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  1. 5d ago

    We Are Running - Buy The Field - Luke Morris

    WEEK 04 — INVEST –  “Buy the field.” — Jeremiah 32 + Jeremiah 31 Teaching Text: Jeremiah 31:33“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” At the end of my life, despite celebration or persecution, I served the Lord for His glory and not my own. Jeremiah 31:23-25,”23 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “When I bring them back from captivity,[c] the people in the land of Judah and in its towns will once again use these words: ‘The Lord bless you, you prosperous city, you sacred mountain.’ 24 People will live together in Judah and all its towns—farmers and those who move about with their flocks. 25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint.” Jeremiah 31:26,”26 At this I awoke and looked around. My sleep had been pleasant to me.” Joy isn’t based in circumstance but in God’s promise. Jeremiah 31:33“This is the covenant I will make with the people of Israel after that time,” declares the Lord. “I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.” God promises His spirit within all believers. Jeremiah 32:8-10,”8 “Then, just as the Lord had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and said, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. Since it is your right to redeem it and possess it, buy it for yourself.’ “I knew that this was the word of the Lord; 9 so I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel and weighed out for him seventeen shekels of silver. 10 I signed and sealed the deed, had it witnessed, and weighed out the silver on the scales.” Faith in God is not belief alone but will always be partnered with action. Jeremiah 32:42-44 “This is what the Lord says: As I have brought all this great calamity on this people, so I will give them all the prosperity I have promised them. 43 Once more fields will be bought in this land of which you say, ‘It is a desolate waste, without people or animals, for it has been given into the hands of the Babylonians.’ 44 Fields will be bought for silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed and witnessed in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem, in the towns of Judah and in the towns of the hill country, of the western foothills and of the Negev, because I will restore their fortunes,[c] declares the Lord.” “Do not be ones who speak with their mouth but also enact belief with your body.” Hope is not a word we say but a promise from God we invest our life in.  “Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading.” — Oswald Chambers Jeremiahs faith wasnt determined by current circumstances but instead of future promise. Where is your faith? The promise of God is not a life of ease but a life joined with the God of love for a future filled with hope. We are not people of circumstance we are people of faith in the One who reigns above it all. Stir up your faith with action. James 1:2-25,”22 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. 23 For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. 24 For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.” Action is partnered with redemption. Romans 8:28-30,”28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who[i] have been called according to his purpose. 29 For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. 30 And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified.” ““The test of the life of a saint is not success, but faithfulness in human life as it actually is.” - Oswald Chambers. Redemption is for now and forever. We should be living like the resurrection life Jesus gave us is actually true.

    We Are Running - Buy The Field - Luke Morris

  2. Sep 24

    We Are Running Honestly - Molly Ratliff

    “We are running honestly”    slides “1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2 Hitting the wall: a point late in a long race when a runner experiences a sudden and overwhelming increase in fatigue forcing the runner to deal with the temptation to stop.   The runner hasn’t necessarily lost their destination. The finish line is still exactly where it was when they began running. What has changed is how difficult the journey has become We run honestly an honest run is where we bring God our whole life 1) We can run honestly because that’s how Jesus ran. 2) We run honestly to Jesus by giving Jesus our whole life Jeremiah kept bringing Jeremiah to God “He makes his sun rise on the evil and the good and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.” Matthew 5:45 “15 O God, You know, remember me and visit me, and take vengeance for me on my persecutors. In your enduring patience, do not take me away. Know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke….17 I did not sit in the assembly of the mockers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because of your hand…” Jeremiah 15:15,17 “They were naked and not ashamed.” Genesis 2:25 “They knew they were naked…they made coverings…and they hid themselves from the presence of God.” Genesis 3:7-8 When Jeremiah brought his whole self to God, God brought his whole self to Jeremiah. “I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall; they will fight against you. But I am with you to save you and deliver you.” Jeremiah 15:20 “Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that J prophesized these things.” Jeremiah 20:1 Magor-Missabib: terror on every side “For I heard many mocking, ‘fear on every side!’” Jeremiah 20:10 He runs honestly. Jeremiah keeps bringing Jeremiah to God.  Jeremiah brings his: o Embarrassment (“I am in derision daily. Everyone mocks me” Jeremiah 20:7)o Quit (“I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in this name.” Jeremiah 20:9)o Resolve (“I could not hold it in” Jeremiah 20:9)o Desire (“Let me see your vengeance on them.” Jeremiah 20:12) “14 Cursed be the day I was born! ...18 Why did I come forth from the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?” Jeremiah 20:14,18 “Jeremiah thought his problems could be over if he was never born. The problem was God called him before he was born or even conceived.” – David Guzik Bringing his whole life to God gave Jeremiah access to the truth of his whole lie with God. Before I formed you…I knew you. Before you were born, I set you apart. I called you to be a prophet to the nations,” Jeremiah 1:5 “Run in such a way as to get the prize.” 1 Corinthians 9:24 How to run to get the prize: - with endurance (don’t stop at the wall) by - looking to Jesus (honest running). We can run with endurance by looking to Jesus: 1) We can run honestly because that’s how Jesus ran. 2) We run honestly to Jesus by giving Jesus our whole life Jeremiah was willing to let God have access to his life which gave Jeremiah access to the life of Christ. none of us ever go through something that Christ himself did not willing face and go through to completion. We were made to run. That doesn’t mean our run won’t come with hurdles and weights and walls. But we can have hope that those hurdles don’t have to stop our run. We can run honestly! We can run because the same power that conquered the cross and the grave lives in us and we therefore are not alone in our race.  Christ is in you, the hope of glory! Run!! “1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of God.” Hebrews 12:1-2.

