THE DANGER OF DULL AXES (6 OF 9)
Scripture: Luke 11:9-13
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The Danger of Dull Axes (6 of 9)
Series: Fish Stories From The Bible
Donald Cantrell
Luke 11: 9 - 13
I - The Promoted Practice of Prayer (9)
II - The Positive Premise of Prayer (10)
III - The Phenomenal Pattern of Prayer (11 - 12)
IV - The Paramount Potentate of Prayer (13)
V - The Plenteous Paradigms of Prayer
Theme: ''We need to sharpen our axes of prayer, to see prayers answered''
Keep Your Axe Sharp
The story is told of two lumberjacks - an older and a younger - both known for their expertise and speed. The younger challenged the older to a contest to see who could cut down the most trees in one day.
The contest began. The younger man, with his vim, vigor and vitality, began in earnest chopping down one tree after another without stopping. He soon noticed that the older lumberjack chopped trees for one hour then took a fifteen-minute break.
At the end of the day when the felled trees were counted, the older lumberjack had chopped down one-third more trees than the younger lumberjack.
Puzzled, the younger lumberjack asked the older, ''How could you, taking a break every hour, cut down more trees than I did cutting nonstop all day?''
The older lumberjack responded, ''Because when I stopped, I sharpened my ax.'' If you're going to chop down trees you have to keep your axe sharpened and if you are going to pray, you must keep your prayer life sharpened!!!
John Bunyan said, ''He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.''
Baptist preacher John Bunyan said, ''You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.''
Prayer should be our first resort, and our first priority. How we need to beg God for a burden to pray!
Alan Carr - Sermon Notebook
In today's message we will discuss the idea of prayer, the idea of praying, but not merely using vain words of repetition, but words that are sincere, words that are specific, and words ...
Series: Fish Stories From The Bible
Donald Cantrell
Luke 11: 9 - 13
I - The Promoted Practice of Prayer (9)
II - The Positive Premise of Prayer (10)
III - The Phenomenal Pattern of Prayer (11 - 12)
IV - The Paramount Potentate of Prayer (13)
V - The Plenteous Paradigms of Prayer
Theme: ''We need to sharpen our axes of prayer, to see prayers answered''
Keep Your Axe Sharp
The story is told of two lumberjacks - an older and a younger - both known for their expertise and speed. The younger challenged the older to a contest to see who could cut down the most trees in one day.
The contest began. The younger man, with his vim, vigor and vitality, began in earnest chopping down one tree after another without stopping. He soon noticed that the older lumberjack chopped trees for one hour then took a fifteen-minute break.
At the end of the day when the felled trees were counted, the older lumberjack had chopped down one-third more trees than the younger lumberjack.
Puzzled, the younger lumberjack asked the older, ''How could you, taking a break every hour, cut down more trees than I did cutting nonstop all day?''
The older lumberjack responded, ''Because when I stopped, I sharpened my ax.'' If you're going to chop down trees you have to keep your axe sharpened and if you are going to pray, you must keep your prayer life sharpened!!!
John Bunyan said, ''He who runs from God in the morning will scarcely find Him the rest of the day.''
Baptist preacher John Bunyan said, ''You can do more than pray, after you have prayed, but you cannot do more than pray until you have prayed.''
Prayer should be our first resort, and our first priority. How we need to beg God for a burden to pray!
Alan Carr - Sermon Notebook
In today's message we will discuss the idea of prayer, the idea of praying, but not merely using vain words of repetition, but words that are sincere, words that are specific, and words ...
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