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What is "Praying for Real?" It is being proactive in prayer regarding God's Kingdom and purpose. Basically it is warfare prayer. It is when a Christian moves from just praying for their own well-fair to praying for the Kingdom of God to advance. This kind of prayer is for every follower of Christ.

God gave His people the formula for returning a nation to Him and the returning of His blessing. It is found in 2 Chron 7:14.

Lessons learned from Ahaz and Hezekiah about trusting and obeying.

Christmas is about God with us. Isaiah the prophet called the coming Messiah (Jesus) Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace. Jesus is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He can still be Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father and Prince of Peace.

A gift that is never opened can never be fully enjoyed. In fact, no one benefits from an unopened gift. Likewise, some of the gifts of God must be unwrapped and applied to our lives in order for us to benefit from them.

A newborn baby brings hope and excitement to a family. The baby changes the family dynamic. The Birth of Jesus still brings hope and excitement. Having Jesus in your life changes you. God crated mankind with a purpose. Jesus helps us discover and live out that divine purpose.

There were over 300 prophecies that came true concerning the Birth of Jesus as the Savior and Messiah. Jesus is in the Royal bloodline of Abraham and King David. He is also in the Divine Bloodline of God. When a person accepts Jesus they accept and are adopted into this bloodline. This brings new life to all who accept Jesus as Lord and Savior.

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Jesus warns believers to watch out for false prophets. He calls them wolves in sheep's clothing. He said you can recognize them by their fruits. Here are some ways to recognize false teaching and prophets.

Throughout life we need to learn how to prevail and resist in prayer. Jesus says that if we ask, seek and knock that God will hear and respond. Learn how to become a prevailing, praying Christian.

Everyone can become judgmental and critical. Jesus tells us that we are not to judge. He also says that if we persist to judge, we will be judged with the same measure.

Worry is negative focused thinking. We spend a lot of time worrying about things that never come to pass. Jesus tells us to not worry and how to overcome worry in Matthew 6.

We are self-consumed from birth. It is good to have self-care. How ever being self-absorbed can be detrimental. When we are self-absorbed we can cause more stress and worries than needed. Jesus gives a simple statement in Matt 6:33 that can solve that problem. God promises to take care of all our needs if we seek Him first.

Jesus is the image of the Invisible God. God became flesh as Jesus. Through His humanity, Jesus reveals God to mankind.

"The eyes are the window tot he soul." We all know that what we can see can form or shape our thinking and faith. Jesus said if a person has good spiritual vision they can have a good life. IF a person's spiritual vision gets clouded or darkened it will negatively affect their life.

Without a heart a person cannot live. If a person's heart gets unhealthy, it affects the quality of life. In the same way the heart of the soul determines what kind of life we will live. The heart is often associated with as the seat of our emotions, thoughts and soul. God tells us to guard our heart because it determines the course of our life (Prov 4:23).

We all fear getting infected with a deadly virus. But we all want to have an Infectious attitude. The Bible makes clear the difference between an Infected (negative) faith and an Infectious (positive) faith. Like it or not, you have one or the other. Learn how to identity and cultivate the right one.

Jesus understand stress, burdens and even persecution. Jesus gives a way to come out from these things to get rest and strength to carry on.

God makes a way for His followers to overcome temptation and to not be overcome by evil. It is simply by asking for God to help with our temptations and to ask God to deliver us from the evil one. This prayer model can help you win over temptation and over evil.

We need daily food and forgiveness to thrive in life. Without these we will eventually die. God loves us so much that He provides both for the asking.

The Lord's Prayer helps believers confront "me-ism" which has been around since the beginning of time. "Your Kingdom come, your will be done" reminds us that there is a Heavenly Kingdom which is greater than the kingdom of self or mankind. This teaching will expand your prayer life.

Jesus teaches His followers how to pray with a prayer model that has come to be known as the Lord's prayer. It really should be called the Disciple's Prayer because Jesus was giving His disciples a pattern of prayer to use to make their prayers real.

Jesus confronted hypocrisy in the Sermon on the Mount. He told His followers to do good from the goodness in their heart not to show how righteous they were. We see hypocrisy in every aspect of life. Jesus calls us to be real not religious.

God has formed every person. He has a great divine purpose for each person. This purpose is more fulfilling than we can imagine or dream about. All we need to do is connect to God and submit to this great plan.

Forgiving and praying for your enemy is the hardest thing in the world to do. To do so proves your spiritual maturity. Jesus commands to forgive and pray for our enemies. Learn how to be free and mature in real love.