiana, to be used in a distance education course on prayer through individualized instruction, there are eight hours of instruction.Basic areas of the Christian life are included in the instruction: Bible study, Spirit-filled living, prayer, witnessing, and stewardship. The instruction will equip a believer to do the work of the ministry in his own Christian life.
Intercession: Prayer as Work
Prayer is the work which must come before all other work in the Lord's service. The sovereign God has ordained prayer as the tool to get His work done. God works only in concert with the praying of His people. Few Christians are prayed for regularly by anyone after they become Christians. You can pretty well say to a new convert, "I'm glad you came to Christ. I hope everything goes well for you. But you are on your own now."In Isaiah's day, God looked down from Heaven and saw all the people living in Israel and Judah—and "wondered that there were no intercessors" (Isaiah 59:16).
Consider the people who live in the fifth house from your church building. Ask yourself if they have ever heard the name of Jesus in a saving sense one time. Are they going to Heaven when they die? Who is praying for them? The answer usually is "Nobody!" If you are not praying for your children, nobody else is.
The need of the hour is intercessors!
Do you have the world on your heart, yet? Are you praying for those who are unreached with the Gospel?
Are you praying for laborers? Are you praying for missionaries? Most believers think that prayer is mostly prefix and suffix—what you do before you begin and finish work for the Lord. It is the work which must undergird all other work—such as evangelism, teaching, or preaching.
Work implies spending energy. It is important to know that prayer itself requires energy and time. In order to become intercessors, it is important for a believer to understand biblical teachings which govern this aspect of praying. It is my hope that the twelve studies which follow will not only provide basic knowledge, but will motivate you to become an intercessor by providing practical suggestions.
Yours in Calvary love,
J. Gordon HenryNotes from My Bible 2nd Editon
Since November 1983, as a feature of The Reflector, I have shared Notes from My Bible—the harvest of a half-century of walking with God gathering flowers from many gardens. Clearly understand that these thoughts are not original. During the course of my studies, I have tried to gather “nuggets” and make note of them. I have found this to be a useful habit which preserves for use many apt sayings and seed thoughts that would have otherwise been forgotten. Someone has said that there are two kinds of reading—“reading on a sofa and reading with a pencil in hand.” I long ago learned to read with a pen or pencil in my hand.Scarcely a day has passed since 1977 that I have not entered some note or notes into my Bible. I never read a book without taking notes for preservation one way or another. You will grow more deeply interested in your Bible day by day if you will make notes in the margins and on blank leaves of your Bible. Staying in the Word daily is so very important that my advice to believers is that if there are days when you have to choose how to use your time—either praying or reading the Bible—to read the Bible. It is far more important for you to hear what God has to say to you than for God to hear what you have to say to Him. Think about that for a moment. Do you really believe that God speaks out of His Word?
It is doubtful that any person will ever become a prayer warrior who does not get into the Word of God on a daily basis. Taking notes will help and you will be surprised at how your prayer life will be strengthened when you develop a working knowledge of the Word of God!
Adoration: Prayer as Worship
Adoration is simply looking at God and loving Him for who He is. Although I have spent considerable time learning to incorporate praise and worship in my daily prayer life, new insights continue to come. I want to learn more. God's Word abounds withcommands, examples, and encouragements to praise the Lord.
Matthew Henry pointed out that we can never add to God's perfections; therefore, our praises do not make God any greater than He already is. Praise does not change God, it changes us—and causes us to want to walk with Him and trust Him.
In my own experience, I have found that praise is not something that comes natural. It is awfully easy to incorporate praise into praying only to discover that it is not genuine, but is only a routine practice.
Do you know what I mean?
In the twelve studies on Adoration: Prayer as Worship, I have attempted to share both a Biblical base for praise and practical ideas to follow.
It is significant that every glimpse we are given into Heaven, praise is the dominant activity. One day each of God's children will join the multitudes of saints gathered around God's throne to worship Him in His presence. It is wise to get into practice down here so we will feel at home in Heaven's activity of praise. One key verse related to praise and the consequence of worship provides remarkable insight: "But the people who know their God shall be strong and do exploits" (Daniel 11:32). We are to praise God for who He is and there is only one source of information to guide our knowledge and understanding—the Bible. Worship is our response to who God is—His attributes, His character, His essence. In fact, prayer reveals God. Prayer is my response to who God is—whether it is adoration, confession, thanksgiving, petition, or intercession.
My prayer is that the studies on praise will bless you as you study and that you will be a better worshiper as you put into practice what you learn.
Yours in Calvary love,
J. Gordon Henry