When You Pray
When you pray Part 5
In this message, Mark puts the wraps on our series concerning prayer. In prayer, we deal directly with God and only in a secondary sense other people. It is not our prayer that moves people, but the God to whom we pray. If a scheming Jacob was given “power with God and with men,” then surely anyone who follows God’s prayer principles can enjoy the same power (Genesis 32:28). And it’s in that power with God that we find the…
When You Pray Part 4 – His Preeminence
In the disciple’s prayer, Jesus was teaching us that we surrender our concern in things that don’t remain so that we might devote our remaining days to things that do. When you affirm that “this is your Father’s World” you are giving the Father Preeminence in the details of your life and by faith you answer the questions about who owns your kingdom and who is your king? When we pray recognizing His Preeminence, we’re making our prayers in the light of…
When You Pray Part 3 – (Don’t) Go Your Own Way
When Jesus taught us to pray, He gave us a comprehensive blueprint to follow. Last week’s message we, examined the first three requests in our blueprint that deal with God’s glory. Focusing our prayers on His person, plan, and purpose. In this message, our requests have to do with us receiving, forgiving and being lead. It’s the personal importance of approaching God as an individual — above and beyond corporate gatherings of worship. Private prayer, intimate thanksgiving, and nonpublic praise…
When You Pray Part 2 – Engaging With The Father
Augustine has been quoted as saying, “He that loveth little prayeth little, and he that loveth much prayeth much;”. When you decide that you’re going to cultivate your prayer life, you will find your greatest thrill is the qualitative difference made in your relationship with God. However it comes, God’s prevailing power is released in the lives of people who pray. Prayer is the key to unlocking God’s consistent and prevailing power in your life.To engage with the Father, you’ve got to…
When You Pray Part 1
We’ve been conditioned to look for every possible natural or physical explanation first, and if that doesn’t work we say, “There is nothing left to do but pray.” Jesus said we should “seek first His kingdom and His righteousness” (Matthew 6:33). Since prayer oftens feels like an unnatural activity we’ll be looking at the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples. From birth, we learn the rules of self-reliance as we strain and struggle toward independence, and frankly, prayer flies in…