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Those are the words of Corrie Ten.

Boom.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire.

As I expressed to you at the very least.

Last week, one thing that I think I feel the Lord has put on my heart for this year for us as a church.

One of the things is for us to intentionally, take time to pray together.

Deliberately intentionally and corporately set aside specific time and which we collectively go before the throne of grace together.

Because the reality is before Jesus calls us to do anything in life.

He first and foremost, Lee calls us to be with him.

Mark chapter 3 verses 13 to 15. Tell us just went up on a Mountainside and called to him those who he wanted and they came to him.

He appointed twelve that they might be with him and that he might send them out to preach and I have authority to drive out demons.

You have to understand the precise order and wording is recorded there before, Jesus sends out the 12 apostles, the 12 disciples to do the important work of preaching of teaching of casting out demons of Healing, The Sick, and so on and so forth.

Very important things to do right now, gospel Ministry before they do that.

The text tells us, they must first be with Jesus.

What is that mean?

It means to listen to him, to talk to him, to converse, with him, to have fellowship with him.

You see this also in play, in Luke chapter 10,

Luke chapter 10, verse 38, familiar passage but it's good to be refreshed in it.

Nonetheless.

As Jesus and his disciples were on their way.

He came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.

She had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said, but Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had been made.

She came to him and asked Lord, don't you care?

That my sister has left me to do the work by myself.

Tell her to help me Martha Martha.

The Lord answered.

You are worried and upset about many things, but a few things are needed, or indeed.

Only one Mary has chosen.

What is better?

And it will not be taken away from her.

Those of you who know who have hosted family members before in your home, or friends relatives strangers, even, you know, that there's a lot of work required to get your house, ready.

I certainly, we can certainly testify to that with the babies cuz it's always our current house is always a train wreck right now and anytime some church people or fate or even just family come over here, like, around to get everything in order and whatnot.

So we we get that there.

There's necessary good work to do.

You need to make the bed, I need to vacuum, you need to sweep.

You need to wipe down the counters.

You need to clean the bathroom, you need to cook food, cut vegetables.

I want to important necessary things to cultivate a good productive home.

but before any of that, do you notice what Jesus emphasizes?

What he puts the focus on.

She had a sister called Mary who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what he said.

What's more important for you?

And I been too busy.

Do stuff is to sit at the feet of Jesus, to listen to him but also to bring our requests to him as Philippines Chapter 4 tells us.

another wonderful passage you may have heard the language about, but it's a great one to memorize as well flipping for Rejoice in the lord, always.

I'll say it again.

Rejoice, let your gentleness be evident to all the Lord is near.

Do not be anxious about anything, but they listen in every situation by prayer and petition with Thanksgiving present your requests to God, You see, I hope you understand what prayer is prayer.

Is responding back to what God his first said in his word.

Prayer is simply continuing the conversation.

The God first started in his word.

We're responding to God, we first.

Listen to God.

Of course, we should always pray with an Open Bible.

We listen to God, but we respond to God.

Dupre's to adoration but also it is good.

And proper to bring your request, your worries, your troubles, your desires to submit It All To God In Prayer.

As that wonderful song goes, take it to the Lord in prayer.

Bring everything to God In Prayer.

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He said, I have a couple of his books.

He wrote a lot about prayer.

If you ever want to borrow them small little thing books, they can easily be, read and digested, but one of the quotes in one of his books said to be little with God is to be little for God.

Just think about that, to me little with God is to be little for God.

And what he's doing is summarizing these truths of the Bible.

God's first and foremost, calling and desire for us is to be with And that's a code even in what Jesus said, regarding the temple at my house shall be called a House of Prayer, a place where people can fellowship and commune with God almighty.

so therefore in light of all those things this morning, What I want us to do with a church is having extended time of prayer.

And Lord willing, we'll do this at least quarterly probably towards the first Sunday of each quarter.

What is the time for us as a church to intentionally and deliberately practice?

The presence of God is what brother Lawrence called?

It practicing the presence of God.

Jesus, invites us to come to him.

Throughout scripture to clear that he wants us to come to him.

Come to me, come to me, bring your request, bring everything to me.

It's as if God's word.

It's as, if Jesus is saying to us, talk to me, just come talk to me.

If you're worried about something, come talk to me about it.

Are you happy?

We're Joy sing about something.

Come talk to me about it.

Are you sad? Talk to me about it?

Are you confused talk to me about it, bring everything to God In Prayer.

With a massive daunting sometimes shaming topic, like prayer.

Because I mean, how many of us are proud of our prayer lives?

Just be honest.

I doubt anybody in this room is so I know I am praying.

Just enough in life.

Thank you very much.

I don't need to pray anymore.

That's none of us, right?

So how do we begin?

How do we tackle, how do we engage in something?

That can be.

So, Conceptual generic and daunting because it's great work.

It's important work.

But how do we begin?

Well, every Sunday it's going to look different.

I have different things in my heart, and mind that I want to lead us through.

We see prayer.

Doesn't necessarily have to mean sitting in complete silence with just trying to you know.