Prayer For Our Families, Church, And Community
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Intro
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Today is a special service for prayer
I’m asking the church to spend extra time in prayer this month.
And while staying with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, he said, “you heard from me; for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
What are you here to do? Be a witness of Jesus Christ.
In prayer we bow our will to God’s will, acknowledge His might and sovereignty, and go to accomplish His work.
James 5:16-18 “The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth. Then he prayed again, and heaven gave rain, and the earth bore its fruit.”
Prayer
Prayer
God told us to pray
“When you pray…”
God invites us into His throne room of grace to receive mercy and help in the time of need
Jesus is our mediator
God empowers us to pray
The Holy Spirit leads
The Holy Spirit prays for us
God works with us and through us in prayer
Prayer is a means of God’s work
We partner with God as He works in this world
Jesus told us to pray in His name
Pray as Jesus would pray
This aligns our will with God
Not what I want, what God wants
Pattern for prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Pattern for prayer, The Lord’s Prayer
Praise and adoration
Petition
Forgiveness of sins, ours and others
Let us Pray
Let us Pray
Our church
Youth Director
Children’s Director
To be a light of God’s love and truth in our community
The GMC
Our community
Our schools
Our families
Jobs
Other churches
Our families
Relationships
Lost loved ones
Sickness