How to Hear from God 4 - Prayer

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God speaks to your HEART

God Answers those Who Love Him

Jeremiah 33:3 NLT

3 Ask me and I will tell you remarkable secrets you do not know about things to come.

Hearing God Requires Relationship

Matthew 6:6 NLT

6 But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.

· Hearing is for changing, not getting

· Jesus Himself Heard God Through PRAYER

· Pray more = hear more

Hearing God Through Prayer Beings DISCRETION

· Jesus prays then chooses 12 Disciples

Luke 6:12–13 NLT

12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night. 13 At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles. Here are their names:

· Jesus did nothing without having already prayed

· Success starts with prayer!

· Time alone with Jesus

· Jesus prioritized his time alone with God.

· Prayer and action go hand in hand.

Jesus Made Prayer a Priority

Hearing God Through Prayer Beings FAITH

· Jesus fed the 5,000, prays, then walks on water

Matthew 14:23 NLT

23 After sending them home, he went up into the hills by himself to pray. Night fell while he was there alone.

Hearing God Through Prayer Brings DIRECTION

· Jesus travels and teaches in other towns

Mark 1:35–38 NLT

35 Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray. 36 Later Simon and the others went out to find him. 37 When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.” 38 But Jesus replied, “We must go on to other towns as well, and I will preach to them, too. That is why I came.”

Hearing God Through Prayer Brings DETERMINATION

Matthew 26:36

Matthew 26:36 NLT

36 Then Jesus went with them to the olive grove called Gethsemane, and he said, “Sit here while I go over there to pray.”

God “rewards” by speaking to you

Hebrews 11:6

Hebrews 11:6 NLT

6 And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.