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This morning we begin a new series here at FUM.
For the next forty days, we are going to look at prayer.
Why prayer?
Prayer is the greatest force on earth.
I am reminded of a quote of John Wesley who said,
“Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on earth.
God does nothing but in answer to prayer”
If he was right, God does nothing but in answer to prayer, then we should be people of prayer.
What should distinguish believers in Jesus and non-believers should be prayer.
Before we can make prayer a life long habit, we have to answer the question, “Why pray?”
We are wired to pray.
Matthew 6:33
Andrew Klavan was born Jewish.
How he became a Christian is a simple testimony of the power of prayer.
Having deserted Judaism for atheism as a young man, he was merrily sailing along in a world of nonbelief.
He was reading an adventure novel when one of the main characters said a prayer before going to sleep.
Andrew realized he had never tried to pray.
In his words, “So I said a little prayer and it went off in me like a bomb.
There are really no words to describe it.
I have always thought it was a tribute to the generosity of God that even such a prideful, arrogant little prayer in some sense would be answered.”
That one simple prayer began a habit of praying, and eventually he accepted Christ.
What happens to people who are raised by unbelievers?
An interesting study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life revealed that 14 percent of people raised Catholic and 13 percent of people raised Protestant abandon the faith of their childhood.
At the other extreme, over 50 percent of people raised in “staunchly atheistic or agnostic households” have abandoned the non-faith of their childhood.
These people have abandoned disbelief and have embraced faith.
What moved them to faith?
Over half of those who abandoned unbelief say they had unmet spiritual needs in their lives.
We were created to be spiritual people.
If we are open and honest with ourselves, we recognize there are some uniquely human needs that cannot be met apart from God.
The Spirit then will move us toward Christ.
God loves for me to talk to him.
God loves for me to talk to him.
Matthew
Matthew
Do you ever play the game “how far”?
Its rules are really simple—you fill up your gas tank and then drive to see how far you can go before you fill up again.
You watch the gauge nervously as it falls closer and closer to the big E.
What about your spiritual gas tank—do you play “how far” with it, too, trying to see how far you can get on a single fill-up?
God listens to prayers that are sincere and simple.
God likes to show his grace by answering prayer
Dear Jesus,
I really want a relationship with you.
I confess my sins, and ask for your forgiveness.
I am looking forward to learning how I can communicate with you through prayer during these forty days.
Amen.
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