Prayer Gathering Guide

January 8, 2023 – (Week 1)

First The Kings

 1 Timothy 2:1-8 (KJV) 
^{{1Ti 2:1}}  I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;
^{{1Ti 2:2}}  For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
^{{1Ti 2:3}}  For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;
^{{1Ti 2:4}}  Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
^{{1Ti 2:5}}  For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
^{{1Ti 2:6}}  Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
^{{1Ti 2:7}}  Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
^{{1Ti 2:8}}  I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 

Our Prayer Types

Ephesians 6:18 (AMP) 
^{{Eph 6:18}}  Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God's consecrated people). 

• Supplications - A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer. Word Definition
• Prayers – To approach with a wish or desire.  
• Intercessions – To stand in the place of another.
• Giving of thanks – To express gratitude.

Our Prayer Targets

• All men
• All in authority

Our Prayer Petitions

• A quiet and peaceable life;
• A life of godliness and honesty;
• For men to be saved, and 
• To come unto the knowledge of the truth: that there is one mediator between God and man, Christ Jesus—who gave Himself as a ransom for all. 

Our Prayer Posture

• Pray everywhere
• Pray lifting holy hands
• Pray without wrath
• Pray without doubting

First The Kingdom

Matthew 6:33 (ESV) ^{{Mt 6:33}}  But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 

Seek Kingdom Entrance For Sinners

John 3:3 (KJV) [3] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.

John 3:5 (KJV) ⁵  Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.

Colossians 1:12-14 (KJV) ¹²  Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: ¹³  Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
¹⁴ In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Seek Kingdom Empowerment For Saints

1 Corinthians 4:20 (KJV) ²⁰  For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.

Matthew 12:28 (KJV) ²⁸  But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.

• Soul-winning Power - The Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Acts 1:8 (KJV) ⁸  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

• Sanctifying Power - Power to live holy - The fruit of the Holy Spirit – The fruit of righteousness – The fruit of holiness.

Romans 14:17 (KJV) ¹⁷  For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.

1 Thessalonians 5:22-24 (NIV) 
^{{1Th 5:22}}  Avoid every kind of evil.
^{{1Th 5:23}}  May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
^{{1Th 5:24}}  The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it. 

• Surrogate Power - The manifested authority of Jesus name.

Colossians 3:1 (KJV) ¹  If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 

Ephesians 1:17-23 (KJV) 
¹⁷  That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
¹⁸  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
¹⁹  And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
²⁰  Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,
²¹  Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:
²²  And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
²³  Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 2:4-6 (KJV) 
⁴  But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
⁵  Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
⁶  And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:

• Serving Power - The Baptism and Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 25:14-15 (KJV) ¹⁴  For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. ¹⁵  And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 

1 Peter 4:10-11 (NASB77) ¹⁰   As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. ¹¹   Whoever speaks, let him speak, as it were, the utterances of God; whoever serves, let him do so as by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Seek kingdom expansion

Matthew 13:33 (KJV) ^{{Mt 13:33}}  Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

Matthew 11:12 (KJV) ^{{Mt 11:12}}  And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.

Matthew 6:10 (KJV) ^{{Mt 6:10}}  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.