{"id":734,"date":"2012-01-08T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T00:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=734"},"modified":"2012-01-08T19:54:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-09T00:54:18","slug":"too-busy-not-to-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2012\/01\/too-busy-not-to-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Busy Not to Pray"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SERIES:\u00a0 Transformed By Prayer<\/h1>\n

TITLE:\u00a0\u00a0 Too Busy Not to Pray<\/h2>\n

TEXT:\u00a0 Mark 1:35-39; Eph.3:14-21<\/h3>\n

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\u201cPrayer is not overcoming God\u2019s reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness.\u201d Luther<\/p>\n

\u201cI would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.\u201d\u00a0 Spurgeon<\/p>\n

\u201cOur prayers lay the track down which God\u2019s power can come.\u00a0 Like a mighty locomotive, His power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.\u201d\u00a0 Nee<\/p>\n

\u201cThere never has been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not being in united prayer.\u201d\u00a0 Pierson<\/p>\n

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  1. THE EXAMPLE OF PRAYER<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0\u201cHe who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find him the rest of the day.\u201d\u00a0 Bunyan<\/p>\n

    \u00a0First recorded prayer: Genesis 20<\/p>\n

    Last recorded prayer: Rev.22:20<\/p>\n

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    1. THE ELEMENTS OF PRAYER<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u00a02 statements about prayer:\u00a0 (Hybels)<\/p>\n

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      1. Prayer is an (unnatural activity<\/span>).<\/li>\n
      2. Prayer is alien to our proud (human nature<\/span>).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u201cWhen we work, we work; but when we pray, God works.\u201d<\/p>\n

        \u00a03.\u00a0 injunctions given about prayer by Jesus:\u00a0 Matthew 6\u00a0 (p.811)<\/p>\n

        1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t be (hypocritical<\/span>).<\/p>\n

        2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t be (repetitious<\/span>).<\/p>\n

        3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Don\u2019t harbor anything (against anyone<\/span>).<\/p>\n

        \u00a0What is affected by this latter statement?<\/p>\n

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        1. Our relationship with (God<\/span>).\u00a0 \u201cIf I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would have listened.\u201d\u00a0 Ps.66:18 (NIV)\u00a0\u00a0 Turn to Ps.32:1-5\u00a0 (p.462)<\/li>\n
        2. Our relationship with (each other<\/span>).\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMake allowances for each other\u2019s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you.\u00a0 Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.\u201d\u00a0 Col. 3:3<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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