Seven Steps to Answered Prayer, Part 1
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The Bible Prayer Study Course By Kenneth E Hagin Chapter 1, Seven Steps to Answered Prayer, Part 1 .............................................................. 6 Step Number One: Be Specific and Stand on God's Promises ................................................ 6 Pray According to the Word ...................................................................................................... 6 Use the Sword of the Spirit Against the Devil ........................................................................... 7 Fight the Good Fight of Faith .................................................................................................... 8 Step Number Two: You Must Ask God for What You Want ..................................................... 9 Sense Knowledge Truth vs. Revelation Truth ........................................................................ 10 Step Number Three: Be Positive in Your ThinKing ................................................................. 11 Resist Doubt ............................................................................................................................ 12 Reject Anything That Contradicts the Word ............................................................................ 12 My Own Fight of Faith ............................................................................................................. 13 Step Number Four: Guard Your Mind ..................................................................................... 14 Chapter 2 Seven Steps to Answered Prayer, Part 2 ............................................................. 14 Step Number Five: Meditate on God's Promises .................................................................... 15 See Yourself With Your Answer .............................................................................................. 15 Step Number Six: Continually Thank God for the Answer ...................................................... 17 Step Number Seven: Make Every Prayer a Statement of Faith ............................................. 18 Don't Undo Your Prayers ........................................................................................................ 18 Use the Faith You Have .......................................................................................................... 20 Chapter 3 Praying in Jesus' Name .......................................................................................... 20 Ask, That Your Joy May Be Full .............................................................................................. 21 Have Joy Before the Answer Comes ...................................................................................... 22 Worry Blocks God's Answer to Your Prayers ......................................................................... 24 Follow Biblical Teaching on Prayer ......................................................................................... 24 `In Jesus' Name' - Not `For Jesus' Sake' ................................................................................ 25 Jesus' Name Is the Key .......................................................................................................... 26 Meditation on the Word Brings Light ....................................................................................... 26 The Authority in the Name of Jesus To Bind the WorK of the Devil ....................................... 27 Stay in the Arena of Faith! ....................................................................................................... 28 The Authority in the Name of Jesus To Bring Healing and Deliverance ................................ 29 Chapter 4, Praying in Jesus' Name Part 2 .............................................................................. 30 Discovering Hindrances to Prayer .......................................................................................... 31 One Hindrance to Prayer: Praying to Jesus Instead of to the Father in Jesus' Name ........... 31 Ask and You Shall Receive ..................................................................................................... 32 It Makes a Difference How We Pray ....................................................................................... 32 Growing Up Spiritually Includes Growing in Prayer ................................................................ 33 The Right To Use Jesus' Name .............................................................................................. 33 Dealing With the Devil in Jesus' Name ................................................................................... 34 SpeaKing With Tongues in Jesus' Name ................................................................................ 35 Exercising Power and Authority Over Serpents in Jesus' Name ............................................ 35 Immunity From Poison in Jesus' Name .................................................................................. 36 Laying Hands On the Sick in Jesus' Name ............................................................................. 36 Don't Struggle for Faith - Use the Authority That Is Yours in Jesus' Name ............................ 37 Acting on What Belongs to You .............................................................................................. 37 Praying for Results .................................................................................................................. 38 Miraculous Results Through Prayer In Jesus' Name .............................................................. 39 Chapter 5 Praying for Results ................................................................................................. 41 Examples of Praying for Results ............................................................................................. 41 Remind God of His Promises .................................................................................................. 42 Praying for Finances in the Name of Jesus ............................................................................ 44 Angels Are Ministering Spirits For Believers ........................................................................... 45 Pray Specifically When Praying for People ............................................................................ 46 God's Word Does Not Fail ...................................................................................................... 47 Chapter 6 The Prayer of Faith ................................................................................................. 49 New Covenant Kinds of Prayer ............................................................................................... 49 The Prayer of Consecration vs. The Prayer of Faith .............................................................. 50 Receiving the Desires of Your Heart ....................................................................................... 51 Your Prayer of Faith Won't Always WorK for Others ............................................................... 52 Chapter 7 The Prayer of Praise and Worship ........................................................................ 55 Ministering to the Lord ............................................................................................................. 56 Ministering to the Lord Brings Deliverance ............................................................................. 58 Being in the Will of God Doesn't Guarantee Easy Circumstances ......................................... 62 Ministering to the Lord In the Early Church ............................................................................ 63 Developing a Habit of Praise and Worship ............................................................................. 65 God's Power Is Manifested When His People Praise Him ..................................................... 66 Chapter 8 United Prayer ........................................................................................................... 67 United, Vocal Prayer Is Biblical ............................................................................................... 68 The Power in United Prayer: Paul and Silas ........................................................................... 71 The Power in United Prayer: The Early Church ...................................................................... 73 Chapter 9, The Prayer of Commitment ................................................................................... 76 Worry Hinders Your Prayers ................................................................................................... 77 Cast Your Cares on the Lord Once and for All ....................................................................... 79 Worry Is a Sin .......................................................................................................................... 80 Learning To Cast Your Cares Upon the Lord ......................................................................... 84 You Can Cast Your Cares Upon the Lord .............................................................................. 86 Chapter 10, Praying With Tongues ......................................................................................... 88 Tongues: The Initial Evidence Of the Baptism of the Holy Spirit ............................................ 90 Divers Kinds of Tongues ........................................................................................................