Anxious for Nothing (5)
Series: Abiding Life
Joey Rodgers
Philippians 4:4-6
One day, during the invitation, a pastor overheard a boy anxiously praying to God - Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo. Curious, the pastor knelt beside the boy to see if he could help or at least pray w/ him. He asked - Son, why are you praying Tokyo? The boy replied, "Pastor, you can pray w/ me, but I don't know if it'll help. I had a test on Friday at school - and unless you can make Tokyo the capital of France - I'm not sure it'll help!"
We're in week 5 of our series concerning the abiding life. I'm hopeful that God is doing a great work in/thru your life in this series as you spend time in His Word and in discussion w/ other believers.
To abide is to live plugged into and empowered by H.S. by remaining connected w/ or aligned under God.
The WITH-God life. Dallas Willard
Meaning - the abiding life living in a close, continual, non-transactional relationship w/ Jesus that involves choosing to stay connected to Him by responding to the leading of the H.S. so that each day you become more dependent on Him and a little less dependent on yourself in every area of your life. To help us abide - God has given us differing spiritual activities like worship, prayer, stewardship, church, and the Bible to help us live intimately/dependently w/ Him.
Truth - all of us are abiding in something/someone to meet our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs - and whatever/whoever it is can be identified easily by our ambitions, appetites, attitudes, and actions.
So far, we've discussed the necessity of waiting on the Lord, learning to worship God privately/publicly, and allowing God's Word to be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path - today I want us to turn our attention to the gift of communing w/ God in prayer.
Can I be honest? Prayer may be one of the simplest, yet brutally difficult aspects of the Christian life. In its simplest form - it's talking/listenin ...
Series: Abiding Life
Joey Rodgers
Philippians 4:4-6
One day, during the invitation, a pastor overheard a boy anxiously praying to God - Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo. Curious, the pastor knelt beside the boy to see if he could help or at least pray w/ him. He asked - Son, why are you praying Tokyo? The boy replied, "Pastor, you can pray w/ me, but I don't know if it'll help. I had a test on Friday at school - and unless you can make Tokyo the capital of France - I'm not sure it'll help!"
We're in week 5 of our series concerning the abiding life. I'm hopeful that God is doing a great work in/thru your life in this series as you spend time in His Word and in discussion w/ other believers.
To abide is to live plugged into and empowered by H.S. by remaining connected w/ or aligned under God.
The WITH-God life. Dallas Willard
Meaning - the abiding life living in a close, continual, non-transactional relationship w/ Jesus that involves choosing to stay connected to Him by responding to the leading of the H.S. so that each day you become more dependent on Him and a little less dependent on yourself in every area of your life. To help us abide - God has given us differing spiritual activities like worship, prayer, stewardship, church, and the Bible to help us live intimately/dependently w/ Him.
Truth - all of us are abiding in something/someone to meet our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs - and whatever/whoever it is can be identified easily by our ambitions, appetites, attitudes, and actions.
So far, we've discussed the necessity of waiting on the Lord, learning to worship God privately/publicly, and allowing God's Word to be a lamp unto our feet and a light unto our path - today I want us to turn our attention to the gift of communing w/ God in prayer.
Can I be honest? Prayer may be one of the simplest, yet brutally difficult aspects of the Christian life. In its simplest form - it's talking/listenin ...
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