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How to pray – Like a “Juggernaut” –
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Models for prayer – Like a “Juggernaut” – Moses – “...Remember your servants...”
Exodus 32:12-13
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Models for prayer – Like a “Juggernaut” – Apostles – “Then Peter said. ‘Silver or gold I do not have, but what I have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk.’ Taking him by the right hand, he helped him up, and instantly the man’s feet and ankles became
- strong. He jumped to his feet and began to
walk......” Acts 3:6-8
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Models for prayer – Like a “Juggernaut” – Apostles – “Now Lord...enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. Stretch out your hand to heal and perform miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus” Acts 4:29-30
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Models for prayer – Like a “Juggernaut” – Apostles – “The apostles performed many miraculous
signs and wonders among the people...more and more men and women believed in the Lord and were added to their number. As a result, people brought the sick into the streets...Crowds gathered...bringing their sick and those tormented by evil spirits, and all of them were healed” Acts 5:12-16
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Models for prayer – Like a “Juggernaut” – Apostles – “The apostles performed many miraculous
signs and wonders ............ Acts 5:12-16
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”Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years..........”
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James 5:17-18
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”Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, ...........”
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James 5:17-18
”Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops”
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James 5:17-18
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”Elijah was a man just like us. He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the land for three and a half years. Again he prayed, and the heavens gave rain, and the earth produced its crops”
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James 5:17-18
”Just like us...”;
We are “just like” Joshua and Elijah;
- They both had access to an “all powerful” God
- We also have access to an “all powerful” God
What is the difference?
- They had the ‘Audacity’ to pray prayers that
lived up to God;
- His character, His heart,
- His resources, His abilities and
- His will
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Praying like a “Juggernaut”;
Praying prayers worthy of the God we are praying to
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Prayer is the arena where our Faith meets God’s abilities
”This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us - whatever we ask - we know that we have what we asked of him”.
1 John 5:14-15
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”..ask anything according to his will...”
- God wants our agenda to be in line with His
- Our ‘Audacity’ must be in synchronisation with
His purposes
- over time our desires and God’s desires will
become one and the same
- the word of God is crucial to
‘Audacious’ Faith
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Remind God of what He already knows, or; what He has done previously;
Joshua: Sun Stand Still Moses: Defended Israelites David:“..show us your strength, O God, as you have done before..”
(Psalm 68)
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”..ask anything according to his will...”
- Go back to the word of God and;
- recall His promises and;
- the pattern of His actions in the past
- your ‘Audacity’ is stirred
- your desires become aligned
with God’s purposes
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”..ask anything according to his will...”
- Go to the scriptures and know God’s will
- pray according to God’s promises praying
God’s will
- Speak up in prayer with a bold new confidence,
- with ‘Audacity’,
- like a Juggernaut
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