5. Prayerful dependence

Key Learning Points
1. We need prayerful dependence in every aspect if our lives.

2. God Loves it when we pray to Him. We need to pray with our hearts, and be clear about what we want to pray for before we start praying.

Prayers are about communicating to God. To thank Him for all that he has done, to acknowledge Him as our Father in heaven, to ask Him for guidance and for the things we need.

Illustration: Like how you get to know your friend better, by talking to him often and you start to know what he likes and what he don't like. Thus, Talking to Jesus is like this. Before we know what God's will is for us, we need to talk to him often to start knowing his will for our lives.

1) God loves it when we pray to him. Just like how we communicate to our parents and friends, praying is communication to God

2) When we pray, we should pray with our hearts. (with honesty)

3) When we communicate to God, we should be clear of what we are saying, and what we want to say. Don't babble non-stop.

As Christians, we need to consistently pray to God. As part of YM, we also need to pray to God to ask for unity and guidance. In every aspect of our lives, we need prayeful dependence.

Jesus Modelled prayerful dependecne as well that empowered his Ministry.
1) Luke 5:15-16: During his busy times of Ministry, Jesus often slipped away to lonely places to pray

2) Mark 1:35: Jesus faced many dmenads on his time and energy, yet he still took time to leave and pray at a solitary place.

3) Luke 6:12-13: Jesus took time alone in prayer before making major decisions.

"Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. "Mark 11:34

"For in this hope we were saved. But hope that is seen is no hope at all. Who hopes for what he already has? But if we hope for what we do not yet have, we wait for it patiently.
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God's will." €Romans 8:24-27