LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, PART 4 (5 OF 6)
Scripture: MATTHEW 6:1-13
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Lord, Teach Us To Pray, Part 4 (5 of 6)
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Matthew 6.1-13
And as you're turning to Matthew chapter 6, let me say to you that prayer is our declaration of dependence upon God! For every time we look up and pray, ''Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,'' we're declaring our dependence upon God!
That's why for some, prayer makes them glad and godly while at the same time prayer makes others mad and mean! Glad and godly, mad and mean.
It's no wonder there's so much opposition to prayer these days. It's no wonder laws have been passed to eliminate prayer. Prayer is our declaration of our dependence upon God! And no pagan wants to declare their dependence upon God, they want to declare their independence from God!
It's true! Prayer will either make you glad and godly or it will make you mad and mean!
This past Wednesday night over 1000 students from across this city were in this building praying and praising. And many of them for the first time. And then when the invitation was given to receive Jesus and forgiveness, scores of students walked these isles coming forward saying yes to Jesus. And the students who remained in their seats began to applaud them!
As I watched this happening I thought, ''This is God at His best.'' And then moments later I heard about the shooting in Ft. Worth, Texas at a similar meeting. A man walked into the church and began shooting, leaving six dead, one died later in a hospital, and the gunman shot and killed himself.
While God was at His best in Odessa, Satan was at His worst in Ft. Worth. When will we ever learn that Satan is a deceiver and a destroyer. He destroys marriages. He destroys teenagers. He destroys churches. He destroys communities.
And while we're left picking up the pieces, we ask, ''Why are these acts of violence happening? Why have we seen so many students shooting students? Where ...
Dr. Ernest L. Easley
Matthew 6.1-13
And as you're turning to Matthew chapter 6, let me say to you that prayer is our declaration of dependence upon God! For every time we look up and pray, ''Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your Name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,'' we're declaring our dependence upon God!
That's why for some, prayer makes them glad and godly while at the same time prayer makes others mad and mean! Glad and godly, mad and mean.
It's no wonder there's so much opposition to prayer these days. It's no wonder laws have been passed to eliminate prayer. Prayer is our declaration of our dependence upon God! And no pagan wants to declare their dependence upon God, they want to declare their independence from God!
It's true! Prayer will either make you glad and godly or it will make you mad and mean!
This past Wednesday night over 1000 students from across this city were in this building praying and praising. And many of them for the first time. And then when the invitation was given to receive Jesus and forgiveness, scores of students walked these isles coming forward saying yes to Jesus. And the students who remained in their seats began to applaud them!
As I watched this happening I thought, ''This is God at His best.'' And then moments later I heard about the shooting in Ft. Worth, Texas at a similar meeting. A man walked into the church and began shooting, leaving six dead, one died later in a hospital, and the gunman shot and killed himself.
While God was at His best in Odessa, Satan was at His worst in Ft. Worth. When will we ever learn that Satan is a deceiver and a destroyer. He destroys marriages. He destroys teenagers. He destroys churches. He destroys communities.
And while we're left picking up the pieces, we ask, ''Why are these acts of violence happening? Why have we seen so many students shooting students? Where ...
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