Content of each seminar on prayer
Seminar 1: Back to Basics, Back to God
- Motivation for personal prayer
- How to cultivate and deepen your prayer life.
- Answers to prayer in the Bible.
- Learning from the “spiritual giants”: Saint Augustin, John Knox, Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Wesley, Zinzendorf, George Müller, Hudson Taylor, George Verwer, etc.
- Five fundamental principles for effective prayer.
- How to spend an hour with God.
- How to organize your prayer life.
Seminar 2: At the Heart of Prayer
- Learning to pray with others in the Church
- Prayer in the Church, based on the book of Nehemiah
- The structure and content of our prayers
- The power of prayer
- Biblical principles for revival: the roots and branches!
- Overcoming the enemy in the spiritual battle
- How to nourish our prayers with the Word of God.
Seminar 3: Available for God
- A Biblical approach to fasting
- Panoramic view of fasting in the Bible
- The wrong way to fast, the right way to fast (Isaiah 58)
- Biblical foundation for fasting: Jesus, Paul...
- Why and how to fast? Is fasting a command?
- Fasting and your health: What does the doctor say?
- Fasting in Church History
- Practical advice and hints about fasting
Seminar 4: I believe in prayer
- How to prepare the prayer meeting
- Prayer rooted in God
- How to intercede for the needs of the world.
- How to motivate Christians to attend the prayer meeting
- How to “kill” the prayer meeting
- How to cultivate a compassion for souls
- 3O practical ideas to help revive the prayer meeting
- The different dimensions of prayer: Worship, thanksgiving, meditation, confession, intercession, nourrish our prayers with the Word
- Tools to help and encourage you revive your prayer meeting