Aligning Prayer with God's Glory: A Transformative Approach
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"Kimberly has one problem already solved which many people stumble over and the problem is expressed in the in the question yeah, how do I pray for things that would benefit me and glorify God at the same time and many people stumble over that tension as though it were a tension like for me for God which is it but but Kimberly knows there doesn't have to be attention because she says we get the help he gets the glory so she's got that one wonderfully biblically figured out which is exactly what Psalm 50:15 says call on me in the day of trouble I will deliver you and you will glorify me we get the Deliverance he gets the glory." [00:66:36]
"Never forget that God does everything for his own Nam sake that is for His glory he does everything for his glory he delivers us for his name's sake Psalm 799 he blots out our transgressions for his own sake Isaiah 43:25 he leads us in Paths of righteousness for his name's sake Psalm 233 he does not forsake his people for his great name's sake 1st Samuel 12:22 he saves us for his name's sake Psalm 1068 it helps to see our prayers as fitting in to this overarching Global historical purpose of God in everything that he does he does all that he does for his name's sake that is to display and communicate his Beauty his worth his greatness his glory." [00:80:40]
"This unwavering commitment of God to uphold the glory of his name is at the heart of what is his righteousness we see that in psalm 14311 for your name's sake oh Lord preserve my life we pray like that for your name's sake preserve my life in your righteousness bring me out of trouble so God's acting for his name's sake and his acting in righteousness are parallel they explain each other they interpret each other and when you think about it this makes really good sense what is the ultimately right thing for God to do when God has no book to consult outside himself about what's right and wrong he only has himself to consult he's just there's just God there's nothing else before he creates anything he is the measure of all that is right." [00:96:12]
"The right thing to do I would argue is for God to always act in accord with the infinite worth of his own name his own being I think that's the essence of his righteousness it's right for him to always act in accord with the infinite worth of his name and I think that helps us in our praying because we always want God to do the right thing in answer to our prayer do the right thing which will mean act for the sake of your name that's the ultimately right thing for God to do." [00:108:52]
"Keep in mind what it means to pray in jesus' name I used to say to my my kids when they were growing up and they'd end a prayer with a throwaway sound in Jesus name I said let's just pause here that's not a throwaway phrase it may be that one of the reasons we stumble over seeking God's glory in our prayers is that we forget what we're saying when we pray in jesus' name Amen in John 14:13 Jesus taught us to pray in his name to pray in Jesus name means that it is his death in our place that makes it possible for God's Wrath to be removed and God's grace to pour down all over us in answer to our prayers." [00:122:40]
"Jesus name refers to the basis or the foundation of every single gracious answer to prayer in jesus' name means because Jesus died for me and purchased the grace of every answered prayer no cross no answered prayer but in Jesus name also means The Giver gets the glory if he paid for for every answered prayer he gets the glory for every answered prayer so let the meaning of in jesus' name have its full effect as you speak it end every prayer with the thought you Jesus are my only hope for any gracious answer to this prayer and when it comes I will be glad for you to get the glory." [00:141:36]
"Keep in mind that there is a reason that the first Petition of the Lord's Prayer is Hallowed Be Your Name hallowed means Sanctified that is set apart as sacred holy precious valuable infinitely worthy of all our admiration and desire and praise it would not be far off to translate it glorify be your name admired be your name praised be your name treasured be your name which means that every time you pray the Lord's Prayer you are asking first and foremost that the Lord would cause his name to be glorified you don't have to add that later as though you need to stick on an artificial be sure you get Glory from my prayer Lord you began with with it Jesus begins with it Lord my heart's desire number one desire is that your name be glorified in every answer to my prayer." [00:160:40]
"Let the first Petition of the Lord's Prayer remind you that the first concern of every prayer is that God be glorified and then finally number five whether you say it out loud or not let every request that you make in pray prayer be like Paul's desire in Philippians 1:20 where he said it is my eager hope and and thus you could say it is my prayer that Christ be magnified or glorified in my body whether by life or by death in other words even if you don't say it out loud let your whole mindset in prayer be this Lord I pray that you would deliver me from my enemies and let me live another day that I might serve you but whether I live or die the main passion of my heart with the Apostle Paul is that you would be magnified in my life whether I live or whether I die." [00:180:52]
"My prayer is that these five observations from scripture will help us all to build into the mindset of our prayer a constant desire a primary hope that God be glorified however he answers our prayer that's a wonderful orienting perspective over all of our praying thank you Pastor John and this episode takes me back to 2016 when we release an episode that a lot of people found helpful over the years titled seven simple tips to refresh your prayer life it's apj episode 820 you can find it at askp john.com type in the episode number there 820 for more on prayer from Pastor John's Great episode in the archive the archive is a treasure Trove of edifying content and practical helps uh which is one reason why I wrote that new apj book just to illustrate what I mean when I say that the archive is loaded make use of it thanks for joining us today I'm your host Tony ranky we will see you on Monday." [00:207:20]
