Kingdom Advancing Prayer | Prayer Changes Everything Week 3 | Pastor Andrew Cromwell

James 5:16 NLT: The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Much Prayer = Much Power 

Little Prayer = Little Power

No Prayer = No Power

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Matthew 6:9-13 NIV: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

This is a pattern for prayer – not just a prayer to pray.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Six Key Parts to this Pattern of Prayer

Pray for God’s name to be hallowed.

Pray for God’s Kingdom to come.

Pray for God’s will to be done on the earth.

Pray for Our daily needs.

Pray for forgiveness.

Pray for protection in trials.

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Matthew 6:33 NIV: But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

Why Kingdom Advancing Prayer?

1. There is in our praying!(MULTILINE)

Matthew 18:18-19 NIV: Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. Prayer reaches .(MULTILINE)

Jeremiah 23:23-24 NIV: “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the Lord, “and not a God far away? Who can hide in secret places so that I cannot see them?” declares the Lord. “Do not I fill heaven and earth?” declares the Lord.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. can have an impact for Christ through prayer.(MULTILINE)

1 Timothy 2:1-4 NIV: I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

4. Kingdom praying takes us into the realm of .(MULTILINE)

Ephesians 6:12 NIV: For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

What Kingdom Advancing Prayer Looks Like

1. Kingdom prayer begins with the choice to !(MULTILINE)

Matthew 26:36-38 NIV: Then Jesus went with his disciples to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to them, “Sit here while I go over there and pray.” He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

2. Kingdom prayer is , not .(MULTILINE)

Matthew 26:39-38 NIV: Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.”(MULTILINE REVEAL TINY)

3. Kingdom prayer focuses on the expansion of His and in hearts, homes, churches, and communities.(MULTILINE)

Kingdom Advancing Prayer Targets

• For faithful people to do His work (e.g., believers, pastors, missionaries, leaders, etc.)(MULTILINE)

• For lies to be exposed and spiritual blindness to be removed(MULTILINE)

• For salvation for the lost and the return of the prodigals(MULTILINE)

• For revival and awakening(MULTILINE)

• For justice and righteousness in our cities(MULTILINE)

• For churches and church leaders(MULTILINE)

• For marriages, families and the next generation(MULTILINE)

Kingdom Advancing Prayer Guide: kchanford.com/advancingprayer

Resources used to develop this message include the article Kingdom Praying by Minette Drumwright Pratt.