"Heart Building Habits and Praying Like Jesus" will be our discussion tonight. God seems to be helping me to move to a deeper level of praying. Maybe after doing the 10 Commandments of Marriage, I realize how far short I fall and know the remedy is a meaningful time of prayer.
Here is the beginning of our Bible study tonight: God has invited us to come into His presence. He has told us that He is with us and in us, that He is waiting to hear from us, and that He can and will respond to us. What is more, He has told us what kind of habits we must develop in order to make the most of His blessings.
We will use Jesus' prayer found in Matthew 6:5-13 as a basis for our study tonight. When the disciples asked Jesus for instruction on prayer, He began by saying, "When you pray ..." in Matthew 6:5. He simply assumed the disciples would have a regular time for prayer. That's a big assumption to make about Jesus' disciples today. Most of us say we just don't have time for daily prayer. But do we want prayer to become a vital part of our lives?
Here are my closing remarks for tonight after we have our time in the Word: Remember that God's prevailing power is released through prayer. He is interested in you and your needs. He is able to meet any need, and He has invited you to pray. His Son, Jesus, the expert on prayer, has given instructions so that you know just how to pray. We will look at those tonight. For the miracle of prayer to begin operating in our lives, we must finally do only one thing: we must pray. I can talk about prayer but sooner or later, we have to pray. Then, and only then, will we begin to live moment by moment in God's presence.
Then we will take time to pray.
Here is a list of our prayer needs:
Roy Swafford
Thelma Mathews
Bennie Green
Adolfo Galaviz, Jr.
Hope to see you all tonight and at least by Sunday. Blessings to you.
Pastor Larry
Here is the beginning of our Bible study tonight: God has invited us to come into His presence. He has told us that He is with us and in us, that He is waiting to hear from us, and that He can and will respond to us. What is more, He has told us what kind of habits we must develop in order to make the most of His blessings.
We will use Jesus' prayer found in Matthew 6:5-13 as a basis for our study tonight. When the disciples asked Jesus for instruction on prayer, He began by saying, "When you pray ..." in Matthew 6:5. He simply assumed the disciples would have a regular time for prayer. That's a big assumption to make about Jesus' disciples today. Most of us say we just don't have time for daily prayer. But do we want prayer to become a vital part of our lives?
Here are my closing remarks for tonight after we have our time in the Word: Remember that God's prevailing power is released through prayer. He is interested in you and your needs. He is able to meet any need, and He has invited you to pray. His Son, Jesus, the expert on prayer, has given instructions so that you know just how to pray. We will look at those tonight. For the miracle of prayer to begin operating in our lives, we must finally do only one thing: we must pray. I can talk about prayer but sooner or later, we have to pray. Then, and only then, will we begin to live moment by moment in God's presence.
Then we will take time to pray.
Here is a list of our prayer needs:
Roy Swafford
Thelma Mathews
Bennie Green
Adolfo Galaviz, Jr.
Hope to see you all tonight and at least by Sunday. Blessings to you.
Pastor Larry
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