Stormie Omartian - Prayer Warrior Prayer and Study Guide: The Power of Praying® Your Way to Victory

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PRAYER WARRIOR PRAYER AND STUDY GUIDE

Copyright 2013 by Stormie Omartian

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A supplemental workbook to

Prayer Warrior

by Stormie Omartian

C ONTENTS

M y goal in this Prayer and Study Guide is not only to convince you that God has called you to be His prayer warrior, but also to show you how to become the best prayer warrior possible. I want you to take a stand for Gods side in the battle between good and evil that is going on around you at all times. I want to help you know your Leader, identify your true enemy, and be convinced of your authority in prayer. You must also know how to condition yourself to be the strongest and best prayer warrior you can be so that you can fight the good fight in prayer. I want you to be certain about how to put on your spiritual armor every day so you are protected and prepared to become skilled with your spiritual weapons. Its important that you are engaged in the war and able to identify the immediate battlefield whenever the enemy attacks. I want you to know how to resist the enemy so that he flees from you and you dont get thrown by his evil tactics.

Finally, I want to help you see things from Gods perspective so that you understand what is going on in you, around you, and to you. I not only want to equip you with certain prayers you can pray the moment you need them, but also to help you formulate your own prayers so that they will be a starting point from which you can pray more specifically about the things personally concerning you. These prayers will be there as reminders whenever you need them. The prayers that you write in this book will be put together from Scripture and from your own experience and observations. They will help you to push back the encroachment of the enemy into your life and the lives of others.

Remember that the battle is fought in prayer. You wont get wounded there. Instead, you will be protected. The armor and the weapons of warfare will not only protect you, they will give you great victory over any plans the enemy may have for your life. Youre in the war zone anyway, so you might as well be able to not only defend yourself but also push the enemy back from you and your family and the people and situations God is putting on your heart. In doing so, you will be able to advance Gods kingdom on earth. When you finish this Prayer and Study Guide , you will know with certainty what you are called to do in prayer and how to find the joy of fulfilling that calling for the Lord you love and serve.

You will need the book Prayer Warrior , and it will be referred to as the book within each weeks questions and directions. You will also need your Bible, a notepad, or even better yet a journal or notebook you will want to keep as you write out more and more prayers. I am hoping you will run out of room writing out your prayers because you will be thinking of so many things to pray about.

Dont for a moment let this become overwhelming. You do not have to pray every prayer every day. Not even close to that. Simply follow the leading of the Holy Spirit in you. You might pray just one of the prayers in a day. Or God may put two areas of prayer focus on your heart for days. God knows what He wants you to pray about, and He will show you if you ask Him. Stay close to Him in prayer and be sensitive to His Spirit guiding you. Your relationship with the Lord is about to get closer than ever, and you are going to love sensing His presence in you more and more.

Although this Prayer and Study Guide is divided into 12 weeks for group studywhich helps people stay on the same page and move together within a specific time frame for completionif you are doing it alone or with another person, you can move at your own pace in whatever time frame works best for you. Just go with the flowof the Spirit, that is.

Read Chapter 1:

in Prayer Warrior

Read 1 Corinthians 3:11-15. What is the foundation on which we are to build our lives? (verse 11)

Verse 12 says we can build on something that does not perishsuch as gold, silver, and precious stones. Or we can build on something that does perishsuch as wood, hay, and straw. How will it be revealed whether we have built on something that perishes or something that does not perish? (verse 13)

What happens when you build on something that lasts? (verse 14)

What happens if you build on something that does not last? (verse 15)

Read Luke 6:47-49. Where does the person who obeys God build? What happens because he builds there? (verses 47-48)

What happens to the person who does not obey the Lord? (verse 49)

Read Proverbs 10:25. What happens to the wicked and the righteous after the storms of life pass by?

Read 1 Corinthians 10:4. Who is the spiritual Rock?

Read 2 Samuel 22:32. Who is the rock?

Write out a prayer asking God to help you build your life on the solid foundation of Jesus. Tell Him you want to be someone who obeys Him and why.

Read James 4:1-3. Where do wars and fighting come from? (verse 1)

What are the two reasons we do not have what we want? (verses 2-3)

Read James 4:4. How can you become Gods enemy?

Having friendship with the world is not talking about the beautiful world God made or the good people He created. It is talking about a world system that is godless and anti-Christ. It is fueled by lust and pride. Have you recognized in your own observations that there are people, businesses, or groups of people who do not welcome the name of Jesus or even forbid it? Explain what you have recognized by writing it out as a prayer concerning those who oppose Him.

Once you understand that a war is going on and you are in it, you must make a decision as to whose side you are on . Are you on Gods side or the enemys side? The enemy prowls the world. God is in the heavenly place. Trying to befriend the worlds system and values makes you Gods enemy. Write out a prayer asking God to help you draw closer to Him and away from the world system that rejects Him. Ask Him to help you be clearly aware of the anti-Christ spirit that is in the world today so that you do not support it in any way.