Week 2-Prayer

Hi! peoples. In this meeting we talked about the importance of prayer and talking to God, and having a relationship with God.
THE VERSES:

Matthew 6:5-13
"When you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get. But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you. When you pray, don't be like them, for your Father knows exactly what you need even before you ask him. "

Psalm 139:23-24
"Search me O God and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point our anything in me that offends you and lead me along the path of everlasting life." (giving your life to God and letting him no everything about you.)

Mark 7:24-30
"Then Jesus left Galilee and went north to the region of Tyre. He didn't want anyone to know which house he was staying in, but he couldn't keep it a secret. Right away a woman who had heard about him came and fell at his feet. Her little girl was possessed by an evil spirit, and she begged him to cast out eh demon from her daughter. Since she was a gentile, born in Syrian Phoneicia, Jesus told her, "first I should feed the children my own family, the jews. It isn't right to take food from the children and throw it to the dogs." She replied,"That's true, Lord, but even the dogs under the table are allowed to eat scraps from the children's plates." "Good answer!" he said. "Now go home for the demon has left your daughter." And when she arrived home, she found her little girl lying quietly in bed, and the demon was gone."

Philippians 4:6-7
"Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Jesus Christ."

Effective Prayer:
Genuine prayer gets God's attention. It comes from the heart. It doesn't matter how long it is. It is not a show.
We should talk to God because he is God. He wants to know you. Plus when you have a relationship with him you can experience God's peace.
"A christian who doesn't pray is like Lois Lang trying to stop Lex Luther without Superman when he has been in the building the whole time."
You confess to God even though He already knows what you did so that He knows that you know what you did wrong.
Give everything to God cause he's already in control. :D

-Skyler