June 12, 2022 How To Pray - Early In The Morning
June 12, 2022

Our Vision:
“We Are Alive In Christ Developing Relationships For Life”
The Five Pillars:
* The Word
* Prayer
* Worship
* Witness
* Service

Q: How’s your prayer life?

POINT: In every relationship

is .

AND…Good communication is

!

POINT: When there’s good communication, there is greater

, , , and !

Our Text:
Mark 1:35
“And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he departed and went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed”

WARNING: We can have a tendency to be

with any discipline but especially SPIRITUAL Disciplines!

Remember: ANY spiritual

is a work of God’s through !

Q: Is there a “better time” to pray than others?

Remember: “pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17)

Remember: God has something to

to us!

A: Jesus

!
B: Jesus prayed .
“Arise shine for the Light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.” - Isaiah 60:1

C: Jesus went “out to a

place”
The Greek the word we translate “desolate” means: “lonely, uninhabited, a place where there is sparse vegetation.”

POINT: In the wilderness, in those desolate places, there is

.

POINT: Jesus, did not operate

from His Father.

D: “and there He

”.

POINT: Jesus was first and foremost

!

POINT: But in the act of “moving on”, Jesus teaches us that when we are “disciples” we are FIRST AND FOREMOST,

.

POINT: We will only

and do God’s will to the extent that we .

POINT: When we go off and do our own thing, follow our own will and seek to create our own life, apart from hearing and obeying God’s will for our life, we are

!

A: the

of our .

A: the strength of our

.

A: the

of this world.

A: the

to keep us from it.

Remember: Prayer is a

pursuit.

“I have so much to do, I shall spend the first three hours in prayer”. - Martin Luther

30/30 Prayer Challenge:
30 minutes DAILY for the next 30 Days


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