Teach us to Pray

Bibles to Matthew chapter 14

Matthew Chapter 14 verse 23 and then we're going to read Luke chapter 11 verse number one.

Do you have your Bibles open to those? If you don't you can follow along up on the screen after you dismiss them he went up on the mountain side by himself to pray later that night. He was there alone call. Mrs. Jesus. It went off to the Mountainside by himself to pray and this was regularly do he would get away to pray and then I want you to look at Luke chapter 11 verse.

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place when he finished one of his disciples said to him Lord teach us to pray just as John talk his decide it's clear to me.

As he was in his Earthly Ministry, he saw the need of prayer for him and there was these moments where he would slip away and it was as if he was saying I can't go on any further without prayer and the disciples saw that there was something you would type of mystery in the prayer life of Jesus that they wanted to know how to teach them. How to pray and following the example they saw that we can't go on without prayer and that's what I want to talk to you about for a few moments. Is this simple truth God has brought incredible gross to our church from the tunnel Now button in 2019 and going for it away from what God continue on me about prayer in this ministry at Life Church must be founded. Upon for air systems and methods can be a good thing. I think they can be a really good thing. But without prayer they have no value.

It's not that we have to believe that God is clearly speaking the we got to be fervent passionate more so than we have ever been but we pray. And make that a priority in our lives most Christians struggle to pray for more than 5 minutes. And we can text and talk on the phone in 5 minutes is usually our limit when it comes to. Will you go and pray for an hour? That would seem like too much and I just got to be bold this morning and tell you that he's a problem. That's a problem. We can't go on any further unless we make prayer as serious as serious part of our life. We can talk to everyone else about our problems and then we all have issues. But why is it that we fail to have conversation with the ultimate one something about our

I'm convinced that God is about to do something off in here. At the church, but not without prayer. It will not happen. If we don't begin to truly passionately pray in the book of Nehemiah, we see that Nehemiah was it was broken. It was in shambles and he was burning in the Nehemiah chapter one. We see what he did with the burden is he went to God and he prayed he prayed and that be can an Incredible God damn rebuilding the city the walls of people all came together. But this does not happen. pray, God does the impossible when we will pray I want to give you some reasons today why I can't some reason today while we can't go on with without prayer.

Why the times will say you know pray for me and that's very important. We encourage you always to put your request and supporting that we pray for one another and it's a huge part of being within the body.

We can go celebrate. That's more than we have ever seen in a year's time. But also more people doing are you satisfied with that or do you want to go on?

Do you want to keep going? We can't go on to do without friends. We cannot go forward without prayer we can go on without all are busy. We can go home and we can go all we can't off.

some reasons why we can't go on without One prayer relieves anxiety stress worry depression it empties our heart of it scares. That's what happens when

many times will share our worry with others and then I'll share stories with us. And like I said that can be very helpful.

But ultimately, you don't want to share it with ultimate conversation with god and go to him because that will relieve your heart of the worries distressing naughty sometimes the depression that you go through all the cares of this life that can be to your heart God will relieve you of that toxicity in your home It says the pure in heart. Jesus said will see God and that works your tongue comes from the work. Which is similar to purifying the body of toxins when you get back. Okay, and I would dare say that some of us are spiritually constipated. And we need purified in our heart. We got some toxicity about everything your own damn and I'm out and I was paid to you it's time that you go to prayer go to have the ultimate conversation with him.

Relieve you of the toxic cares of this life that can overwhelm you and cause anxiety Hannah in first Samuel.

Hannah had been given a promise. She was going to you know, I have a child in this child was going to be

Because of all the stress and all the worries she was carrying around she did not receive the promise for her. Did you know that stress and worry and anxiety can keep you from the promises that God has for you? Did you know carrying all that around all the time? Promises that God wants to fulfill in your life and it says that Hannah went into the sanctuary one day. She went into the sanctuary and she she begin to call out the door and pray. In fact, the priest came in and saw that she was drunk. Have you ever been hurting so bad that you opened your mouth and nothing came out and you try to scream but it was like nothing could come out. That's where Hannah was. And she was coming out before the release release some of those burdens and God begin to relieve her of the tears in the worries that she was carrying around. And after this God fulfill the promise of this child that she would bear this this man named same. Would you greatly and she would dedicate him as a child to the Lord and you can read 1st and 2nd Samuel.

