Growing In Grace – Lesson 5 – Print out here

Lesson 5

Assignments

1. Memorize Proverbs 15:8.  Also, we suggest you memorize John 16:24.

2. Read John 8–11. Note the miracles you find in this section.  Also, read John 14, 15 and 16 and note the promises given that God answers prayer.  Record your answers under “NOTES” on your separate sheet.

3. If you have not already done so, begin having a daily “Quiet Time.” Also, begin using your personal daily prayer journal (suggest a notebook of your choosing that you can write in easily).

4. Answer the following questions in your own words:

1.  What privilege does the child of God have that an unbeliever does not? (John 16:24)

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2. In whose name should we pray? (John 14:13; 16:24)

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3. What is one important qualification for answered prayer? (Hebrews 11:6)

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4. What is one important thing we must remember so that we can pray with confidence? (I John 5:14, 15)

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5. How often should we pray? (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

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6. For how many things should we pray? (Philippians 4:6)

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7. What is one simple reason that many Christians do not get answers to prayer? (James 4:2)

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8. What should always accompany our prayers? (Psalm 100:4)

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9. When is a good time to pray? (Psalm 5:3; 55:17)

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10. What will hinder our prayers? (Psalm 66:18)

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11. If we sin, how do we get back on praying ground? (Psalm 32:5)

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12. Should there be times that we pray with others? Explain. (Matthew 18:19; Acts 1:13, 14)

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NOTES

1.  A blessing I received each day as I read John 8 – 11 and John 14 – 16.

Day 1 – John 8 ___________________________________________

Day 2 – John 9 ___________________________________________

Day 3 – John 10 __________________________________________

Day 4 – John 11 __________________________________________

Day 5 – John 12 __________________________________________

Day 6 – John 13 __________________________________________

Day 7 – John 14 __________________________________________

2. Miracles I found in John 8 – 11:

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3. Promises that God answers prayer in John 14 – 16:

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4. Please check:

[ ] I have begun a daily “Quiet Time”

[ ] I have begun to use a personal prayer journal

5. Answers to pray I have had in the last two weeks:

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6. Further thoughts I received on prayer from this lesson and during the rest of the time that I  study this book, Growing in Grace.

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