A PICTURE OF PRAYER (3 OF 5)
by Jeff Schreve
Scripture: Ruth 3:1-12, Ruth 3:15-18
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A Picture of Prayer (3 of 5)
Series: Beauty for Ashes
Jeff Schreve
Ruth 3:1-18
If you have your Bible, please turn to Ruth chapter 3; Ruth in the Old Testament. Joshua, Judges, Ruth, just a little book - four chapters, right before 1st Samuel, which is a much bigger book. We've been going through the Book of Ruth, and we're in chapter 3 today. We're calling this series, Beauty for Ashes. Ruth is a beautiful story about love and redemption, but it starts out sad and it ends on a note of praise. It starts out with ashes, but God is the God who gives beauty for ashes. Today, we want to look at Ruth chapter 3, A Picture of Prayer.
And I believe probably most people in this room are familiar with the name James C. Dobson. James Dobson was the Founder of Focus on the Family. He has been a powerful voice for the church and for Christianity for many, many decades. What most people don't know is James Dobson was greatly influenced for Christ by his father, James C. Dobson, Sr.
James Dobson's dad was born in 1911. He died in 1977. And James Dobson, Jr. credits so much of the power in his life to his father as an example and to his father's prayers. When his father died, they put on his tombstone just two words. Under his name, James C. Sr., ''He prayed!'' ''He prayed!'' And James C. Dobson, Sr. did pray. And that was the source of the power of his life, because his prayer life revealed his relationship, the depth of his relationship with the Lord.
Now, did you know that you will never grow deep in the Lord if you don't learn how to pray, and if you don't regularly pray, and bring your heart before Him, and spend time with God in prayer. That's how we grow. You know there are two key elements of the Christian life - prayer and the ministry of the Word. Prayer and the Word of God, those two things are kind of like eating and drinking. They're like breathing in oxygen and exhaling the carbon dioxide, that's prayer and the Word of God. So we're going to talk a ...
Series: Beauty for Ashes
Jeff Schreve
Ruth 3:1-18
If you have your Bible, please turn to Ruth chapter 3; Ruth in the Old Testament. Joshua, Judges, Ruth, just a little book - four chapters, right before 1st Samuel, which is a much bigger book. We've been going through the Book of Ruth, and we're in chapter 3 today. We're calling this series, Beauty for Ashes. Ruth is a beautiful story about love and redemption, but it starts out sad and it ends on a note of praise. It starts out with ashes, but God is the God who gives beauty for ashes. Today, we want to look at Ruth chapter 3, A Picture of Prayer.
And I believe probably most people in this room are familiar with the name James C. Dobson. James Dobson was the Founder of Focus on the Family. He has been a powerful voice for the church and for Christianity for many, many decades. What most people don't know is James Dobson was greatly influenced for Christ by his father, James C. Dobson, Sr.
James Dobson's dad was born in 1911. He died in 1977. And James Dobson, Jr. credits so much of the power in his life to his father as an example and to his father's prayers. When his father died, they put on his tombstone just two words. Under his name, James C. Sr., ''He prayed!'' ''He prayed!'' And James C. Dobson, Sr. did pray. And that was the source of the power of his life, because his prayer life revealed his relationship, the depth of his relationship with the Lord.
Now, did you know that you will never grow deep in the Lord if you don't learn how to pray, and if you don't regularly pray, and bring your heart before Him, and spend time with God in prayer. That's how we grow. You know there are two key elements of the Christian life - prayer and the ministry of the Word. Prayer and the Word of God, those two things are kind of like eating and drinking. They're like breathing in oxygen and exhaling the carbon dioxide, that's prayer and the Word of God. So we're going to talk a ...
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