07-27-08 AM - How to Pray About Your Problems

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2 Chronicles 20:1-30

RECOGNIZE THAT…
1. GOD CARES ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM.
2 Chronicles 20:12 Psalm 55:22 1 Peter 5:7

2. GOD IS BIGGER THAN YOUR PROBLEM.
2 Chronicles 20:6

TAKE THESE STEPS:
1. COME TO GOD FIRST.
2 Chronicles 20:3

2. ENLIST OTHERS TO PRAY FOR YOU.
2 Chronicles 20:4

3. TRUST GOD FOR THE SOLUTION.
2 Chronicles 20:14-15; 17-18

4. REST IN GOD’S PEACE.
2 Chronicles 20:24 2 Chronicles 20:29-30

07-20-08 AM A Home Where Jesus Feels Welcome

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Scriptures: John 11: 1-5

I. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS:
• Dedicate: To set apart items or people for God’s special use.

II. DEDICATION OF THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS (NUMBERS 7):
• Portable structure for worship
• “Tent of meeting” - where God’s presence resided
• Moses anointed the Tabernacle and dedicated it for God’s use
• God spoke to Moses from between the two Cherubim

III. DEDICATION OF SOLOMON’S TEMPLE (I KINGS 8/II CHRONICLES 5-7):
• The Temple was incredibly lavish
• The Priests carried the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant into the Most Holy Place
• The majesty of the Temple was due to the presence of Almighty God

IV. MARY, MARTHA, AND LAZARUS’ HOUSE (LUKE 10/JOHN 11):
• A home where Jesus felt welcome
• Jesus had no place to call home:
o “Foxes have dens to live in, and birds have nests, but the Son of Man has no place even to lay his head.” (Matt. 8:20, NLT)

V. A HOUSE OF HONOR
• Dedication looks back to what God has done
• Dedication looks forward to God’s abiding presence
• God’s presence makes a house a home where Jesus feels welcome

07-13-08 PM - The Conditions of Answered Prayer

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1. AN HONEST RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD John 15:7

Question #1: Do I refuse to ADMIT things that I have done WRONG in the past? - Psalm 66:18 – Isaiah 59:2 – I John 1:9

Question #2: Am I currently IGNORING any of God’s PRINCIPLES ? - I John 3:21-22

Question #3: Do I really WANT God’s WILL for my life? - I John 5:14-15

2. A FORGIVING ATTITUDE. - Luke 11:4

3. A GENEROUS NATURE. - Proverbs 21:131 John 3:22-23 I John 3:17

4. A FAITH THAT GOD WILL ANSWER. - Matthew 21:22 Mark 11:24 Hebrews 11:6 Matthew 10:28-30

5. AN AUTHORITATIVE APPROACH. John 14:13 John 16:24

07-13-08 AM The Purpose of Prayer

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IN PRAYER…

1. I DECLARE MY DEPENDENCE ON GOD. John 15:5-7
A.W. Tozer calls it “praying till you pray”

2. I GROW IN MY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. - John 15:15
Intimacy in prayer does not lead to the production of fruit – rather, the opposite is true – producing fruit leads to intimacy.

3. I ASK AND RECEIVE FROM GOD.

4. I BUILD THE KINGDOM FOR GOD

Isaiah 56:7 …will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

07-06-08 PM - A Study in Ruth

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07-06-08 AM - Receiving God's Promises

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