PRAYER
*Prayer is integrated into all our other purposes
-Fellowship, worship, discipleship, and witnessing
WORSHIP
=Adoration, to adore the characteristics
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Psalm 9 – "I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High…"-Worship can be much more meaningful if we can get to know Him
-Written word can do lots of good, but once you know God, written word has meaning
-Prayer is a GREAT way to get to know God!
FELLOWSHIP
=Unity, sharing, partnership
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1 John 1:1-7 – "That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched – this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. We write this to make our joy complete. This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. But if we walk in the light as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son, purifies from all sin."-This is written to expose false believers and encourage genuine ones…
-"with Him" – as a partnership
-A fellowship is not only good and helpful but also necessary
DISCIPLESHIP
=A learning
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Deuteronomy 8:3 "…man does not live on bread alone, but of every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord."-We need to hear what God says
-To do this, we have to PRAY
-We should be just as intimate with God as Jesus was with God
WITNESS
=Spread the word
-When we spend time with one another, we absorb other worthy characteristics… these aid in our witness to others
-When we want to spend time with God, and let Him know we want to be like Him towards others, we use prayer!