But that doesn't happen without prayer. prayer relieves our hearts of the worries of this week

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2nd Chronicles 7 gives us a great promise. God will hear us from Heaven. He'll forgive our sin and he'll healer Lane how many of you believe that the land is sick how many believe the land needs to be healed? Can we all agree on that? The land needs to be healed. How many want to see Revival you want to see that how many of you would like to see Miracles just begin? It is pouring and God do what we never even imagined. He says he'll do you want to see God you're tired of just just religion. You want some more of God.

Weld only happens this. We humble ourselves and pray. Pastor Tucker came a few weeks ago we were on the edge. And we were on the edge of this. We all just now we're a minute. We want to see it. It will happen. It'll happen if we humble ourselves and pray and say happy I can't do it. But God can do I can't fix my problem, but God.

As a pastor here are two problems, but I promise you.

God can do we will humble ourselves and pray. And seek his face see we're looking for answers of the problem that the answer is right. What's the Ultimate Warrior?

As an undershepherd here, I will pray for you and I will continue to do so, but if I can for a moment on this Sunday morning point you in the direction of the one that I go to when I need help because you can go to him too. And he's the chief Shepherd and his name is above every name. He's the one that's in the center of it. All you can go to him yourself. If you didn't say amen, I can me. praise God pre-rigged knowledge is not dependent upon God. This is not optimism that I'm talking about. It's not positive thinking yourself help. That's not what I'm speaking of what I'm talking about frozen person of persons the King of Kings and the Lord of lords is going to the one who stays All My Hope Is in him nothing less Jesus blood and

To God in prayer, and I can't I can't go on without you.

Prayer acknowledges her dependence on God. Is there anybody here at this moment in your life that you need some direction? Is anybody here you like to have some directions to Bible says his skinny. It says trust in the Lord and all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path. God will give you directions if you

God will direct your path if you'll trust in him and his knowledge him in all your ways and you would pray always without ceasing. Men, can I talk to the men here today? Would you look just up here for a moment? Are you pray? Men, are you praying?

See clearly in the Bible the role of a husband.

Okay, we all want to be the King, right? Oh, that's me. And here we are a man that.

the man but are you being the priest? See the priest goes into the prayer closet and shut the door brace for his wife by name and intercedes for her and calls out her name Before the Throne of God and intercede for her as a priest of his throne of God hymn praise that's being the priest of the home with me and that I wife found that spraying. When was last summer kids found us pray? Men, are you pray? Because I want you to know we can't go on we can meet then we must pray. Ladies, are you pray? Ladies, are you overwhelmed in the words of what it means to be a wife and a mother taking care of your kids. Are you worried about the things that your kids are going through? My question is are you praying for them? And furthermore? Are you teaching me how to pray? Are you more concerned about the outside Behavior or about what's happening on the inside of your children? Ladies, are you crazy? Do you pray for your husband?

Ladies, do you tell everybody else about your husband and his issues? Are you talk to God? About your husband and your whole prayer.

getting quiet prayer gives me direction I cannot go on pastoring this church without prayer. I cannot be the husband.

It's time that we go to the wonderful counselor the council. in trust in the Lord

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he'll give us direction if we pray. Jesus said to pray like this pray your will be done speaking to the father that will be done on Earth as it is in heaven said pray this way. How many do you want the wheel of your life? How many do you need and want the will of God to be done in your kids to be in your marriage? How many do you want the will of God as it is in heaven be done in your home? See prayers that life line that connects us straight into heaven. I pray sometimes for couples and some of you that are here and I'll let their home. I believe that this will really begin to pray if me and I'll pray for their wives and wives will pray for your husband if you'll come together and join hands and pray together, I believe.

I believe it it will happen. You say you don't know what's going on just play. Yoda God do you believe that God will you go to him and pray? When we pray God gives us direction that prayer is not manipulation where we tell God what to do. When he doesn't do it if we spend so much money. Got real quiet.

