SUPPLEMENTS TO PRAYER (4 OF 5)
by Steve Jones
Scripture: Matthew 6:16, Psalm 10:17, II Corinthians 4:13
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Title: Supplements to Prayer (4 of 5)
Series: Sync
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 6:16, Psalm 10:17, II Corinthians 4:13
SERMON SUMMARY: Three additions to prayer will take it to the next level. 1) Prayer AND Fasting 2) Prayer AND Journaling. 3) Prayer AND Worship.
Introduction: I'm going to start a coupling phrase and I want you to finish it.
1) Peanut butter and (Jelly).
2) Adam and (Eve). 3) Ham and (eggs).
4) Bread and (butter). 5) Coffee and (cream).
6) Cookies and (milk). 7) Anthony and (Cleopatra)
8) Arts and (crafts). 9) Copy and (paste).
10) Hugs and (kisses). 11) Lightening and (thunder).
12) Macaroni and (cheese) 13) Meat and (potatoes)
14) Monica and (Chandler) 15) Needle and (thread)
16) Peas and (carrots). 17) Romeo and (Juliet)
18) Samson and (Delilah). 19) Salt and (pepper)
20) Tarzan and (Jane) 21) Steveo and (Devo)
Today in our "Prayer series" I want to talk about three things that "go with" prayer. These three things can "turbo-charge" our prayers.
I. PRAYER AND FASTING
Matthew 6:16 "When you fast"
This is the verse immediately following Jesus teaching his disciples how to pray the Lord's prayer. Perhaps that's because fasting and prayer nearly always go together in the Bible. In at least eight Biblical passages that connection is explicit - Ezra 8:2, Joel 1:14, Luke 5:33, Psalm 35:13, Daniel 9:3, Luke 2:37, Luke 5:33, Acts 14:23. In the rest it is implicit. Prayer is not always accompanied by fasting, but fasting is nearly always accompanied by prayer. Notice that Jesus assumed his followers would fast.
No practice of Jesus is more alien or neglected in the modern Western church than fasting. The idea of drawing on the Spirit's power not through our minds but through our stomachs sounds absurd. Few followers of Jesus regularly fast anymore.
And yet, until recent history, fasting was one of the core practices of the Way of Jesus. Jesus fasted. The early church fasted (Acts 13:2), ...
Series: Sync
Author: Steve Jones
Text: Matthew 6:16, Psalm 10:17, II Corinthians 4:13
SERMON SUMMARY: Three additions to prayer will take it to the next level. 1) Prayer AND Fasting 2) Prayer AND Journaling. 3) Prayer AND Worship.
Introduction: I'm going to start a coupling phrase and I want you to finish it.
1) Peanut butter and (Jelly).
2) Adam and (Eve). 3) Ham and (eggs).
4) Bread and (butter). 5) Coffee and (cream).
6) Cookies and (milk). 7) Anthony and (Cleopatra)
8) Arts and (crafts). 9) Copy and (paste).
10) Hugs and (kisses). 11) Lightening and (thunder).
12) Macaroni and (cheese) 13) Meat and (potatoes)
14) Monica and (Chandler) 15) Needle and (thread)
16) Peas and (carrots). 17) Romeo and (Juliet)
18) Samson and (Delilah). 19) Salt and (pepper)
20) Tarzan and (Jane) 21) Steveo and (Devo)
Today in our "Prayer series" I want to talk about three things that "go with" prayer. These three things can "turbo-charge" our prayers.
I. PRAYER AND FASTING
Matthew 6:16 "When you fast"
This is the verse immediately following Jesus teaching his disciples how to pray the Lord's prayer. Perhaps that's because fasting and prayer nearly always go together in the Bible. In at least eight Biblical passages that connection is explicit - Ezra 8:2, Joel 1:14, Luke 5:33, Psalm 35:13, Daniel 9:3, Luke 2:37, Luke 5:33, Acts 14:23. In the rest it is implicit. Prayer is not always accompanied by fasting, but fasting is nearly always accompanied by prayer. Notice that Jesus assumed his followers would fast.
No practice of Jesus is more alien or neglected in the modern Western church than fasting. The idea of drawing on the Spirit's power not through our minds but through our stomachs sounds absurd. Few followers of Jesus regularly fast anymore.
And yet, until recent history, fasting was one of the core practices of the Way of Jesus. Jesus fasted. The early church fasted (Acts 13:2), ...
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