Vision 2026 Preemptive Prayer 2 Chronicles 14-16

He is wanting to flex his muscles to them. He is wanting to show off his power to them. God is looking throughout the earth, and he's looking for a people that's not dependent on a government, that's not dependent on a program, but is fully dependent on him, and he is wanting to step up and roll up his sleeve, and show off his bicep to you, to remind you that there is no other power like his. And he's waiting to do this. [01:08:32] (31 seconds)  #GodsPowerOnDisplay

Prayer doesn't need to be something that we just do to do. It needs we need to preemptively seek the Lord, so that we know where to walk, how to walk, when to walk. And family, listen to me. Look at Asa's life for just a moment because that could be you. It could be me. I've abandoned the Lord. I've jettisoned from the Lord. I've placed my dependency on a mere man and not on the Lord. And what I'm asking you to do, I'm asking us as a church to reroute ourselves and stay dependable, stay committed to seeking the Lord first, foremost, and always. [01:14:40] (51 seconds)  #DependOnGod

Like, it's hard for me. I got too many things up here that's dictating my thoughts, and I have trouble slowing down and seeking the lord. But but listen to me. It's worth the struggle. And if prayer is dreadful and boring to you, then it indicates that there is deeply something wrong with your heart, that you have a skewed view in your mind of a relationship with the Lord where you talk to him and you seek him. And not everybody wants to hear that, but it's true. [01:12:57] (51 seconds)  #PrayerIsRelationship

You have educated us. You've equipped us. You've been faithful all along the way in big ways and in small ways, but, Lord, sometimes we get tripped up in ourselves. And so, Father, we thank you that there's grace when we come to your throne and that, Lord, you will pick us up from when we've tripped and wiped us off. And, Lord, I pray that you make us today a people who's dependable upon you. Mere men fail us. I am a mere man that fail myself and others. But, Lord, when Jesus Christ took the cross and rose from the grave, it proves that you alone do not fail us. [01:18:31] (49 seconds)  #GraceWhenWeTrip

You see, man, a lot of times when we treat prayer, we treat prayer like we're trying to seek God's blessing from something, like we're like we try to seek a blessing from a parent. Okay. So I got this thing in my life I really wanna do. In order for me to do it, I gotta go get permission to do it. So I'm gonna coordinate it. I'm gonna plan it. I'm gonna pay for it, and then I'm gonna ask for permission. Right? And then I'm gonna slap Jesus' name on it. And and and I don't know if you've lived long enough to know that doesn't work. [00:40:00] (31 seconds)  #PrayerNotPermission

Now, when you get to chapter 15 in verses one through seven, you're gonna find a prophet shows up, and he gives him encouragement and a warning at the same time. And this becomes incredibly vital to understanding Asa's walk with the Lord going forward. Chapter 15 verses one through seven, you see it. He says, if you seek him, he will be found by you. But if you abandon him, he will abandon you. Verse four, remember how you found the Lord when you returned to him. In verse seven, be strong, don't give up, for your work has a reward. [00:57:38] (50 seconds)  #SeekAndBeFound

Now, I don't I don't know if you can resonate with this or not. In my life, I've trusted God with big things, and the Lord came through. But but oftentimes, it's the little things that feel like they weigh heavy and trip me up. And and and oftentimes, it's it's because I have forgotten all the big things God is doing, and so when the little things start to mount up and come, I'm more focused on them than I am remembering what God has done. [01:00:36] (36 seconds)  #RememberGodsFaithfulness

And church, that's why we're taking the posture that we're taking. That's why as a family, we want to as we as we push this effort of prayer, we want to be a church that's preemptive in prayer. We we wanna seek the Lord first and and nothing else. We wanna put things off until we know from God this is what we're doing. And we don't wanna just do this just as a church. We want all of us to do this individually, [01:10:35] (27 seconds)  #ChurchOfPrayer