As you may know by now we are in a 40 Day Campaign called 40 Days of Prayer. We are seeing some incredible things take place. In fact, we have had to reorder books twice and that is no easy task. This past Sunday we look at A Beginner's Guide to Prayer. I want to say that the messages I am delivering were delivered by Pastor Rick Warren when they did their campaign at Saddleback Church.
3 facts about prayer. 1.Our Creator Wired Human Beings for Prayer Everybody prays! It is a universal urge. It’s in every culture. Now, who they pray to and what they pray to differs. Buddhists pray, Hindus pray, Muslim prays, Jews pray, Christians pray, secular people pray.God wired us to pray. It is in our DNA. It’s part of what makes us human. Animals don’t pray, Cows don’t pray, birds don’t pray, dogs don’t pray, worms don’t pray. : Ecc.3:11 says,” God has planted eternity in the heart.” This means we have an eternal soul. This mean you are going to last longer than just here and now. This eternal state of ours cries out to an eternal God.
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Doubt is often hostile towards faith, but sometimes it is also a normal part of faith. The some of the greatest people in the Bible had moments of doubt. I remember how Abraham laughed at God when he heard that his wife was going to have a child at 90 years of age. Or how John the Baptist asked Jesus if He was really the Messiah. Remember this: Always take your doubts to Jesus. Talk to Him about questions you have. He can handle it.
" Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see." ( Hebrews 11:1) " I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts."( Jeremiah 31:33)
God's Word belongs in real life. Therefore the biblical instruction to us is to write the commandments on the doorpost of our hearts. Meaning, it should become part of our daily household and normal life. But we must also walk through the door of life if we want to live forever. Christ is the only door giving us entry into eternal life, He is the way, and the life. When we walk through Him to God, then He walks with us on the narrow path leading to life. So I want us to hear from the Word of God today about PRAYER:
Philippians 4:6 says,” Don’t worry about anything ; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank Him for all He has done.” Romans 8:26 says,” The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what to pray for. But the Holy Spirit prays for us with groanings that cannot be expressed in words.” John Bunyan said,” The best prayers have often more groans than words.” So what is PRAYER? It is basically communication with God.
Oswald Chambers said ,”Prayer is the exercise of drawing on the grace of God.” Teresa of Avila said,” Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.” John Knox said,” Prayer is an earnest and familiar talking with God.” Every great movement of God started from prayer. Someone or someones began praying and God responded. Let us pray. |
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