PRAYER: RELATIONSHIPS AND REALITIES
LUKE 11:1-13
MATTHEW HENRY “WHEN GOD INTENDS TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE THE FIRST THING HE DOES IS PUT THEM TO PRAYER.”
D.L. MOODY, “EVERY GREAT MOVEMENT OF GOD CAN BE TRACED TO A KNEELING FIGURE.”
JN. WESLEY, “GOD DOES NOTHING BUT BY PRAYER AND EVERYTHING WITH IT.”
R.A. TORREY, “PRAYER IS THE ONLY OMNIPOTENCE GIVEN TO MAN.”
R.A. TORREY, “THE ONLY THING THAT LIES BEYOND THE POWER OF PRAYER IS THAT WHICH LIES BEYOND THE POWER OF GOD.”
PRAYER AND RELATIONSHIPS:
THE DIFFICULTY WITH REAL PRAYER
THE DISCIPLES REQUEST, “TEACH US TO PRAY”
DEEPLY RELATIONAL, “FATHER”
PREOCCUPATION WITH GOD,
TIME EXPOSURE WITH GOD,
MARK 1:35-37
PRAYER AND REALITY:
INESCAPABLE RESPONSIBILITY, VS.6
AN INFINITE DEBT
A DELAYED DETONATOR
INADEQUATE RESOURCES, VS.6
INEVITABLE REWARD, VS.7-8
INSIGHTFUL REVELATIONS, VS.9-10
APPLICATION:
