This week’s study will focus on “Praying and Repenting.” Sometimes our prayers are hindered by secret sins. This study will focus on the need to acknowledge before God, any unconfessed sins in our lives. After we have confessed our sins there is a second step. We must repent of our sins. Repentance implies a change in one’s thinking, attitudes and purpose. In simple terms, to repent means to “change one’s mind.” As you “steal away in prayer”, allow the Holy Spirit to minister to you. What do you need to turn from? What do you need to face in order for God to fix? Our heavenly Father is a God of forgiveness and restoration. Enjoy your time with God (Study with a friend).
- How does the dictionary define the word “Humility”?
- Study the scriptures listed below and write two thoughts about repentance for each scripture.
- Daniel 9:4
- II Chronicles 7:13
- Proverbs 28:13
- Psalm 101:7
- (True or False) Praying is a means of repenting? Explain your answer
- It has been said that, “Prayer is the soul’s sincere expression to God.” A number of expressions relating to prayer occur throughout the Bible. Some are: “Call upon me and I will answer thee,” “Men began to call upon the Lord,” “Ask and it shall be given,” “Cry unto the Lord,” “Cast all your cares upon Him.”
- Each of the above expressions (in #4) suggests “a change of mind and attitude of the heart” that should accompany prayer. Is this True or False? Explain your answer.
- Read Ephesians 6:18 and Hebrews 4:16. Why do you think prayer is important?
- Read Matthew 5:23-24, I Samuel 7:3-4. List the actions of repentance and humility found in these scriptures.
