1 John 4:7-8 HCSB

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

HOW TO PRAY THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY

40 Days of Prayer – WEEK 5

Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. Ephesians 6:18 (NLT)

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18 (NIV)

God is…

Creator

For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. Romans 1:20 (NIV)

“Can you solve the mysteries of God? Can you discover everything about the Almighty? 8 Such knowledge is higher than the heavens— and who are you? It is deeper than the underworld what do you know? 9 It is broader than the earth and wider than the sea. Job 11:7-9 (NLT)

3 Facts about Prayer

1. OUR CREATOR WIRED HUMAN BEINGS FOR PRAYER

He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart… Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV)

2. WE’RE NOT VERY GOOD AT PRAYER.

And the Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness. For example, we don’t know what God wants us to pray for... Romans 8:26 (NLT)

One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray...” Luke 11:1 (NIV)

3. Our frustrations with prayer are caused by our misconceptions

Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. Ephesians 2:19-22 (NIV)

No one can serves two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. Matthew 6:24 NIV

Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them: “Any kingdom divided against itself will be ruined, and a house divided against itself will fall.” Luke 11:17 NIV

Who God Wants Me to Be

God wants me to be a …

Worshipper

Worship defined: to regard with great or extravagant respect, honor, or devotion

Luke 7:36-39, 50 (NLT)

36 One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so Jesus went to his home and sat down to eat. 37 When a certain immoral woman from that city heard he was eating there, she brought a beautiful alabaster jar filled with expensive perfume. 38 Then she knelt behind him at his feet, weeping. Her tears fell on his feet, and she wiped them off with her hair. Then she kept kissing his feet and putting perfume on them.

39 When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, he would know what kind of woman is touching him. She’s a sinner!”

50 And Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”