    We Are Running Honestly - Molly Ratliff

  3. Sep 17

    We Are Running - Formed - David Terry

    Jeremiah 29:11–13 “11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for prosperity and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. 13 And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.”  Ephesians 2:10 “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them.”  Jeremiah 11:16 The Lord named you “A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form”; With the noise of a great tumult He has set fire to it, And its branches are worthless. Jeremiah 12:1–3 1 Righteous are You, Lord, when I plead my case with You; Nevertheless I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease? 2 You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have also produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their mind. 3 But You know me, Lord; You see me And examine my heart’s attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter, And set them apart for a day of slaughter!    Jeremiah 12:5 5 “If you have run with infantrymen and they have tired you out, How can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket by the Jordan?” Jeremiah 12:7–8 7 “I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have handed the beloved of My soul Over to her enemies. 8 My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her.” Jeremiah 13:15–17 15 Listen and pay attention, do not be haughty, For the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the mountains in the dark, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into gloom, And turns it into thick darkness. 17 But if you do not listen to it, My soul will weep in secret for such pride; And my eyes will shed And stream down tears, Because the flock of the LORD has been taken captive. How of the world: Comparison  Why of the world: Competition  Philippians 2:1–8 “Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, 2 make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 3 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. 5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, 7 but emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death on a cross.”  Hebrews 12:1b–2 1 let’s run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:3 3 For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.  How Jesus Ran: Obedience  Why Jesus Ran: Compassion  The world's running form: How do I know how I'm doing? Comparison. Why do I keep running? Competition. Jesus' running form: How do I know where I'm going? Obedience. Why do I keep running? Compassion.

    We Are Running - Formed - David Terry

  4. Sep 10

    We Are Running - Called - Jackson Wilson

    4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” 6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 1:4-8 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work. 2 Timothy 3:16 The Bible is not just an ancient book. It’s a timeless book. There is one thing in this life that no-one, not even Jesus, can do FOR YOU and that is to run the race that God has for YOU. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2 I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. Jeremiah 31:33 What does it look like to live a fully alive life with God when the world around you feels like it's falling apart?  2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross… Hebrews 12:1-2 4 Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.” 6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 1:4-8 MY STORY BEGAN BEFORE I KNEW I WAS IN IT 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,Jeremiah 1:5 (Providence: God’s part) God knows the beginning to the end MY STORY REQUIRES EVERY DETAIL When God uses a person, He does not erase their personality – He wants to use that person’s sanctified personality.  David Guzik 11 For I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man's gospel.[c] 12 For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. 13 For you have heard of my former life in Judaism, how I persecuted the church of God violently and tried to destroy it. 14 And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. 15 But when he who had set me apart before I was born,[d] and who called me by his grace, 16 was pleased to reveal his Son to[e] me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, Galatians 1:11-16 (Grace: God’s part) God is writing a good story MY STORY ISN’T WAITING FOR ME TO FEEL READY God doesn't call the version of you that finally gets it together. God calls you—and then spends a lifetime forming you. 6 Then I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold, I do not know how to speak, for I am only a youth.” 7 But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; Jeremiah 1:6-7 (Consecration: God’s part) God chose me to be in His story MY STORY INVITES ME TO RUN A RACE, NOT TO PREDICT THE FINISH “Do not say, ‘I am only a youth’; for to all to whom I send you, you shall go, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. 8 Do not be afraid of them, for I am with you to deliver you, declares the Lord.” Jeremiah 1:7-8 “You end up working with small starts and long finishes.” Eugene Peterson (Obedience: My part) I must choose to run 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2

