The Power of Prayer
Ephesians 6:18
The Strategic Subject of Prayer
- Prayer as a secret weapon
- Scriptural exhortations to pray (Jesus, Paul, James)
- The challenge of maintaining a strong prayer life
- Satan's tactics to disrupt prayer
The Armor of God and Prayer
- Ephesians 6:18
- Explanation of the armor of God
- Importance of prayer in putting on the armor of God
Understanding the Christian Life
- Definition of the Christian life
- Four ingredients of the Christian life
- The impossibility of living a Christian life without supernatural resources
Christ’s Life of Prayer on Earth
- Examination of Jesus' prayer life through the Gospel of Luke
- Various instances of Jesus praying (baptism, solitary places, choosing disciples, miracles, etc.)
- Conclusion that prayer was central to Jesus' life
Christ’s Intercession in Heaven
- What Christ is doing now in heaven
- Hebrews 7:23-25
- Romans 8:26-27
- Christ’s and the Holy Spirit’s ongoing intercession for believers
Christ’s Desire to Live in Us
- Christ living in believers and the implications
- The distinction between Christianity as a religion vs. a relationship
- Scriptural support (Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 3:14-17, Philippians 1:21, Colossians 1:27)
The Argument for a Life of Prayer
- The invincible argument for a life of prayer
- Christ's pattern on earth, intercession in heaven, and desire to live through us
Conclusion and Prayer
- Summarizing the importance of prayer
- Encouraging believers to engage in prayer
*The above summary is AI-generated, so discrepancies may exist. Please refer to the audio or video file to verify accuracy.
About the Contributors
Howard G. Hendricks
Dr. Howard G. Hendricks, known simply as “Prof,” directly or indirectly touched millions of lives in the evangelical community and beyond. For more than sixty years Prof served on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary (DTS), where he taught more than ten thousand students. He served as the chairman of the Center for Christian Leadership for over twenty years. He also ministered in person in more than eighty countries. Through speaking engagements, radio, tapes, films, the sixteen books he authored and coauthored, countless journal and popular-market articles, his service on numerous boards, and his work as a chaplain to the Dallas Cowboys (1976–1984), his reach was and is worldwide.
His legacy, in partnership with Jeanne, his wife of more than sixty-five years, includes four children and six grandchildren. Holding large audiences enthralled at venues such as Billy Graham’s conference center or Promise Keepers’ stadium rallies, Prof would confide, “It’s wonderful to be here with you, but I have a group of delicious students waiting for me back at the seminary.”
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