John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 20

*Your Father Knows “Your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.” Matthew 6:8 NASB In His words just before those above cited, our Lord had been advising against vain repetition. Repeating any words without meaning them is certainly vain repetition. Therefore, we should be extremely careful in all our prayers to mean what we

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 19

*Building by Prayer and Faith It is with your heart that you believe and are justified. Romans 10:10 NIV Friend, come up higher! Do not be content with good works: feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the fatherless and widowed in their affliction, or the sick and those in prison, and the stranger. Do

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 18

*Family Prayer “Those who are wise will instruct many.” Daniel 11:33 NIV We prepare our household to serve the Lord by instructing them. We take care to see that every person under our roof has all such knowledge necessary to salvation. It is our responsibility to see that our spouse and children are taught those things which

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 17

*Ask in Faith Ask in faith without any doubting. James 1:16 NASB Regarding the use of prayer as a means of grace, the direction which God has given us by the apostle James is most clear. With regard to prayer of every kind, public or private, and the blessing attached to it, he says, “If

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 16

*Prayer and Grace You have purified yourselves by obeying the truth. 1 Peter 1:22 NIV It has been vehemently objected that Christ is the only means of grace. I answer, This is mere playing upon words. Explain your term, and the objection vanishes away. When we say, “Prayer is a means of grace,” we understand

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 15

*Always Rejoice; Pray; Give thanks Rejoice always; pray without ceasing…give thanks. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NASB “Rejoice always” in uninterrupted happiness in God. “Pray without ceasing,” which is the fruit of “always rejoicing” in the Lord. “In everything give thanks,” which is the fruit of both the former. This is Christian perfection. Further than this we cannot go, and we need not stop short of

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 14

*Prayer—The Crowning Weapon Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful…with all perseverance…for all the saints.Ephesians 6:18 NKJV The description of the whole armor of God shows us how great a thing it is to be a Christian. The lack of any one thing makes us incomplete. Though one has his

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 13

*Deny self to obey the Lord Fervent in spirit…devoted to prayer. Romans 12:11-12 NASB Here is one who has not made shipwreck of the faith. He still has a measure of the Spirit of adoption, which continues to witness with his spirit that he is a child of God. However, he is not going on

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 12

*Be Anxious for Nothing “It is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.” Luke 12:32 NKJV How much more, then, will it please our heavenly Father to give us food and raiment? And since you have such an inheritance, regard not your earthly possessions. To the same effect, the apostle Paul wrote the

John Wesley on Prayer Lesson 11

*Wait on the Lord My soul waits…for God only. Psalm 62:1 NASB The generality of Christians are accustomed to use some kind of prayer. Now, perhaps you are one who still uses the same form you used when you were a child. But surely, there is a “more excellent way” (1 Corinthians 12:31) of ordering our