Embracing God's Will: Transformation Through Prayer
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1. "When you pray for God's will, the root produces the fruit. Now let me be clear, when I talk about the root producing the fruit, it's the root of the gospel produces the fruit of transformation, of growth in our lives. Paul begins this letter, he's building rapport with people. That he's never met or never known. And what we see is later on, we see that Epaphras was the one that actually brought the gospel to the Colossian church. Before Paul even talks about God's will for the Colossian church, he has to remind them of their story." [49:56] (37 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
2. "The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ, not good advice. In Colossians 2, if you read, there was a problem in the Colossian church. There was false teachers. There was influences from culture that were saying, you need these special, revelations. You need these human traditions. You need all of these extra things. It's the gospel plus Jesus. And I'm here to tell you today, if you have the gospel plus Jesus, you have nothing because the gospel can stand on its own. And what Paul is saying here, the root of the gospel produces the fruit in you. Whatever the future holds, whatever you're going through, whatever you're facing, you have to remember the gospel." [51:24] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "When you pray for God's will, your pursuits change. Reading this section about God's will, we want knowledge. So number one, we want information. So we want this information. We can Google anything. We can find anything. We can go to libraries. Information is out there right now. But we also want knowledge of God's will. We want to know the future. We want to know, who should I marry? What should I do? We have all of these questions. But when we talk about the knowledge of God's will, what Paul is really saying is the knowledge and wisdom to become more like Jesus. It's the knowledge and the wisdom to know how to live your Monday through Saturday. It's the knowledge and wisdom to live an everyday life, to live where you are." [59:01] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "When you pray for God's will, the vision of Jesus begins to become bigger and bigger. And the vision of your anxiety comes into smaller and smaller. I think what Paul is trying to say is he's trying to say, hey, before I talk about God's will, don't forget where he came from. Don't forget the gospel. You don't need anything more than So what are you basing your life on? Where's your life rooted? Where's the deeper magic of your life?" [55:40] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "When you pray for God's will, you embrace the story of hope. How many of you are feeling hopeless this morning? How many of you, when you look at the future, you're more worried, you're more concerned? You're saying, Pete, I don't have any questions about God's will. The future doesn't look good. I love what Paul does in Colossians 1.5 back in this prayer. So Paul gives this triad. He says, faith, hope, and love. But what's unique about the Colossian church is this. Paul says, your faith and love rooted in hope. Rooted in hope." [01:04:59] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "When we pray for God's will, I think Jesus becomes bigger and our problems become smaller. I think Jesus becomes bigger and our anxiety lowers. God wants you to experience his will more than you would ever think or imagine. And so when you pray, I think what God wants you to do is help you to see him." [01:14:13] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Our hope is not in an election. Our hope is not in CNN. Our hope is not in Fox News. Our hope is not in getting the job that we want. Our hope is not getting that promotion. Our hope is not more money in the bank account. Our hope is not having the bigger house. Though none of these things are bad, what we're finding is this, what Paul is saying, your radical hope, your hope is in the one that qualified you. Your hope is in the one that redeemed you. Your hope is in the one that loved you. Your hope is in the one that died on a cross and rose again." [01:11:11] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "When you embrace the story of hope, you begin to see people and your situations and your job and even what you do with your time and your schedule and your money, you see it differently because you believe this, is that God can take things that seem insignificant, like reading to your child, like putting your child to bed or mowing the lawn. God can take these small, insignificant things that are part of his will and make eternal differences. And not because you earned it or white-knuckled it, but because you've embraced the story of hope." [01:14:13] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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2. "The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ, not good advice. In Colossians 2, if you read, there was a problem in the Colossian church. There was false teachers. There was influences from culture that were saying, you need these special, revelations. You need these human traditions. You need all of these extra things. It's the gospel plus Jesus. And I'm here to tell you today, if you have the gospel plus Jesus, you have nothing because the gospel can stand on its own. And what Paul is saying here, the root of the gospel produces the fruit in you. Whatever the future holds, whatever you're going through, whatever you're facing, you have to remember the gospel." [51:24] (41 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
3. "When you pray for God's will, your pursuits change. Reading this section about God's will, we want knowledge. So number one, we want information. So we want this information. We can Google anything. We can find anything. We can go to libraries. Information is out there right now. But we also want knowledge of God's will. We want to know the future. We want to know, who should I marry? What should I do? We have all of these questions. But when we talk about the knowledge of God's will, what Paul is really saying is the knowledge and wisdom to become more like Jesus. It's the knowledge and the wisdom to know how to live your Monday through Saturday. It's the knowledge and wisdom to live an everyday life, to live where you are." [59:01] (55 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
4. "When you pray for God's will, the vision of Jesus begins to become bigger and bigger. And the vision of your anxiety comes into smaller and smaller. I think what Paul is trying to say is he's trying to say, hey, before I talk about God's will, don't forget where he came from. Don't forget the gospel. You don't need anything more than So what are you basing your life on? Where's your life rooted? Where's the deeper magic of your life?" [55:40] (38 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
5. "When you pray for God's will, you embrace the story of hope. How many of you are feeling hopeless this morning? How many of you, when you look at the future, you're more worried, you're more concerned? You're saying, Pete, I don't have any questions about God's will. The future doesn't look good. I love what Paul does in Colossians 1.5 back in this prayer. So Paul gives this triad. He says, faith, hope, and love. But what's unique about the Colossian church is this. Paul says, your faith and love rooted in hope. Rooted in hope." [01:04:59] (49 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
6. "When we pray for God's will, I think Jesus becomes bigger and our problems become smaller. I think Jesus becomes bigger and our anxiety lowers. God wants you to experience his will more than you would ever think or imagine. And so when you pray, I think what God wants you to do is help you to see him." [01:14:13] (23 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
7. "Our hope is not in an election. Our hope is not in CNN. Our hope is not in Fox News. Our hope is not in getting the job that we want. Our hope is not getting that promotion. Our hope is not more money in the bank account. Our hope is not having the bigger house. Though none of these things are bad, what we're finding is this, what Paul is saying, your radical hope, your hope is in the one that qualified you. Your hope is in the one that redeemed you. Your hope is in the one that loved you. Your hope is in the one that died on a cross and rose again." [01:11:11] (39 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
8. "When you embrace the story of hope, you begin to see people and your situations and your job and even what you do with your time and your schedule and your money, you see it differently because you believe this, is that God can take things that seem insignificant, like reading to your child, like putting your child to bed or mowing the lawn. God can take these small, insignificant things that are part of his will and make eternal differences. And not because you earned it or white-knuckled it, but because you've embraced the story of hope." [01:14:13] (33 seconds) (Download raw clip | Download cropped clip)
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