A. PRAYER SKILLS

1. Prayer of praise and adulation ²⁰²
2. Prayer of petition ²⁰³
3. Prayer of intercession ²⁰⁴
4. Prayer of tongues²⁰⁵
5. Prayer of faith, in healing and expulsion of demons²⁰⁶

B. MARRIAGE AND FAMILY SKILLS

1. Intimacy²⁰⁷
2. Communication²⁰⁸
3. Child-rearing²⁰⁹
4. Financial planning²¹⁰
5. Life management²¹¹

C. GENERAL MINISTRY SKILLS

1. Communication skills - the ability to speak 
    a. the ability to witness - sharing your experience with others²¹²
    b. the ability to counsel - sharing God's Word with others²¹³
    c. the ability to teach - sharing God's Word with others²¹⁴

2. Community skills - the ability to relate 
    a. ministry to the Lord in...
         1) worship²¹⁵
         2) fellowship²¹⁶
         3) obedient service of all kinds²¹⁷
         4) giving²¹⁸
         5) personal Bible study²¹⁹

    b. ministry to the Body 
         1) giving and receiving forgiveness²²⁰
         2) laying on hands²²¹
         3) exercise of gifts²²²
         4) fellowship - sharing and relating to one another²²³
         5) healing the sick - spiritually, socially, emotionally, bodily, demonic²²⁴

    c. ministry to the world 
         1) care for the poor
         2) care of the lost
         3) care of the sick and broken-hearted

Footnotes  

202  Psalm 34:1: I will extol the LORD at all times; his praise will always be on my lips.

203  Philippians 4:6: Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

204  Romans 8:26-27: 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.
 1Timothy 2:1: I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone--

205 1 Corinthians 14:14-15: For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my mind.

206 James 5:15: And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven.
 Mark 1:25: "Be quiet!" said Jesus sternly. "Come out of him!"

207 Song of Solomon 7:10-12: I belong to my lover, and his desire is for me. Come, my lover, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages. Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, if their blossoms have opened, and if the pomegranates are in bloom--there I will give you my love.

208 Song of Solomon 7:6-9: How beautiful you are and how pleasing, O love, with your delights! Your stature is like that of the palm, and your breasts like clusters of fruit. I said, "I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit." May your breasts be like the clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples, and your mouth like the best wine. May the wine go straight to my lover, flowing gently over lips and teeth.

209 Ephesians 6:4: Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

210 Proverbs 13:11: Dishonest money dwindles away, but he who gathers money little by little makes it grow.

211 Ephesians 4:22-24: You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
 Proverbs 15:22: Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

212 Matthew 28:18-20: Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

213 Ephesians 4:15: Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into him who is the Head, that is, Christ.

214 2 Timothy 2:24-26: And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.

215 John 4:24: God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth."

216 John 15:4: Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.

217 Mark 10:45: For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

218 John 4:34: "My food," said Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.

219 2 Timothy 2:15: Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.

220 Matthew 6:14 For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
 Matthew 18:21-35: Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, "Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother when he sins against me? Up to seven times?" Jesus answered, "I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. "Therefore, the Kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt. "The servant fell on his knees before him. 'Be patient with me,' he begged, 'and I will pay back everything.' The servant's master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go. "But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him. 'Pay back what you owe me!' he demanded. "His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will pay you back.' "But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt. When the other servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed and went and told their master everything that had happened. "Then the master called the servant in. 'You wicked servant,' he said, 'I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?' In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.  "This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart."

221 1 Timothy 4:14: Do not neglect your gift, which was given you through a prophetic message when the body of elders laid their hands on you.

222 1 Corinthians 14:26: What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. All of these must be done for the strengthening of the church.

223 Hebrews 3:12-14: See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.

224 James 5:13-16: Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.