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PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP- Day 8

DAY 8 PRAYER AND CHARACTER AND CONDUCT Prayer governs conduct and conduct makes character. Conduct, is what we do; character, is what we are. Conduct is the outward life. Character is the life unseen, hidden within, yet evidenced by that which is seen. Conduct is external, seen from without; character is internal — operating within. In the ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP- Day 7

  DAY 7 PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY (Continued) The tenor of Christ’s teachings, is to declare that men are to pray earnestly — to pray with an earnestness that cannot be denied. Heaven has harkening ears only for the whole-hearted, and the deeply-earnest. Energy, courage, and persistent perseverance must back the prayers which heaven respects, and ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP-Day 6

DAY 6 PRAYER AND IMPORTUNITY Our Lord Jesus declared that “men ought always to pray and not to faint,” and the parable in which His words occur, was taught with the intention of saving men from faint-heartedness and weakness in prayer. Our Lord was seeking to teach that laxity must be guarded against, and persistence ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP-Day 5

DAY 5 PRAYER AND FERVENCY Prayer, without fervor, stakes nothing on the issue, because it has nothing to stake. It comes with empty hands. Hands, too, which are listless, as well as empty, which have never learned the lesson of clinging to the Cross. Fervorless prayer has no heart in it; it is an empty ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP -Day 4

  DAY 4 PRAYER AND DESIRE Desire is not merely a simple wish; it is a deep seated craving; an intense longing, for attainment. In the realm of spiritual affairs, it is an important adjunct to prayer. So important is it, that one might say, almost, that desire is an absolute essential of prayer. Desire ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP -Day 3

DAY 3 PRAYER AND TRUST Prayer does not stand alone. It is not an isolated duty and independent principle. It lives in association with other Christian duties, is wedded to other principles, is a partner with other graces. But to faith, prayer is indissolubly joined. Faith gives it color and tone, shapes its character, and ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP -Day 2

DAY 2 PRAYER AND FAITH (Continued) Genuine, authentic faith must be definite and free of doubt. Not simply general in character; not a mere belief in the being, goodness and power of God, but a faith which believes that the things which “he saith, shall come to pass.” As the faith is specific, so the ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP -Day 1

THE NESSESITY OF PRAYER By E.M. BOUNDS FOREWORD EDWARD McKENDREE BOUNDS did not merely pray well that he might write well about prayer. He prayed because the needs of the world were upon him. He prayed, for long years, upon subjects which the easy-going Christian rarely gives a thought, and for objects which men of ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP – ORIENTATION CLASS-week 1

Opening– The goal of these lessons and this course is to help us develop a stronger prayer life. We have chosen E.M. Bounds book, The Necessity of Prayer and Andrew Murray’s book With Christ in the School of Prayer to help increase our faith and add power to our prayer life. Over the next nine ...Read More

PRAYER WARRIOR BOOTCAMP

A Reflective Study of The Necessity of Prayer by E.M. Bounds & With Christ in the School of Prayer by Andrew Murray Reflection Questions and Leaders’ Guide written by Rodney Jetton DEDICATION To Ed Kleiman of Pray Bold ministries, (www.praybold.org) who the Lord sent to help me get back on the narrow way after I allowed my ...Read More