Prayer changes everything. Believers can understand the power of prayer, but still struggle with the discipline of prayer. A strong prayer life is developed over time, by regular use, according to God’s Word, and through need. When God developed this discipline in Moses, He called him into an extended time of being in His presence. God said in Exodus 24:12, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there.” For 40 days and 40 nights, Moses stayed before God. During that time, he learned the value of silence, speaking, listening, waiting and obeying. Each part develops the discipline, and each part shows us how to “Stay at the Mountain.”
January 4, 2026
Paul Gotthardt
(# 1 in series)
Exodus 24:12-13
When we pray, we’ll face mountains of __ and mountains of __.
The three big themes of Exodus are __, covenant and __.
• God REDEEMS His people from bondage (Chapters 1-15).
• God forms His people through __ (Chapters 16-24).
• God brings His people into WORSHIP (Chapters 25-40).
Our primary text (Exodus 24:12-13) is in a section where Moses
was being positioned BY God to hear FROM God.
For Moses to be positioned to hear from God…
• He needed a heart to __.
• He needed to __ where God called.
• He couldn’t be concerned with __.
• He needed to delegate __.
• He needed to be __.
• He needed to be OK with __ and __.
• He couldn’t focus on his own __, his own __, or his own __.
• He had to be OK remaining in God’s __.
When people quit praying, you’ll often hear them say…
• I don’t see the __! It’s an __issue.
• I don’t have the __! It’s a __ issue.
• I don’t like what God __! It’s an __ issue.
• I don’t like what God __! It’s an __issue.
• I can do it __! It’s a __ issue.
• I don’t feel __ with God! It’s a __issue.
• I don’t like __! It’s a __ issue.
• I don’t like to __! It’s a __ issue.
• I don’t like the __! It’s a __ issue.
January 11, 2026
Paul Gotthardt
(# 2 in series)
Mark 11:21-24
Why is faith important to prayer? As we read Scripture, we find a
deep connection between faith and prayer or faith and miracles.
Why is that? Our focus today is to understand God’s desire for
faith and see where doubt is hindering our prayers.
Jesus used the cursing of the fig tree to illustrate 2 types of
condemnation:
He condemns __ without fulfillment.
He condemns profession without __.
What did Jesus teach the disciples about faith and prayer ?
__ your faith on God (v. 21-22).
__ your doubts to God (v. 23-24).
Why do Christians doubt God in prayer?
Distorted __
__ Answers
Deep __
__ from God
Divided __
__ Influence
We cannot doubt God’s __ and expect to walk in God’s __. Doubt speaks to our lack of faith, not God’s lack of __.