Scripture Text: Matthew 6:9-15

Memory Verse: “In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.” Matthew 6:9

Lesson Aim: To provide the first part of a set of guidelines to help the believer develop a consistent and effective prayer life.

Key Points
-	A consistent daily prayer life is essential if we are to be victorious in our Christian walk.
-	God’s character, His glory and relationship with us are revealed in His Name.
-	By taking the time to bring our tongues into agreement with the Word of God, we can set the course of 

Scripture Text: James 5:13-18

Memory Verse: Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. James 5:16

Lesson Aim: To emphasize the importance and power of prayer.

Key Points
-	Prayer is fundamentally important to the Christian.
-	Prayer is designed to work for us.
-	If we think wrong, we will believe wrong and pray wrong.

Prayer may be defined as addressing God with adoration, confession, supplication, petition or thanksgiving. The subject of prayer is not new because it is fundamentally important

Scripture Text: James 3:1-12

Memory Verse: “For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.” Matthew 12:37

Lesson Aim: To examine the power of our words and the impact they have on our lives.

Key Points
-	Words are among the most powerful things in the universe.
-	Death and life are in the power of the tongue.
-	Through Christ we have the ability to control our tongue and speak words of life and not death.
-	Speak your future and change the course of your life by speaking the Word of 

Scripture Text: John 15:1-7; Psalm 1:1-3; Hebrews 3:1-4

Memory Verse: “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.” Joshua 1:8

Lesson Aim: To lay the Scriptural basis and application for meditation and declaration of the Word of God.

Key Points
-	Memorization, medita-tion, confession and profession are important elements for the growth and development of God’s people.
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Scripture Text: John 1:1-17

Memory Verse: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. John 1:1

Lesson Aim: To highlight and emphasize the paramount importance of the Word of God in the life of the believer.

Key Points
-	The Holy Bible is an unmatched source of wisdom.
-	The Logos is trustwor-thy and sure.
-	God’s Word is a. lamp and a light.

God’s Word, the Holy Bible, contains information that cannot be obtained from any other book. It is an incomparable source of wisdom. The serious student of God’s

Scripture Text: Romans 10:8-18
Memory Verse: Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 18:21
Lesson Aim: To understand the importance and power of words.

Key Points
-	Words are creative forces. 
-	They are containers which carry the thoughts and intents of the heart.
-	Words affect every part of our lives.
-	It is through the Word that we are able to use the power of our words.

Words are powerful! Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary defines a word as a speech sound or series of speech

Scripture Text: Romans 8:1-14

Memory Verse: For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Romans 8:6

Lesson Aim: To highlight significant points of the past 12 lessons.

Key Points
-	Our thinking is critical to how we cope with and utilize change. 
-	Satan’s initial attack takes place in the battlefield of the mind. 
-	The mind of Christ is characterized by: love, humility, servitude and obedience. 
-	Studying, saying and obeying the written Word of God are essential to renewing the mind. 
-	Knowing God’s will for your life is critical 

Scripture Text: 2 Kings 4:15-37

Memory Verse: Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. Philippians 4:8

Lesson Aim: To show believers the benefits of cultivating a positive mental attitude.

Key Points
-	God has the ultimate positive mental attitude. 
-	When Adam sinned, man’s relationship with God and his nature moved from being positive to negative. 
-	Our thought patterns and attitudes, emotions and habits, desires 

Scripture Text: Genesis 11:1-9

Memory Verse: And the Lord said, “Indeed the people are one and they all have one language, and this is what they begin to do; now nothing that they propose to do will be withheld from them.” Genesis 11:6

Lesson Aim: To validate the power of the mind to imagine and visualize and to encourage members of the Body of Christ to utilize this tool in the context of God’s will.

Key Points
-	The imagination is where our creativity begins. 
-	We all carry within us a picture of ourselves that we believe in. 
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Scripture Text: Ephesians 4:11-15

Memory Verse: Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law. Proverbs 29:18

Lesson Aim: To show the need for members of the Body of Christ to have meaning and purpose in their lives and the impact of goals and focus on their lives.

Key Points
-	Your purpose is God’s mission or destiny for you. 
-	Knowing God’s will for your life is critical to having purpose and meaning in your life. 
-	Goals are the short-term activities that help us achieve our purposes. 
-	Understanding