PRAY IN 2024 // Sunday, January 18, 2024 // Jeff Hines, Lead Pastor
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Sunday, January 21, 2024
A few things we MUST have in our lives:
1.
The Bible
1 John 2: 13 & 14 I write to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. 14 I have written to you, fathers, because you have known Him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the wicked one.
Menō – A permanent relationship with Jesus… Like a Father and Son…
It delivers us (humans) from the useless struggle to change ourselves to become “good enough.”
We LIVE / BEHAVE in a manner that demonstrates we are followers of Jesus.
Not External Constraints…
Genuine , Internal Transformation!
2.
The Holy Spirit
3.
Fellowship
Hebrews 12: 25 (NLT) And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
4.
Prayer
How is your prayer life?
1 Timothy 2: 1 (NLT) I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them.
Jesus is our example…
Luke 5: 16 (NLT) …Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer.
Jesus prayed through the night…
Luke 6: 12 (NLT) One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
Dr. Estridge…
Jesus rose early to pray…
Mark 1: 35 (NLT) One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
Classmate…
Jesus modeled the importance of solitude…
Following the Feeding of the 5000…
Mark 6: 46 (NLT) After telling everyone good-bye, he went up into the hills by himself to pray.
Before the Mount of Transfiguration…
Luke 9: 28 (NLT) …Jesus took Peter, John, and James up on a mountain to pray.
The process of selecting spiritual leadership…
Luke 6: 12 (NLT) One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
Prayer isn’t easy…
~ J. H. Jowett
“All vital praying makes a drain on a man’s vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice.”
“Jesus performed miracles without a sign of outward strain, but ‘…he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears…’ Hebrews 5: 7 (NLT)