Aftershock - Called to Pray
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INTRO:
Camp Sign up!
SBgames final week!
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group challenges
Red team in the lead
Recap: Last week
The sign of Jonah - Jonah a foreshadowing of Christ
This week - called by God, called to Pray
Jonah’s Prayer
Jonah’s Prayer
1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,
2 saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
3 For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
4 Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’
5 The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head
6 at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.
7 When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love.
9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!”
10 And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
What is Prayer???
Tim Hawkins Prayer video
Prayer definition - A solemn request for help or expression of thanks addressed to God
Our communication to God
our enjoyment of fellowship with the Lord
His delight in His people coming to Him
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, But the prayer of the upright is His delight.
How Should We Pray?
How Should We Pray?
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5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
9 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
Matthew 6:5-
Steps to Prayer
Reverence for God
Submission to His will
Gratitude
Confession
Asking for God’s Provision
So I know how to pray, but does it work? Does it go any higher than the ceiling?
For the Believer yes
14 if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Matthew 7:7
7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Wait a minute I have tried that, God didn’t give me what I wanted so does prayer not work?
Remember - God is not a genie to grant you wishes
Look back at Jonah’s prayer
He is a loving Father who gives good gifts to His children
11 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
Matthew 7:
what you consider good and what God consider good can be two very different thing
2 You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.
3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Even Jesus was told no
Jesus prayed 3 times
39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”
Matthew 26
Notice the end of Jesus’ prayer
Not as I will, but AS....YOU....WILL
submission to the Father
Called to Pray
Called to Pray
Pray and its variations - over 375 mentions in Scripture
The people of God are people of prayer
Why?
Because we realize we are in desperate need of Him
So how should my prayer life look?
Follow the format of the Lords prayer -
Let your prayers be between you and God
Matthew 6
5 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
7 “And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard for their many words.
8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
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3. Pray without ceasing
17 pray without ceasing,
2 Thessalonians 5:17
2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Colossians 4:
2 Thessalonians 5:17
2 Thessalonians 5:17