Unit 6: Lecture 10 - Cultivating Public Prayer

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Pastoral Theology: The Man of God - Albert N. Martin

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From 1978 to 1998, pastor Albert Martin taught a course at the Trinity Ministerial Academy on how to be an effective pastor. Every Friday, students would gather for two hours of instruction on this vital topic. Pastor Martin himself has been pastoring for over 50 years and brings a wealth of experience to bear on all the issues which relate to the pastor and his work. Fortunately, the last time pastor Martin delivered these lectures, they were recorded in video/audio format for the benefit of the church worldwide. These are the lectures which comprise the essence of this course.

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Unit 6: Lecture 10 - Cultivating Public Prayer | Albert N. Martin

Pastoral Theology: The Man of God - Albert N. Martin

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Unit 6: Lecture 10 - Cultivating Public Prayer | Albert N. Martin

Guidelines for cultivating the gift of public prayer
Explanation of Terminology

Cultivating the measure of gift given

A man called to give primary leadership in the public gathering of people of God will have some measure of a divinely imparted gift of utterance in prayer.1 Tim. 2:8
1 Cor. 14:26b 2 Tim. 1:6
1 Tim 4:14
Phil. 2:12-13

General introduction to cultivating the gift of public prayer

a. The importance of cultivating the gift of public prayerRev. H. Humphrey, “Public Prayer” in The Pulpit Cyclopaedia and Christian Minister’s Companion, (New York: S. Appleton & Company, 1851), pp. 491-493.
Robert L. Dabney, Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), p. 347.

b. The necessity for conscious effort in the cultivation of our abilities in public prayer

Robert L. Dabney, Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), pp. 346-347.
Samuel Miller, Thoughts on Public Prayer, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1849), pp. 16-19.
Samuel Miller, Thoughts on Public Prayer, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1849), p. 25.
Luke 11:1-4c. The intimate relationship which exists between the state of our hearts and our public prayersMt. 12:34
Charles H. Spurgeon, “Our Public Prayer” in Lectures to My Students, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2008), p. 57.
Ebenezer Porter, Lectures on Homiletics and Preaching and on Pulpit Prayer Together with Sermons and Letters, (Andover: Flagg, Gould & Newman, 1834), p. 301, 303.
Robert L. Dabney, Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), p. 347.
Remember 1 Timothy 4:15-16.

General guidelines for cultivating the gift of public prayer.

a. Guidelines with respect to the fundamental intention of our public prayers1) We must seek to be the mouthpiece of the entire congregation in the diversified needs and desires of its approach to God.Charles H. Spurgeon, “Our Public Prayer” in Lectures to My Students, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2008), p. 64.
Robert L. Dabney, Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), p. 353.
William Blaikie, For the Work of the Ministry, (Birmingham, AL: Solid Ground Christian Books, 2005), p. 174.

2) We must avoid these major faults:

b) Consciously teaching in your prayers

c) Attempts to impress people in your prayers

a) Preaching or exhorting in your prayersWilliam Blaikie, For the Work of the Ministry, (Birmingham, AL: Solid Ground Christian Books, 2005), pp. 173-174.Ebenezer Porter, Lectures on Homiletics and Preaching and on Pulpit Prayer Together with Sermons and Letters, (Andover: Flagg, Gould & Newman, 1834), p. 307.
Robert L. Dabney, Lectures on Sacred Rhetoric, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 1979), pp. 355-356.Charles H. Spurgeon, “Our Public Prayer” in Lectures to My Students, (Edinburgh: Banner of Truth Trust, 2008), p. 58.
Samuel Miller, Thoughts on Public Prayer, (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1849), pp. 36-37.