OUGHT TO PRAY
LUKE 18:1
INTRO: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO PRAY?
1: PRAYER
A) ADDRESS TO GOD
B) SPOKEN OR UNSPOKEN
C) EXPRESS PRAISE, THANKSGIVING, CONFESSION, OR A REQUEST
POINT: WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT MEAN TO PRAY TO GOD? SIMPLY IT MEANS TO SPEAK TO GOD!!
2: PHILLIPIANS 4:6
A) BE CAREFUL FOR NOTHING; BUT IN EVERY THING BY PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION WITH THANKSGIVING LET YOUR REQUESTS BE MADE KNOWN UNTO GOD.
B) EVERY THING LET IT BE KNOWN
C) GOD KNOWS OUR HEARTS ALREADY
D) OUT THOUGHTS OUR MOTIVES, OUR INTENTIONS
POINT: NO POINT IN TRYING TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM HIM, TAKE IT ALL TO THE LORD IN PRAYER AS THE SONG SAYS. V 7 THE PEACE OF GOD SHALL KEEP YOUR HEARTS AND MINDS THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.
BODY: OUGHT TO PRAY
1: OUGHT
A) GRK-DEI- MEANS NECESSITY
B) FOR THE CHRISTIAN IT IS A MUST THAT WE PRAY
C) GOD’S FAMILY SHOULD SPEAK WITH GOD ALL THE TIME.
POINT: JESUS SAID MEN OUGHT TO PRAY ALWAYS. EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET WE SHOULD BE PRAYING, BEFORE MEALS, BEFORE WE GO TO BED, BEFORE WE LEAVE FOR WORK, AND ANY OTHER TIME HE GIVES US A CHANCE TO, BY OURSELVES OUR WITH OTHERS.
2: WHAT IF I DON’T KNOW HOW?
A) ROMANS 8:26-28
B) THE SPIRIT HELPETH OUR INFIRMITES
C) WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE SHOULD PRAY
D) THE SPIRIT ITSELF MAKES INTERCESSIONS FOR US
POINT: IT STARTS SMALL AND SLOW, BUT OVER TIME A PERSON SHOULD GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY CAN PRAY WITH CONFIDENCE, EVEN BE ABLE TO PRAY WITH OTHER PEOPLE. IT IS OUR DUTY AND OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PRAY.
3: 1 THESS 5:17
A) PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
B) WHY?
C) LUKE 18:1 NOT TO FAINT
POINT: WE CAN’T LOSE HEART WHILE WE ARE HOPING AND WAITING FOR THE RETURN OF CHRIST.
CONCLUSION: FAINT
MEANS TO BE AFRAID, DISCOURAGED, OR TIRED TO DESPAIR, OR TO LOSE HEART. 2 THESS 3:13 SAYS BRETHEN BE NOT WEARY IN WELL DOING.
PRAYER MOVES THE ARM, THAT MOVES THE WORLD, TO BRING DELIVERANCE DOWN.
JESUS WANTS HIS FOLLOWERS TO KNOW THIS TRUTH AND LIVE BY IT, LIVE A LIFE OF PRAYER.
