Consistent in Prayer Colossians 4:2-6

Consistent in Prayer Colossians 4:2-6

In the past weeks we have seen that every Jesus Follower, every Disciple, needs a Paul to teach them and a Timothy to teach. We also learned we are to help our disciple, our Timothy, to be a person of the Word. Last week we saw that our disciple needs someone to teach them to pray. Today we look at one aspect of a Disciples prayer life, Consistency.

Two men in a raft… stop I see a ship!

Our scripture today tells us to continue steadfastly in Prayer.

1.       Continue
A. an action started in the past and carried into the future.
B. courageously persistent in prayer
C. Constant in prayer Romans 12:12
D. 1 Thess 5:17 Pray without ceasing
E. Luke 18:1 always pray and not lose heart.

2.       Second important word is steadfastly
A. courageously
B. steadfastly in the face of resistance
C. resistance within ourselves,
D. Resistance from our schedule
E. Resistance from others
F. Daniel 6:5-10
G. Matthew 14:23
H. mark 1:35
I. Luke 5:16

3.       Encouraging consistent prayer
A. Encourage one another to be consistent in prayer
B. Use a Prayer journal
C. practice it in your time together
D. Discuss your prayer time for the week

If we will learn to be consistent in prayer we will find God consistent in His answers. If we will be disciplined and persistent in prayer we will be blessed. And through our continuing steadfast prayer we will find victory and a closeness to God we have thought impossible.