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Encouraging believers to enrich their prayer life by engaging in supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for all, including kings and authority figures, to lead a peaceful life in godliness and reverence, aligning with God’s desire for all to be saved.
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“The Ingredients for a Quiet and Peaceable Life” I Timothy 2:1-7
I Timothy 2:1-7 1 Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, andgiving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
I. The Obligations of the believers to Pray: To enrich the prayer life of the Christian. A. The Approaches to God in prayer; “Supplications” - the root meaning of which is "to lack," "to be deprived," or "to be without something."
I. The Obligations of the believers to Pray: To enrich the prayer life of the Christian. A. The Approaches to God in prayer; “Prayers”- Prayer for the lost is ultimately directed at God as an act of worship, because the salvation of sinners causes them to give glory to Him. 2 Corinthians 4:15
I. The Obligations of the believers to Pray: To enrich the prayer life of the Christian. A. The Approaches to God in prayer; “Intercessions” - "to fall in with someone," or get involved with them. Romans 8:26-28 and Hebrews 7:25
I. The Obligations of the believers to Pray: To enrich the prayer life of the Christian. A. The Approaches to God in prayer; “Thanksgivings”- A prayerful spirit of gratitude that the Gospel offers us hope for a hurting world. Philippians 4:6
II. The Outreach of God to all: (vs.4) • It takes a huge prayer effort for the believer to awaken to the lostness of humanity. • It takes all kinds of prayer efforts to reach that lost society.
Life Steps Pray for those without Christ with variety. Pray for “Kings” or world leaders to be introduced to the Gospel. Pray for authority figures.