Embracing Prayer: A Journey of Intimacy and Dependence
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"Dear gracious heavenly father, we come to you this morning as our God and father. We thank you for the salvation and the life that you provided for us. We thank you for your word. We thank you for this place where we can come together and sing songs together to lift you up and lift you up to the next level. That as we sing the songs, we're reminded of the truths of your word that we are transformed and that we will then live forth those truths and magnify your name in the world around us. So Lord, we pray you'd be glorified and honored as we sing this morning and may you work in our hearts. And it's in Jesus' name we pray, amen. Let's stand together as we sing." [00:00:41] (40 seconds)
"Dear gracious Heavenly Fathers, we come to you. We are thankful for the way you have worked and are working in the lives of those around us. We recognize that you have orchestrated the different derfers to go to Japan, both in Japan and in Japan. We are thankful for the training that they have experienced, their ministry they've already had in Japan, and for the funds necessary to go. We pray, Lord, that their travels would go smoothly, that they would arrive on the field safely. And then as they begin to the transition and adjustments for the kids as well, we pray that they would be able to get into the different programs of training and education." [00:11:09] (41 seconds)
"Now, Jesus was praying in a certain place. And when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples. And he said to them, when you pray, say, Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins. For we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation." [00:29:43] (33 seconds)
"Each part of this prayer is going to teach us something about who our Heavenly Father is. First of all, that the one to whom we pray is, in fact, our Father. Now, this would be culturally shocking for the disciples. In fact, if you go through the prayers of the Old Testament, while God was referred to as a father of the nation and the father of the universe and the creation, to refer to God as a personal heavenly father was very rare." [00:35:33] (28 seconds)
"God does not exist to fulfill our every wish. Now, we wouldn't even think that would be a good relationship between a child and father, and between our earthly fathers, would we? If the only time our children came to us was if they wanted something from us, that would not be honoring. It would leave something lacking. Neither does God to be treated in the same way as a father who just gives us what we need and what we want, and we only talk to him when we need something." [00:38:42] (33 seconds)
"Jesus experienced hunger fasted for 40 days in the wilderness did god fail him as a sustainer no it was part of his test and when satan tried to tempt jesus to turn the rocks into bread what was jesus response man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out the mouth of god what was that attached to it's going clear back to the old testament story of man in the wilderness jesus do you remember how that went they're walking in the wilderness lord where are we supposed to eat we like the steak in egypt god says i'm going to provide for you in fact before they even went to the wilderness he said hey by the way moses we're not going on the shortcut route we're taking the long route and he told him why less when you get to the promised land and you see the armies of the enemies you're going to get to the promised land and you see the armies of the enemies you're going to get to the promised land you're going to get to the promised land and you see the armies of the enemies you're going to get to the promised land you might faint no i'm taking you through the wilderness that you might learn what it looks like to walk by faith and so every day the man is going to be on the ground only collect enough for that day did they listen no they thought this is good stuff let's have more they woke up the next morning what they find in their in their cupboards tents rather worms and all their manna" [00:50:36] (93 seconds)
"Jesus taught his disciples to pray to God as Holy Father, as the God who rules the hearts of people, as the God who would daily sustain them, and to the God who would graciously forgive them. Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Psalm 51, we're conceived in sin. Ephesians 2, we are by nature children of wrath. And so we need God's grace daily. We need God's forgiveness." [00:53:08] (35 seconds)
"Jesus said, pray to God as your father. Who is holy, who is the sovereign, who is sustainer, who is the gracious forgiver. In verse four, pray to God as the one who can also protect and deliver you from temptation. What an interesting prayer here. Lead us not into temptation. James 1 .13 says that God does not tempt us. Now, to help with this, the word that is used in the Bible oftentimes for, trials or testings is the exact same word that is used for temptation." [00:55:56] (38 seconds)
"James 1, 13 to 15, I've referenced it. Let me read it for you. Let no one say when he is tempted, I'm being tempted by God. For God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin. And sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death. So when does a trial or test become a temptation then?" [00:59:17] (25 seconds)
"Jesus taught his disciples that the one to whom they prayed was their sovereign, gracious heavenly father. Now, let's look at the second parable. Let's quickly run back through Jesus' example of prayer and consider what each of these prayer requests teaches us about ourselves as a dependent child. Since God is a holy, sovereign, sustaining father, the disciples needed his daily provision." [01:06:06] (26 seconds)
"Jesus then, before going to the cross, prayed so intensely, he sweat drops of blood and then he answered every part of his model prayer. He glorified his father. He brought his kingdom to the hearts of his followers. He is the bread of life, the healer, the resurrection of life. He paid the redemption price for the forgiveness of sins. He gained victory over sin and over death and over temptation so we can go boldly to the father's throne and find grace and mercy to help in time of need. He is right now beside his father's throne alive, doing what? Interceding daily for us." [01:20:36] (33 seconds)
"Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. Let's pray. Dear gracious heavenly father, we do need you. And Lord, may our lives reflect, may our prayers reflect it. And may you do a work in and through us that one that is obvious that is only done in the power of the spirit, that you might be glorified, that your kingdom would come, that your will would be done on earth just as it is in heaven." [01:24:27] (42 seconds)
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"Dear gracious Heavenly Fathers, we come to you. We are thankful for the way you have worked and are working in the lives of those around us. We recognize that you have orchestrated the different derfers to go to Japan, both in Japan and in Japan. We are thankful for the training that they have experienced, their ministry they've already had in Japan, and for the funds necessary to go. We pray, Lord, that their travels would go smoothly, that they would arrive on the field safely. And then as they begin to the transition and adjustments for the kids as well, we pray that they would be able to get into the different programs of training and education." [00:11:09] (41 seconds)
"Now, Jesus was praying in a certain place. And when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray as John taught his disciples. And he said to them, when you pray, say, Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins. For we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us and lead us not into temptation." [00:29:43] (33 seconds)
"Each part of this prayer is going to teach us something about who our Heavenly Father is. First of all, that the one to whom we pray is, in fact, our Father. Now, this would be culturally shocking for the disciples. In fact, if you go through the prayers of the Old Testament, while God was referred to as a father of the nation and the father of the universe and the creation, to refer to God as a personal heavenly father was very rare." [00:35:33] (28 seconds)
"God does not exist to fulfill our every wish. Now, we wouldn't even think that would be a good relationship between a child and father, and between our earthly fathers, would we? If the only time our children came to us was if they wanted something from us, that would not be honoring. It would leave something lacking. Neither does God to be treated in the same way as a father who just gives us what we need and what we want, and we only talk to him when we need something." [00:38:42] (33 seconds)
"Jesus experienced hunger fasted for 40 days in the wilderness did god fail him as a sustainer no it was part of his test and when satan tried to tempt jesus to turn the rocks into bread what was jesus response man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out the mouth of god what was that attached to it's going clear back to the old testament story of man in the wilderness jesus do you remember how that went they're walking in the wilderness lord where are we supposed to eat we like the steak in egypt god says i'm going to provide for you in fact before they even went to the wilderness he said hey by the way moses we're not going on the shortcut route we're taking the long route and he told him why less when you get to the promised land and you see the armies of the enemies you're going to get to the promised land and you see the armies of the enemies you're going to get to the promised land you're going to get to the promised land and you see the armies of the enemies you're going to get to the promised land you might faint no i'm taking you through the wilderness that you might learn what it looks like to walk by faith and so every day the man is going to be on the ground only collect enough for that day did they listen no they thought this is good stuff let's have more they woke up the next morning what they find in their in their cupboards tents rather worms and all their manna" [00:50:36] (93 seconds)
"Jesus taught his disciples to pray to God as Holy Father, as the God who rules the hearts of people, as the God who would daily sustain them, and to the God who would graciously forgive them. Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Psalm 51, we're conceived in sin. Ephesians 2, we are by nature children of wrath. And so we need God's grace daily. We need God's forgiveness." [00:53:08] (35 seconds)
"Jesus said, pray to God as your father. Who is holy, who is the sovereign, who is sustainer, who is the gracious forgiver. In verse four, pray to God as the one who can also protect and deliver you from temptation. What an interesting prayer here. Lead us not into temptation. James 1 .13 says that God does not tempt us. Now, to help with this, the word that is used in the Bible oftentimes for, trials or testings is the exact same word that is used for temptation." [00:55:56] (38 seconds)
"James 1, 13 to 15, I've referenced it. Let me read it for you. Let no one say when he is tempted, I'm being tempted by God. For God cannot be tempted with evil and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin. And sin, when it is fully grown, brings forth death. So when does a trial or test become a temptation then?" [00:59:17] (25 seconds)
"Jesus taught his disciples that the one to whom they prayed was their sovereign, gracious heavenly father. Now, let's look at the second parable. Let's quickly run back through Jesus' example of prayer and consider what each of these prayer requests teaches us about ourselves as a dependent child. Since God is a holy, sovereign, sustaining father, the disciples needed his daily provision." [01:06:06] (26 seconds)
"Jesus then, before going to the cross, prayed so intensely, he sweat drops of blood and then he answered every part of his model prayer. He glorified his father. He brought his kingdom to the hearts of his followers. He is the bread of life, the healer, the resurrection of life. He paid the redemption price for the forgiveness of sins. He gained victory over sin and over death and over temptation so we can go boldly to the father's throne and find grace and mercy to help in time of need. He is right now beside his father's throne alive, doing what? Interceding daily for us." [01:20:36] (33 seconds)
"Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in the time of need. Let's pray. Dear gracious heavenly father, we do need you. And Lord, may our lives reflect, may our prayers reflect it. And may you do a work in and through us that one that is obvious that is only done in the power of the spirit, that you might be glorified, that your kingdom would come, that your will would be done on earth just as it is in heaven." [01:24:27] (42 seconds)
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