November 20, 2022
John Harris

Prayer

When we pray to our God, we are participating in the

that God has given us his people.

Prayer is a central part of our mission …

1. Because prayer is the

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   of our mission.
   

2. Because prayer for the nations is an essential

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   of our
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   to the nations.
   

3. Because prayer

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   the
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   of the world and
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   the sovereignty of the one true God.
   

1. Share one thing for which you are thankful.
   

2. Read Psalm 96. Discuss aspects of God’s mission found in the Psalm.

3. Read Deuteronomy 4:6-8. How does this description of God’s people illustrate the mission of God’s people?
   

4. Read Jeremiah 29:1-7. How is the mission of God’s people illustrated in these verses? How does it compare to the teaching of Jesus? (Luke 6:27-28)
   

5. Read Daniel 6 and discuss how it is an example of prayer and the mission of God’s people.
   

6. How do Paul’s words in Colossians 4:2-4 illustrate the essential part of prayer in the mission of God’s people?
   

7. How has your understanding of “missional prayer” expanded beyond regarding it as “praying for missionaries” (vital though that is)?
   

8. What changes (of understanding and of practice) in your personal prayer life might result from hearing this sermon?
   

Close in prayer.