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"Never forget that God does everything for his own Nam sake that is for His glory he does everything for his glory he delivers us for his name's sake Psalm 799 he blots out our transgressions for his own sake Isaiah 43:25 he leads us in Paths of righteousness for his name's sake Psalm 233 he does not forsake his people for his great name's sake 1st Samuel 12:22 he saves us for his name's sake Psalm 1068 it helps to see our prayers as fitting in to this overarching Global historical purpose of God in everything that he does he does all that he does for his name's sake that is to display and communicate his Beauty his worth his greatness his glory." [00:80:40]
"This unwavering commitment of God to uphold the glory of his name is at the heart of what is his righteousness we see that in psalm 14311 for your name's sake oh Lord preserve my life we pray like that for your name's sake preserve my life in your righteousness bring me out of trouble so God's acting for his name's sake and his acting in righteousness are parallel they explain each other they interpret each other and when you think about it this makes really good sense what is the ultimately right thing for God to do when God has no book to consult outside himself about what's right and wrong he only has himself to consult he's just there's just God there's nothing else before he creates anything he is the measure of all that is right." [00:96:12]
"The right thing to do I would argue is for God to always act in accord with the infinite worth of his own name his own being I think that's the essence of his righteousness it's right for him to always act in accord with the infinite worth of his name and I think that helps us in our praying because we always want God to do the right thing in answer to our prayer do the right thing which will mean act for the sake of your name that's the ultimately right thing for God to do." [00:108:52]
"Keep in mind what it means to pray in jesus' name I used to say to my my kids when they were growing up and they'd end a prayer with a throwaway sound in Jesus name I said let's just pause here that's not a throwaway phrase it may be that one of the reasons we stumble over seeking God's glory in our prayers is that we forget what we're saying when we pray in jesus' name Amen in John 14:13 Jesus taught us to pray in his name to pray in Jesus name means that it is his death in our place that makes it possible for God's Wrath to be removed and God's grace to pour down all over us in answer to our prayers." [00:122:40]
"Jesus name refers to the basis or the foundation of every single gracious answer to prayer in jesus' name means because Jesus died for me and purchased the grace of every answered prayer no cross no answered prayer but in Jesus name also means The Giver gets the glory if he paid for for every answered prayer he gets the glory for every answered prayer so let the meaning of in jesus' name have its full effect as you speak it end every prayer with the thought you Jesus are my only hope for any gracious answer to this prayer and when it comes I will be glad for you to get the glory." [00:141:36]
"Keep in mind that there is a reason that the first Petition of the Lord's Prayer is Hallowed Be Your Name hallowed means Sanctified that is set apart as sacred holy precious valuable infinitely worthy of all our admiration and desire and praise it would not be far off to translate it glorify be your name admired be your name praised be your name treasured be your name which means that every time you pray the Lord's Prayer you are asking first and foremost that the Lord would cause his name to be glorified you don't have to add that later as though you need to stick on an artificial be sure you get Glory from my prayer Lord you began with with it Jesus begins with it Lord my heart's desire number one desire is that your name be glorified in every answer to my prayer." [00:160:40]
"Let the first Petition of the Lord's Prayer remind you that the first concern of every prayer is that God be glorified and then finally number five whether you say it out loud or not let every request that you make in pray prayer be like Paul's desire in Philippians 1:20 where he said it is my eager hope and and thus you could say it is my prayer that Christ be magnified or glorified in my body whether by life or by death in other words even if you don't say it out loud let your whole mindset in prayer be this Lord I pray that you would deliver me from my enemies and let me live another day that I might serve you but whether I live or die the main passion of my heart with the Apostle Paul is that you would be magnified in my life whether I live or whether I die." [00:180:52]
"My prayer is that these five observations from scripture will help us all to build into the mindset of our prayer a constant desire a primary hope that God be glorified however he answers our prayer that's a wonderful orienting perspective over all of our praying thank you Pastor John and this episode takes me back to 2016 when we release an episode that a lot of people found helpful over the years titled seven simple tips to refresh your prayer life it's apj episode 820 you can find it at askp john.com type in the episode number there 820 for more on prayer from Pastor John's Great episode in the archive the archive is a treasure Trove of edifying content and practical helps uh which is one reason why I wrote that new apj book just to illustrate what I mean when I say that the archive is loaded make use of it thanks for joining us today I'm your host Tony ranky we will see you on Monday." [00:207:20]
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