Prayer is not manipulation, but prayers going to God. I want your will to be done in my life as it is in heaven in my family's life. It's as it is in heaven.

Show me to you.

Is anybody do that? It's a two-way conversation. Sometimes we stop right when you want to tell us something. We get done with what we're going to stay and then we stopped to get real direct to get real Direction.

We got here from his words are a lamp unto our feet in a man. If you're really going to lead your families in a dark world. Don't you think that you need to like a guy how many if you would lead your family through a dark room, that's full of land mines in scraps that you killed without life. Would you would you dare do that, but that's what we're doing me and when we're not playing. Play and we all of us is me and want to be Towers. None of us is me and shrink back with the way that we be courageous me and if we get down on her knees and afraid it would talk about the dog. And God gives us the direction.

Then we desperately need. How many of you men would agree with me?

Me and let me ask you again. Just a man. Tell me if you're like me and say God I need your direction. Me and would you say Amen?

We can't go on without prayer.

I know that I can. Prayer also brings intimacy with God. It's not it's not just about entertaining where we come in in the music if it's just right it entertained so we can just write we have a consumer good or bad.

But it's about having an intimate relationship with God. What would happen if air? Sorry about what people thought they were in the presence of God or serious about coming in to the presence of God.

what would happen if every serviceman we just

Stop my mind so I can just turn in your presence and experience you this morning. and when it came time at the end for the offer anybody saw Me and you were willing to get up and stay up. I'm going to go pray and I'm going to seek the face of God for my family because I want to have that intimate relationship with the lady that's going to be done at home with it. Seems like never ends. right with the lady say Amen to that right would you come up and not think about and just praying and say no more than that. I can't go on.

without prayer will Jesus he's giving him he's giving us away. The presence of God for too long. I think we've been home since to come up the mountain into the presence of God. Yes, all the children of Israel to come up and they said No Moses you go into the presence of God, and then you come back and tell us what God says. I think it's time we go up the mail. I think it's time we go up into the presence of God.

sometimes we Moses and because of the lack of communication in a relationship resulted in a lack of intimacy with y'all. We try to get close to someone and that's good because Jesus made a way. You believe that I know that it was the blood that was shed for me. They lay me in the presence of God. This morning's not because of my duties my work anything I've ever heard, but by the blood of Jesus I can go this morning before the throne room of God. and so can you God is no respecter of persons you believe this morning that you can come right into the throne room of Heaven by the blood of Jesus. If you believe that say amen, I say this we can't go on. without prayer

without prayer and lastly prayer changes me. Prayer changes me. I just want to say it's not enough for you. It's not enough for you for me to pray for you. Like I said, that's important.

You going to the presence of God you go up the mountain Before the Throne of God by the blood of Jesus you go. I need something. I can change one of the biggest concerns that we have actually understand that time in prayer changes us to be it's not about changing his mind about changing him. He's he's already perfect and you believe that you're not a man, so we're not far from it when you agree. But when we go to God In Prayer. And he wants us to be. He's still working on me to make me want to be anybody agree with that. Praise God prayer changes me out of the way when we go to him in prayer.

He changes us into who he wants.

Is there anyone here today? That say I can't go on without prayer? Is there anybody here that would say that? Alright, let me start with the men. Is there a man here today? I know you're asking raise your hand. I mascis panda. Is there a man here today? That would stand up right where you are and say I can't go on without you and I need God to help tell me I have a funny Spirit Hallelujah. Is there anyone else me and if you just stand up for your stand up where you are. How many pray I want to go to the one who has all the answers. I want to pray for my family. I can't go on without prayer as a husband in today.

Now what I want to ask you to do is just step out from where you are. Begin to pray and just call.

Listen, you don't you don't have to have the most eloquent eloquent words. Just have a conversation with y'all. Begin to relieve your heart of the cares of this life.

Hallelujah Ask God to give you Direction.

acknowledge that you need him and you can't do it, but you know that he can relationship

God change me into who you want me to be. Hallelujah Hallelujah glory to God Just call out to God. Help us his men to help us is me.