Four pillars of a strong church

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1 Four pillars of a strong church

2 4 Pillars of a strong church 1. Passionate Prayer to God 2. Passionate Praise to God 3. Passionate Proclamation of God s Word 4. Passionate Pursuit of People

3 Pillar 1: Passionate Prayer to God Part 1 (Matthew 6:9-13)

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5 praying >300 times!

6 In these days he [Jesus] went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. (Luke 6:12 ESV) do not be In these days he anxious about [Jesus] prayingwent at out all anything, but in to times the mountain the everything by to Spirit, pray, with and all prayer and night prayer and he supplication with continued supplication. To in thanksgiving let prayer that they end to ought God. keep your requests be always (Luke alert 6:12 with toesv) pray all made known to and perseverance, not lose God. And the heart. making(luke 18:1 peace of God, supplication for they ought always to pray and not lose heart. (Luke 18:1 ESV)

7 What Is Prayer? Hebrew = palal Greek = proseuchomai words spoken in supplication and worship to God

8 Why Is Prayer So Important? Get stuff from God???

9 Why Is Prayer So Important? And they devoted themselves to the apostles teaching and the fellowship, It is written, My house to shall the be a house of prayer, but you breaking have made of bread and

10 Teach Us To Pray worshipbased, Godcentered mancentered, needs-based 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

11 Big Idea because Jesus Christ commanded His church to be a House of Prayer, we fulfill His command when we pray according to the model he set forth!

12 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 Matthew 6: This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us today our daily bread.

13 Reverence For God (6:9)

14 Reverence for God 9 This, then, is how you should pray: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, Jesus wants us to forget our circumstances for a minute and focus We see heavenward that the name, onoma, of God, or His authority, His characteristics and attributes, are hagiazo or set apart from all the rest.

15 Psalm 113:4-6 The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens! Who is like the LORD our God, who is seated on high, who looks far down on the Our God is not one of many in heavens and the earth? (Psa 113:4 which He must jockey for 6) position or campaign for votes, He alone is God!

16 Jesus begins with God because God alone is to be the object of our faith, the foundation of our prayers! does Jesus begin with G

17 Response To God (6:10)

18 Response To God 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. The right response is submission. It is God s people, doing God s work, God s way! Doing the will of God is to be our only priority, not just one on a list of priorities!

19 Response To God 10 your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in But heaven. seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to We you. say, (Matt God 6:33if ESV) you will give us what we want, we will serve you, but God says, Seek me first, and I ll meet your needs

20 Request From God (6:11,12)

21 Request From God 11 Give us today our daily [supplication] bread. 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have[confession] forgiven our debtors. Jesus splits the request part of the model into two subparts, supplication and confession.

22 Request From God 11 Give us today our daily [supplication] bread. Supplication is simply asking God to supply us with our needs, when we need them.

23 Request From God 11 Give us today our daily [supplication] bread. Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (Matt 7:7 ESV) Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him, and he will act. (Psa 37:4 5 ESV)

24 Request From God 11 Give us today our daily [supplication] bread. The Lord invites us to bring our desires and requests to Him, however, in each case; the outcome of the request is based on relationship, not requirement. And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. (1 John 5:14 ESV)

25 Request From God 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have[confession] forgiven our debtors. And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the

26 Request From God 12 Forgive us our debts, as we also have[confession] forgiven our debtors....a prayer to restore our fellowship with the Father when this fellowship has been hindered by the sins of our flesh. The If weglorious confess reality our sins, of hesins is forgiven faithful andmoves just to forgive us inus our gratitude sins and to God cleanse to eagerly us fromseek all to unrighteousness. forgive others who (1sin John against 1:9 us! ESV)

27 Ready With God (6:13)

28 Ready With God 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Temptation the evil one. (peirasmos) = solicitation to evil or trial and testing so Letthat no the onetested say genuineness when he is of tempted, your Ifaith more am being precious by than God, gold for God that cannot perishes bethough temptedit is with tested evil, by andfire may he himself betempts found to noresult one. (James in praise 1:13 andesv) glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus

29 Ready With God 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from Temptation the evil one. (peirasmos) = solicitation to evil or trial and testing In Jesus the context instructs of the us passage, to ask for we are God s not guidance asking as God wetolaunch keep out us from into trials, our day but to sodeliver that we us from can the remain temptations pure. of the evil one that will cause us to fall.

30 So What?

31 So What? Would it be worth praying if God never answered our prayers according the answer we desired?