How To Pray
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WE EXIST TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW JESUS AND FIND PURPOSE
PRAYER — FUNNY KIDS VIDEO
"The reality is, my prayers don't change God. But, I am convinced prayer changes me. Praying boldly boots me out of that stale place of religious habit into authentic connection with God Himself." - Lysa TerKeurst
PRAYER IS A CHANCE FOR ME TO ALIGN MY HEART WITH GOD’S HEART — “SO THAT” PRAYERS
Jesus actually showed us how to pray — we all want to pray prayers that work don’t we?
2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray: “Father, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come soon.
5 STATEMENTS JESUS TEACHES US ON HOW TO EFFECTIVELY PRAY — FIRST TWO HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US — ALL ABOUT GOD
START WITH GOD BEFORE YOU GET TO YOU
FATHER MAY YOUR NAME BE KEPT HOLY — HOLLOWED BE THY NAME — I WANT TO SEE YOU AS SET APART AND AMAZING — YOUR NAME MEANS SOMETHING TO ME
MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME — The Kingdom of God is what God has done for us through Jesus — I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOU AND THEN ASK THAT YOUR WILL BE DONE IN MY LIFE
PARENTS WHAT IF YOUR KIDS ALWAYS ASKED YOU FOR THINGS BUT NEVER DID ANYTHING YOU ASKED THEM TO DO? — If your kids do what you ask don’t you want to honor that?
FIND SOMETHING TO PRAISE GOD FOR AND SURRENDER TO HIS WILL
Even if life is awful right now, you have something you can praise him for.
CORY TEN BOOM STORY
Concentration camp — hitler — parents killed — sister starved — Cory asked sister “How can God be good?” — Sister ended up dying — sometimes things don’t turn out well — are we willing to be faithful
ARE WE WILLING TO BE FAITHFUL TO GOD EVEN WHEN WE DON’T GET THE ANSWER WE WANTED???
BILLY GRAHAM PARKINSONS — Last 10 years
3 Give us each day the food we need,
HAS THERE EVER BEEN A DAY WHERE YOU’RE NOT HUNGRY — “STOP WHEN YOU’RE FULL”
ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEED
JOSH MCDOWELL MORE THAN A CARPENTER STORY
He set out to prove that Jesus wasn’t real — became christian — mom passed away before Josh became Christian — At seminary in CA “God will my mom be in heaven?” — Drove to ocean to pray about it — walks on Pier — Old lady asks where hes from — UNION CITY MICHIGAN — Battle Creek — “DO you know anyone last name mcdowel — “I KNEW YOUR MOTHER — 2nd cousins
WHAT IS IT THAT YOU NEED? ASK GOD.
Luke 11:4 (NLT)
4 and forgive us our sins, as we forgive those who sin against us...”
JESUS JUST ASSUMES THAT IF YOU’RE ASKING FORGIVENESS THAT YOU ARE GIVING IT OUT AS WELL
GOD FORGAVE YOU AND ME WHEN WE DIDN’T DESERVE IT — If you are waiting for the person who offended you to ask fro forgiveness it may never come — When they deserve forgiveness may never come
YOU DON’T FORGIVE BECAUSE THEY DESERVE IT YOU FORGIVE BECAUSE YOU DESERVE IT — FORGIVENESS DOESN’T MEAN TRUST AGAIN
JESUS ACTUALLY SAID THAT YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR YOUR ENEMIES — PRAY FOR THE PERSON WHO BETRAYED YOU — YOU BEGIN TO SEE THEM HOW GOD SEE’S THEM
RECEIVE AND GIVE FORGIVENESS
Luke 11:4 (NLT)
“...And don’t let us yield to temptation.”
THE BEST WAY TO OVERCOME TEMPTATION IS TO AVOID IT — WRONG PLACE = WRONG THING — DAVID / BATHSHEBA — WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME
HAVE THE COURAGE TO BE A COWARD — THE REASON I’LL NEVER BE BEAT UP BY CONNOR MCGREGOR IS BECAUSE I’LL NEVER GET IN THE RING...
ALL OF US HAVE KRYPTONITE — BE MAN ENOUGH TO ADMIT WHAT YOURS IS
ASK FOR GOD’S HELP TO AVOID TEMPTATION
HELEN ROSEVEARE STORY
PEOPLE DROP OFF THEIR BABIES — GIRL DIES WHILE GIVING BIRTH — NEED A BOTTLE — LITTLE GIRL IN ORPHANAGE SAYS “PRAY THEY WILL BRING ONE TODAY BECAUSE WE NEED IT TODAY & A BABY DOLL” — CHURCH IN ENGLAND HAD SENT A SHIPMENT TO THE ORPHANAGE MONTHS EARLIER IT ARRIVES THAT DAY — EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED — WATER BOTTLE AND BABY DOLL — BEFORE YOU EVEN PRAY GOD’S KNOW AND HAS SENT IT AHEAD OF YOU — HE HEARS YOU
GOD KNOWS — HE HEARS YOU — AND HE IS HERE FOR YOU