    We Are Running - Called - Jackson Wilson

  5. Sep 3

    Prayer - Prayer Warrior - Luke Morris

    TEACHING TEXT: 1 Timothy 2,”2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” F.U.E.L. Faith “Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1  “And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Hebrews 11:6  Unity John 17:23, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.” Encounter Matthew 28:20” Teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” Liberty“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.” 2 Corinthians 3:17  Prayer Warrior The practice of Prayer is the heart aligning with the will of the Father, which is the restoration of all things here on earth back into love and blessing under Him. THE PRAYER WARRIOR IS FUELED BY CONVICTION FOR GODS GLORY TO COVER THE EARTH. The warrior doesn't train their whole life to defend their living room; no, they go out and take ground, seek more battles, and fight on behalf of others in order to restore peace. Intercession – the act of pleading, praying, or intervening on behalf of another person. ” we are taking the things we know about God to be true and then pointing them back at the world and asking for Him in those areas”. “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation... We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us.” — 2 Corinthians 5:18, 20  1 Timothy 2,”2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people— 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.” “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” — Matthew 6:10 “Talking to men for God is a great thing, but talking to God for men is greater still.” — E. M. Bounds  “Come Holy Spirit” There is one goal in intercession: Work Hard in Prayer to see the Lord prevail. 2 Chronicles 7:14,”if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” You and the Lord are working together to bring His will to earth. Genesis 1:28,” God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Learn to love to work for the Lord in prayer. Young men and women of the faith are not spectators in his kingdom – once you have said yes to Jesus, He brings you fully in to participate in His work of creation restoration.  “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” — Romans 12:2 The greatest accomplishment in intercession is His presence coming into places and bringing transformation for His glory. 1 Corinthians 11:1,Follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ.”

    Prayer - Prayer Warrior - Luke Morris

  6. Aug 27

    Prayer - Learning To Trust - Jackson Wilson

    7 “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. Matthew 6:7-8 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. John 10:27 “‘This people honors me with their lips,     but their heart is far from me; 9 in vain do they worship me,     teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’” Matthew 15:8-9 LEARN TO TRUST JESUS IS THE TRUE NORTH OF PRAYER Rooted and built up in him and established in the faith… Colossians 2:7 The question isn’t just, “DO YOU PRAY?” It’s, “WHAT ARE YOU TRUSTING WHEN YOU PRAY?” TRUSTING MY PERSISTENCE Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart. 2 He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. 3 In that city there was a widow who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Grant me justice against my accuser.’ 4 For a while he refused, but later he said to himself, ‘Though I have no fear of God and no respect for anyone, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by continually coming.’ ” 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? 8 I tell you, he will quickly grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” Luke 18:1-8 TRUSTING MY PERFORMANCE26 So they took the bull that was given them, prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, crying, “O Baal, answer us!” But there was no voice and no answer. They limped about the altar that they had made. 27 At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, “Cry aloud! Surely he is a god; either he is meditating, or he has wandered away, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened.” 28 Then they cried aloud, and, as was their custom, they cut themselves with swords and lances until the blood gushed out over them. 29 As midday passed, they raved on until the time of the offering of the oblation, but there was no voice, no answer, and no response. 1 Kings 18:26-29 TRUSTING MY FATHER “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your bidding. 37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God and that you have turned their hearts back.” 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust and even licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, “The Lord indeed is God; the Lord indeed is God.” 1 Kings 18:36-39 “Christians’ prayers are measured by weight, and not by length. Many of the most prevailing prayers have been as short as they were strong.” Charles Spurgeon 7 “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the gentiles do, for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “Pray, then, in this way: Our Father in heaven,     may your name be revered as holy. 10    May your kingdom come.     May your will be done         on earth as it is in heaven. 11   Give us today our daily bread. 12  And forgive us our debts,         as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 And do not bring us to the time of trial,         but rescue us from the evil one. Matthew 6:7-13 “Your Kingdom Come…” - HIS PLANS WILL ALWAYS WIN “Give us…” - HIS PROVISION WILL ALWAYS COME “Forgive us…” - HIS PARDON WILL ALWAYS COVER “Rescue us…” - HIS PROTECTION WILL ALWAYS RESCUE

