A Way to Use Prayer

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Title: A Way to Use Prayer ------------- Date: 08/29/1998

Keywords: "Elijah" "passions" "prayer"


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This study looks at a way to use prayer when tempted by web porn.

Passage: James 5:17 (King James Version)

Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

Questions

1. How was Elijah like other men?

 

2. What did Elijah do when stirred by passions?

 

3. Did the subject of Elijah’s prayers in this passage have anything to do with his passions?

 

4. What do you earnestly desire from God — besides deliverance from web porn?

 

Practical help

Many men pray for deliverance from web porn. Well and good. But Elijah’s example may point to an additional way to use prayer when tempted by porn. Why not pray earnestly for something — or someone — dear to us? Suggestions:
1. Success for your children in their school and career.

2. Deliverance of a good friend from web porn.

3. Salvation for a loved one.

4. Wisdom for a boss or coworker.

Tempted by web porn? Try diverting your passions to a righteous purpose. Pray earnestly!


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