NJ - Trusting God in Our Prayer Life.
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Trusting God in Our Prayer Life.
Trusting God in Our Prayer Life.
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As we continue with our theme: Make Common What is Uncommon - Prayer, our focus will be on: Trusting God in our prayer life.
Lets Open in Prayer:
Father we honour and thank You, we thank You for Your Son Jesus and through Him we can have a personal relationship with You. We pray for Your wisdom and understanding as we study Your Word and we pray, that we will walk in all that You have called us to. In Jesus Name Amen.
Trusting God in our prayer life brings a sense of security
Trusting God in our prayer life requires faith - We have all been given a mustard seed of faith.
Trusting God in our prayer life is vital for any good relationship
Trusting God in our prayer life is linked to our confidence in Him
Trusting God in our prayer life
Point 1
Put our trust in GOD
At times we are tempted to trust on our own abilities, our own resources, But we need to trust in God.
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.
We need to trust God in all that we do
He is unchanging
He is our strong tower
He is our anchor
He is our rock
He is our sure foundation
Don’t build your house on the sandy land, Don’t build it to near the shore.
5 But I have trusted in Your mercy; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation.
7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Daniel - trusted in God
Trusting God in our prayer life
Point 2
Take a risk
There are oppositions to our prayer life, but we need to take a risk and push though in faith. Daniel was a man that knew this beyond anything else.
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be over the whole kingdom;
2 and over these, three governors, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give account to them, so that the king would suffer no loss.
3 Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.
4 So the governors and satraps sought to find some charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find no charge or fault, because he was faithful; nor was there any error or fault found in him.
5 Then these men said, “We shall not find any charge against this Daniel unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.”
6 So these governors and satraps thronged before the king, and said thus to him: “King Darius, live forever!
7 All the governors of the kingdom, the administrators and satraps, the counselors and advisors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm decree, that whoever petitions any god or man for thirty days, except you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.
8 Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing, so that it cannot be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.”
9 Therefore King Darius signed the written decree.
10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.
8 It is better to trust in the Lord Than to put confidence in man.
Daniel knew he needed to keep his confidence in God and was willing to take a risk, knowing God would come through for him.
We need to have confidence in God
Trusting God in our prayer life
Point 3
Renews our strength
Daniel and his friends modeled unyeilding faithfulness even under the threat of torture and death. Because they trusted God, they were strong in faith
31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
In all of our circumstances if we trust in God we are strengthened. As we wait on the Lord through our prayer life our faith is increased.
Conclusion
As we conclude this part of our service, we have learnt the importance of:
Trusting God in our prayer life brings a sense of security
Trusting God in our prayer life requires faith - We have all been given a mustard seed of faith.
Trusting God in our prayer life is vital for any good relationship
Trusting God in our prayer life is linked to our confidence in Him
Point 1
Put our trust in GOD
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding;
6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Point 2
Take a risk
There are oporsitions to our prayer life, but we need to take a risk and push though in faith.
Renews our strength
31 But those who wait on the Lord Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint.
Close in Prayer