Established - Talking with God

Being with God

Life is about Knowing and walking with God -

Being with God - reading bible and praying

look at 3 principles

Principles of Prayer

Relational not religious

vs 9 - “Our Father” - shocking at the time

relationship is about perfromance

Abba - if earthly father is hard

Principles of Prayer

Be yourself - don’t try to fake it - vs 10-12

We don’t disappoint God - unmet expectations

He knows about it

Romans 5:8 CSB

But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Principles of Prayer

We do not take God by surprise

Be real

1 Peter 5:5 CSB

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. All of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Principles of Prayer

humility = honesty

Share it all - joys and frustrations

Principles of Prayer

Invite Him into everything

We cannot compartmentalize

Prayer needs to become an everyday, all the time, everywhere thing

1 Thessalonians

Don’t walk around with head bowed eyes closed

Posture of your body not as important as the posture of your heart

Pray when driving, with family (not just at meals), etc.

Some “I know all this” - are you doing it

Prayer is our most powerful tool

When the devil sees a man or woman who really believes in prayer, who knows how to pray, and who really does pray, and, above all, when he sees a whole church on its face before God in prayer, he trembles as much as he ever did, for he knows that his day in that church or community is at an end.

R.A. Torrey

The Church that Prays Changes the World