Sermon Tone Analysis

*Keys—What Doors Are You Opening and Closing?*

A Lifestyle of Prayer: Part 4                                          February 22, 2009

Revelation 1:18, 3:7                                                     Pastor Jeff Bassette

 

 

I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!

And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

(Rev.

1:18)

‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

“ (Rev.

3:7)

 

 

Our God Is…

The One Who _______________________.          (Rev 1:18, 3:7)

The One Who shuts and opens, binds and looses.

(Matt.

12:22-29)

The One Who ______________, talks about us.

(Rom 8:26-27, 34)

 

 

Prayer Is…

Being _____________ the conversation within the Trinity.

(Ep 2:18)

Being _______________ that can open and shut.

(Matt.

16:19)

 

 

5 Prayer Keys

 

* ________--  A burdened heart.

(Is.

40:11, Rm. 5:5, 2 Cor 11:28-29)

* ________--  A broken heart.

(Ps 34:18, 51:17, 1 Peter 5:5-7)

* ________--  A bold heart.

(Js 5:15, 1 Jn 5:14-15, Hb 11:1, Rm 10:17)

* ________--  A shared heart.

(James 4:7-8, Eph 6:11, Matt 16:19)

* ________--  A thankful heart.

(2 Cor 10:4-5, Phil 4:4-8)

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\\ *Keys—What Doors Are You Opening and Closing?         (POWER POINT SLIDES GUIDANCE)*

Use graphic of keys as background for slides on which to place the text, if possible.

Text Slide:  I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!

And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

(Rev.

1:18)

Text Slide:  ‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

“ (Rev.

3:7)

 

Slides for each bullet below:

 

*Our God Is*…

The One Who _holds the keys, to life~/death_.

(Rev 1:18, 3:7)

Text slide:  Rev 1:18 and 3:7 from above

The One Who shuts and opens, binds and looses.

(Matt.

12:22-29)

Text slide:  Matt 12:22-29, may not use it

The One Who _prays for us_, talks about us.

(Rom 8:15-16, 34)

Text slides:  Romans 8:15-16,   then 8:34,  -- could be on same slide but need be separated from each other with spaces so it’s clear they’re different verses, one referring to the Spirit’s intercession, the other to the Son’s intercession

 

 

*Prayer Is…*

Being _invited into_ the conversation within the Trinity.

(Ep 2:18)

Being _given the keys__ that can open and shut.

(Matt.

16:19)

 

Text slide:  Matt 16:19

 

 

*5 Prayer Keys*

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*Do text slides for each passage, lots of work, sorry.

I may not use them all, but I’d like them ready.

Some of them I’ve already typed up below, you can use those and cut~/paste.*

* _Love _--  A burdened heart.

(Is.

40:11, Rm. 5:5, 2 Cor 11:28-29)

* _Surrender_--  A broken heart.

(Ps 34:18, 51:17, 1 Peter 5:5-7)

* _Faith__--  A bold heart.

(Js 5:15, 1 Jn 5:14-15, Hb 11:1, Rm 10:17)

* _Binding~/Loosing--  A shared heart.

(James 4:7-8, Eph 6:11, Matt 16:19)

* _Praise__--  A thankful heart.

(2 Cor 10:4-5, Phil 4:4-8)

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*Keys—What Doors Are You Opening and Closing?*

A Lifestyle of Prayer: Part 4,    February 22, 2009,    Rom.

8:15-16, 34,    Pastor Jeff Bassette

 

*INTRO:*   What you believe about God determines how you pray.

True for every person.

Tell me a person’s view of God, and I’ll tell you how they approach that God in prayer.

Perhaps the most important thing in your prayer life is your doctrine of God.

How a Christian approaches prayer depends on who they see God to be.

So let’s look at this.

Unveiling of Revelatn, where see true ID of JC revealed, veil sort of pulled back, he’s seen as…

 

/“I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever!

And I hold the keys of death and Hades.”

(Rev.

1:18)/

/‘The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

“ (Rev.

3:7)/

 

*Our God Is…*

The One Who _holds the keys  (to death and Hades)_.

(Rev 1:18, 3:7)

The One Who shuts and opens, binds and looses.

(Matt.

12:22-29)

 

·        though he died he’s now alive foreverà means he defeated death, he’s alive to be known

·        holds keys to death~/grave (Hades-place of dead, where go after death)àmeans authority over death and in afterlife,

·        who opens and no one shuts, who shuts and no one opensà means unique, powerful, can do what we can not, what no one else can, can unlock things~/~/open doors no one else can

·        SUMM:  b~/c he’s alive forever he can be known in prayer, b~/c he’s got authority over death itself and can open doors that no one can shut we can have confidence to ask him in prayer for things impossible to us

 

The One Who _prays for us , talks about us.

(look at Rom 8:26-27, 34)

/26 //In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groans that words cannot express.

27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints in accordance with God’s will.