Mind in Prayer (2024)

Mind in Prayer

By Ruth Douglas

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“Let this mind BE in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” (Philippians 2:5

What is “Mind in Prayer?”

• A Mind that Seek God with whole heart, WITHOUT distraction, and WITHOUT interruption.
• A devotional time – A quiet time – Walking with God in the garden
• A house of prayer:
  • “The prayer & reading time is our relationship with God IN spirit and truth.” (John 4:24)

“God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him IN spirit and IN truth.” (John 4:24)

Sisters, Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42)
Jesus said, “But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part,
which shall not BE taken away from her.”
(Luke 10:42)

BE:
“God wants ME, not my performance”
Know Who God is
“I AM That I AM”

NOT DO:
“God wants ME, not my performance”

BE:
“God wants ME,
not my performance”
Know Who God is: “I AM That I AM”
Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. (John 4:26)

WHAT IS BE AND DO?

What is the will of God?
What does God want?
God wants us to KNOW Him and LOVE will SHINE (glow).
1 John 4:7-8,12

“Beloved, let us love one another: for love IS of God; and every one that loveth IS born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God IS love.”
(1 John 4:7-8)

“…that we may KNOW him that IS true, and we ARE IN him that IS true, even IN his Son Jesus Christ.
This IS the true God, and eternal life.”
(1 John 5:20)

HOW?

1. SET YOUR HEART – NO distraction (Martha)
2. SET YOUR HEART – NO interruption
3. Set your heart.
4. LET GOD WIN THE BATTLE

“O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.”
(2 Chron. 20:12)

“Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still,
and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed;
to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.”
(2 Chron. 20:17)

“And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.” (2 Chron. 20:23)

WHO IS OUR ENEMIES?
Pride * Lying * Unforgive *
Lazy * Depression *
Disrespect * Fear * Anxiety *
Argue * Complain *
Negatives * Bitter * Hate *
Regrets * Jealous *
Procrastinate *
Worry * Not pray *
impatience * Self * Unkind *
Distraction * Idoltary * Lust *
Affection * Bad habits *
Perfectionist * Imagination *
Lonely * Distrust * Unbelief *
Disobedience *

Set your heart. LET GOD WIN THE BATTLE.
BElieve
(be lieve)
? ? ?__? ? ?
DOlieve
(do live)

Set your heart. Let God win the battle.

MEDITATION IN PRAYER
“But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.” (Psalm 1:2)

Close your eyes, to see BE better and to think BE better.
Your thoughts will BEcome like God.
Set your heart. Let God win the battle.

Meditation in prayer
BECOME PERSONAL
Talk to God like you talk to your father or friend.
I, me, my, you, your

“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:” (Isaiah 26:3-4

My prayer:
YOU will keep ME in perfect peace, MY mind IS stayed on YOU: because I trust in YOU. I trust in YOU for ever: for in YOU JEHOVAH IS everlasting strength:” (Isaiah 26:3-4)

REMEMBER…
“The prayer & reading time IS our relationship with God IN spirit and truth.” John 4:24

Remember…
“Prayer is BEing SET Mind, Soul, and Heart in relationship with God.”