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Recap

Salvation and Discipleship

Salvation is by Grace and Gift

The Cost of Discipleship

Abide in my word = True Discipleship

Prayer and Discipleship - Todays sermon

Introduction

Prayer is not a discipline that is exclusive Christianity.

Every religion believes in prayer, and each of the religions approach or how they practise of the prayer is different.

God created man for himself and for His glory so until person finds himself in Christ he or she will always search and never will satisfied until he or she finds Gods.

Have you ever wondered why some religion have many gods, I am not talking just about major religions you go to amazon they worship something because there is a God kind of vacuum that is man that can not be fulfilled by anything else other than God himself.

We are quick to judge other religions but never think something within them is longing for Heavenly father are trying to connect with him but since they donot they go on invent themselves that they can worship as God.

Muslims - Pray five times a day.

Lot of muslims are very proud of showing they mark on they theirs knees and on their forehead, they are very proud of of their prayer life.

Hindus - there are men and women who have given up everything and committed to prayer, I heard of man who never lie down but stood as his commitment to his God and prayer.

There are many who have given up everything to pursue God.

Buddhist - My experience of attending a Buddhist monastery

It’s estimated there are 4200 religions in the world.

Who prayer are acceptable to God?

Romans

What you do see in this verse?

What is important?

Is it the discipline of Prayer?

Is it the length of Prayer?

Is it where you pray?

What does the scripture say?

Who’s prayer is acceptable to God according to the verse?

Prayer of the righteous man is acceptable to God.

So it was not the act of prayer itself that made it acceptable to God or effective.

It was the person behind the prayer.

Lets God to

According to this verse what did God accept first?

Scripture says God accepted Abel and his offering and He rejected Cain and His offering, its was not the offering that was the key it was the person who was behind the offering.

Who is righteous?

Romans

there was only

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1 John 1:

James 1

Hebrew tells us to boldly come to the throne of grace.

Why? because Jesus Christ Qualifies us.

PRAYER - Please remember always your end results

To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.

Martin Luther

1 thessalonians 5:17

Romans 3

“The difference between Christianity and every other faith in the world is that all other religions are about man trying to reach up to God.  Christianity is about God reaching down to man.”

Prayer in Christianity is communion , its dialogue and not a monolog

William Carey wrote this : Secret, Fervent,Believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness,.

To pray is to change.

Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us

Martin Luther declares, ‘I have so much business I cannot get without spending three hours daily in prayer.

Secret of prayer is prayer itself.

Not long ago I did a series on steps of Prayer.

so won’t take too much time today.

Today we have AGM so would like to wrap and will continue next week.

God willing next week we’ll discuss more about the discipline of Prayers, several misconceptions about prayers that defeat the work of prayers.