Sermon Tone Analysis

*GETTING CLOSER TO GOD*

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*/James 4:8  /*/Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.

Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded./

*I.

BY PRAYING TO HIM*

*/Mark 11:24/*/  Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them./

*A.

Prayer must be accompanied with desire and faith*

1.

The promise is "Ye shall have them"

*B.

There are prayers of praise, petition and fellowship*

1.

We get closer to God when we use all three of them

*/Luke 18:1/*/  And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;/

 

*II.

BY PROVING HIS PROMISES*

*/2 Peter 1:4 /*/Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust./

*A.

The promises of God are dependable*

1.

Not one has ever failed

*B.

There are promises in God's Word for every need*

1.

We get closer to God when we use them

2.   Our faith grows stronger

3.   Faith pleases God

*/1 Kings 8:56/*/  Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant./

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*III.

BY PRAISING HIM*

*/Psalms 113:3/*/  From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the Lord's name is to be praised./

*A.

Praise is an effective way to get closer to God*

1.   Someone said "We praised our way through the difficulty"

2.   Another said "When you can't pray your way through, praise your way through"

*B.

Praises pleases God*

1.

One cannot complain, find fault, or be discouraged, and truly praise God at the same time

\\ */Psalms 34:1/*/  A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.

I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth./

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*IV.

BY PRACTICING HIS PRESENCE*

*/John 14:18/*/  I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you./

*A.

Many Christians often forget, ignore and disregard God's presence*

*B.

They should strive, instead, to be aware of God's presence with them continually*

1.

He is there, regardless of the circumstances

*/Hebrews 13:5/*/  Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee./

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*V.

BY PARTICIPATING IN HIS WORK*

*/John 15:16/*/  Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you./

*A.

To participate means to share, join in, have a hand in, cooperate, et involved*

1.

This is what Christians should do where God's work is concerned

*B.

When we participate in God's work, we share His friendship*

*/John 15:14/*/  Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you./