Jul 12, 2020
Carl Helmuth – The Ordinary Church – Prayer
By: Carl Helmuth
Series: The Ordinary Church
The Ordinary Church – Prayer
Acts 2:36-47
1. Why do we not pray?
2. Why pray?
3. How should we pray?
Why pray?
1. Prayer glorifies God as God
- Prayer sets God apart from His creation
2. Prayer orders all things into their proper place
- Prayer humbles us and submits us to His will
- Prayer aligns us with Him and His purpose
- Prayer quiets the soul in peace and rest
3. Because God is sovereign and can change things...
...According to His purpose and promises
- His Kingdom
- One another’s needs
- Our own needs
- Wisdom and understanding
- Perseverance in trials
- Peace, boldness and courage
How do we know what God’s will is?
4. Because we love the One who saved us
- Adoration
- Praise
- Thanksgiving
- Repentance
- Celebrating our adoption as His children
5. Because we love others
- Praying for the needs of others
- Praying for God’s will for others
- Praying for others causes us to love them
- Praying unifies the church
6. Because prayer changes us
- Prayer aligns our will with God’s will
- Praying is a way of “watching” for temptation
- Praying is the practice of learning to trust God
- Praying to become like Christ
- Prayer changes our heart’s desires
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