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January 21, 2007
*/The Life You’ve Always Wanted/*
*Part 3: A Life With God: the practice of prayer*
/Introduction: /Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
*1.
Does prayer work?*
A.
God ______________________________________________________.
Genesis 18:16-33, Matthew 21:22, Luke 11:5-13, Revelation 8
B.
Prayer _____________________________________________________.
C.
Prayer _____________________________________________________.
*2.
Learning to pray.*
A.
We’re all __________________________________________________.
Romans 8:26; Luke 11:1
B.
Pray ______________________________________________________.
Luke 11:1-4, Matthew 6:5-15, 7:7-11, 14:30, Luke 18:35-43, Philippians 4:6-7
C.
Pray ______________________________________________________.
1 Thessalonians 5:17; Romans 12:12, Colossians 4:2, Luke 11:5-10, 18:1-8
D.
Pray ______________________________________________________.
Matthew 5:44, John 17, Acts 12:5, Romans 15:30-31, Ephesians 6:18-20, Colossians 4:3-4, 1 Thessalonians 5:25, 2 Thessalonians 1:11, 3:1, 1 Timothy 2:1, Hebrews 13:8, James 5:16
January 21, 2007
*/The Life You’ve Always Wanted/*
*Part 3: A Life With God: the practice of prayer*
*/Opening:/*
*ILL**:* A little guy named Ryan was 5.
He offered the following prayer: "Dear Jesus, sorry for the mess we made in the yard today."
After a slight pause, he added, "Thank you for the fun we had doing it."
I love kids’ prayers, don’t you?
I love them because they are so simple and honest.
That’s the kind of prayer we’re going to learn about today.
Simple prayer.
Honest prayer.
All-through-the-day walk and talk with God prayer.
*/Offering and announcements:/*
· Life Groups
· Baptisms
· Nicaragua
*2 Corinthians 8:7 *But just as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in complete earnestness and in your love for us—see that you also excel in this grace of giving.
God wants you to excel in the grace of giving.
Our example for giving is Jesus Himself.
*2 Corinthians 8:9 *For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.
Anybody here “tight” with money?
That’s short for “tight-fisted”; it means we don’t part with our money easily.
When you’re asked to give, do you ever tighten up inside?
Sometimes I can feel myself tighten up.
But when I think of Jesus, I relax.
I become open-handed, not tight-fisted.
He is our example of the grace of giving.
Jesus became poor to make me rich; He gave everything for me…for you.
I want you to excel in the grace of giving—to do that, think of Jesus who gave everything for you, and give back.
*/Introduction:/*/ /Prayer is talking with God about what we are doing together.
Since I’m talking about prayer, we’re going to move our prayer time to after the talk.
So let’s dive in.
Here’s a great prayer someone sent me:
Dear Lord, So far today, I'm doing alright.
I have not gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or self-indulgent.
I have not whined, complained, cursed, or eaten any chocolate.
I have charged nothing
\\ on my credit card.
But I will be getting out of bed in a minute, and then I'll really need your help!
That’s a good start-the-day prayer.
Today I want to talk with you about all-through-the-day prayer, about living and talking with God all day long.
It’s easier than you think.
And isn’t a life with God /The Life You’ve Always Wanted?/
This series, /The Life You’ve Always Wanted/, is about life transformation through spiritual disciplines.
We change not by trying harder, but by training, by using some time-tested practices that help us connect with God.
We’ve talked about the practice of slowing to have an unhurried life, and the practice of Scripture to have an equipped life.
Today, the practice of prayer to have a life with God.
*1.
Does prayer work?*
Before we talk about /how/ to pray, let’s address the /why/ question.
Why pray?
Won’t God do what He wants to do whether I pray or not?
Does prayer really work?
Does it change anything?
The Bible says “Yes!”
Here are three reasons why you should pray.
*A.
God answers prayer.*
In the Bible, God commands us to pray, and promises that He will answer.
God answers prayer.
I think this is a mystery: Almighty God responds to our prayers and He acts.
How can this be?
How can puny human beings say anything that would move Almighty God to action?
I don’t know; it’s a mystery.
But the Bible is clear that when we pray, God works.
When we pray, God answers.
Now the other part of the mystery is that God doesn’t’ answer every prayer the way I want, and I can’t tell which prayer He’ll answer and which He won’t!
Honestly, I’m baffled sometimes.
I’ve prayed some perfectly good prayers that God didn’t answer—by that I mean He didn’t do what I asked.
And I had no clue why.
Why wouldn’t God answer my prayer to heal a sick friend?
Or why wouldn’t He answer my prayer to save a marriage?
Why wouldn’t He answer my prayer to win the lottery?
All perfectly good prayers!
(Ok, maybe not the last one…)
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