Transformative Prayer: Aligning with God's Heart

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### Quotes for Outreach

1. "Prayer is powerful. That there is more than just empty words. It's that God hears our prayers and He answers them. And so I think it's fair to say that most of us, and I hope it's true for you, most of us know the power of prayer. We know that God hears and He answers prayer." [03:14] (22 seconds) ( | | )

2. "God wants us to pray. What I find incredible about this is that God doesn't need our prayers. God doesn't need to use us to achieve his purposes. He's sovereign. He's all powerful. But yet he invites us to come to him in prayer. He is not a God who wants to be elusively, or far away. He's a God who wants to be close to his people." [30:26] (29 seconds) ( | | )

3. "Your prayers have power. There's a verse here in James 5.16. It says, The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results. And we see that here, don't we? Moses prays. God hears his prayer and God responds." [31:15] (30 seconds) ( | | )

4. "We see the power of intercessory prayer. We see the power of prayer that isn't for ourself, but is actually about lifting other people up to God on their behalf. I don't know about you, but having been in church for a long time, you kind of, we kind of put that intercession over to some people who've got a real gift for it. They've got a real heart for it. And some people do. Some people have got a real burden and a passion for praying for other people." [32:05] (30 seconds) ( | | )

5. "I'd encourage you, whether you're praying for yourself or for someone else, this is a great model for prayer. Remind yourself and remind God, God, I am yours. I am yours. God, you are glorious. You are powerful. You have done incredible things in my life. Let people see your glory again. God, be merciful. Would you show me mercy in my life? Where I need it? And God, keep your promises." [33:14] (36 seconds) ( | | )

### Quotes for Members

1. "I think it's also fair to say that most of us don't pray as much as we should. Most of us, we know it, but we don't necessarily practice it. And prayer, more often than not, becomes in our lives, prayer becomes in our lives, the solution of last resort. That when I have tried everything else, when I'm confronted with a problem, when something's gone wrong, when I need a breakthrough, that I'll try everything else. And when that fails, then I'll pray." [04:08] (32 seconds) ( | | )

2. "I wonder how quickly, too, we forget the things that God has done for us. I wonder how quickly we forget the way that God has protected and provided for us, and we put it down to maybe our own doing. Or we put it down to something that somebody's helped us with without realising God and seeing God's hand in it. I wonder how quickly we explain away the provision and protection of the past as something that we did, not something that God did." [11:32] (32 seconds) ( | | )

3. "We should open God's Word and be confronted by it. Because it exposes to us. It exposes to us the parts of our lives that don't line up with Him. It makes us feel and it should make us feel vulnerable and exposed as we open it up. And we realise that there are things in our lives, in our sinful nature, that don't align with God's goodwill for you and me. And so just as encouraged as we are, we should be confronted by it." [19:00] (33 seconds) ( | | )

4. "We actually see a pattern. And you can see this and you can trace it throughout Scripture where God announces his judgment. And then what does he invite? He invites people to pray and to repent. He announces his justice. He says this is what is deserved for this sin. And then he invites people to pray and repent. And so God, when he relents, he simply turns from justice to mercy." [28:22] (31 seconds) ( | | )

5. "We see this glimpse right here in Exodus 32 of the coming Christ. What an encouragement. What an encouragement. That is. And so as we wrap up this morning, I've just got a couple of reflections for you. I'll be brief. Firstly, God wants us to pray. What I find incredible about this is that God doesn't need our prayers. God doesn't need to use us to achieve his purposes. He's sovereign. He's all powerful. But yet he invites us to come to him in prayer." [29:45] (40 seconds) ( | | )

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