    Prayer - Learning To Trust - Jackson Wilson

  7. Aug 20

    Prayer - Honest Prayers - Molly Ratliff

    “Trust in Him at all times, you people, pour out your heart before Him, God is a refuge for us.” Psalms 62:8 “in every situation by prayer let your requests be known to God.” Phil 4:6 The reality is every meaningful relationship requires us to learn four things: how to be together (wk. 1), how to talk honestly (wk 2), how to trust deeply (wk 3), and how to work toward the same purpose (wk 4).  HONEST PRAYERS Honest: telling the truth; things that are real, genuine, sincere, open and frank about real thoughts or feelings. “Do not imagine that the Lord looks down with any pleasure upon the tens of thousands of forms of prayer…. which are presented to him without heart: such forms rather weary him than worship him… The God of truth can never accept an untruthful devotion…Alas many of our fellow men never pray; and many who think they pray are yet strangers to that sacred exercise. Perhaps you deny that you are thus guilty, for you have always said a prayer, and would not have gone to sleep at night if you had not done so, that I pray you, remember that you may have repeated holy words….and yet may have never prayed a prayer with your heart.”- Charles Spurgeon Honest prayers are prayers given to God by who you actually are. 1) the ritual of prayer > the relationship of prayer 2) we don’t fully trust we can be honest “To pretend to be other than we are before God is a hideous madness”- Charles Spurgeon The real sin, the real hypocrisy, is limiting our prayers but pretending God is getting our full heart.  | honest pray-ers | Honest prayers | Scripture ref.  | David | Vindication; forgiveness; praise | Ps 109:1-2,4,7-13; Ps 51; Ps 28 | Elijah | Overwhelmed and depressed | 1 Kings 19:4 | Jonah | Questioned God’s way | Jonah 4:1-3 | Father | Faith and doubt | Mark 9 | Jesus | Soul exceedingly sorrowful | Matthew 26:38-39 | Joshua | Bold request | Joshua 10:12 “1 Do not keep silent, O God of my praise!2 For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful have opened against me…4 But I give myself to prayer…” Psalms 109:1-2, 4 “7 Let his (the accuser) prayer become sin.8 Let his days be few and let another take his office. 9 Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. 10 Let his children continually be vagabonds, and beg…13 in the generation to come let their name be blotted out.” Psalms 109:7-13 “Trust in Him at all times, you people; pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us.” Psalms 62:8 Honest prayers are prayers poured out Honest poured out prayers invite God to be a part of all of our life. He becomes the actual God of our life as we are honest and entrust our life to him 1) ritual>relationship2) we don’t fully trust we can be honest 1)prayers of relationship (intimacy) 2)expressions of faith Honest prayer is “God, here’s what I’m experiencing. Here’s what I want. Here’s what I’m afraid of. Here’s what I don’t understand. And I’m bringing it all to you.”- Sinclair Ferguson We serve a God who is not so small that he cannot handle the reality of who we are. He longs for relationship with us which includes being given access to our real prayers- whether they’re prayers of praise and happiness and prayers where we are dreaming and asking for bold things to the prayers of our deepest pains and questions and doubts.

    Prayer - Honest Prayers - Molly Ratliff

  8. Aug 13

    Prayer - Learning To Be - Jackson Wilson

    19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20 “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?” Mark 8:19-21 1.) The Reason (The stakes are too low). We live in a world that requires us to learn the language of prayer because we live in God’s world. 16 For by[f] him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.  Colossians 1:16-17 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.  John 15:4-5 2.) The Pathway (The knowledge doesn’t translate to life) But if I try to set forth something of the reasonableness of all prayer, I beg my readers to remember that it is for the sake of action and not speculation; if prayer be anything at all, it is a thing to be done: what matter whether you agree with me or not, if you do not pray? George MacDonald Prayer is less a thing to understand, and more a thing to be done. 3.) Immersion (High stakes, totally practical) Immersion: foreign language instruction in which only the language being taught is used 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” Romans 8:15 26 Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.  Romans 8:26 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray without ceasing, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 There is a reality of being in which all things are easy and plain—oneness, that is, with the Lord of Life; to pray for this is the first thing; and to the point of this prayer every difficulty hedges and directs us.  George MacDonald LEARN HOW TO “BE” THROUGH PRAYER “The first purpose of prayer isn’t getting what we need from God—it’s learning to live with God.” 14 Now they had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. 15 And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out; beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” 16 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20 “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?” Mark 8:14-21 We learn to COMMUNE before we learn to COMMUNICATE  “God is with me” 16 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread. 17 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, “Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? 18 Having eyes do you not see, and having ears do you not hear? And do you not remember? 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20 “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?” Mark 8:16-21 The paltry solitariness of a loaf was enough to hide the Lord from them, to make them unable to understand. George MacDonald We learn to RECEIVE before we learn to REQUEST  In those days, when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat, he called his disciples to him and said to them, 2 “I have compassion on the crowd, because they have been with me now three days and have nothing to eat.” Mark 8:1-2 “God sees my need before I see my need.” We learn to LIVE before we learn to UNDERSTAND 19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” They said to him, “Twelve.” 20 “And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?” And they said to him, “Seven.” 21 And he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?” Mark 8:16-21 “I learn to live with Him, not how to understand Him.”

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    New Song Church
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    2021 - 2026
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