The Ordinary Church – Prayer
Acts 2:36-47
Acts 2:36-47
Prayer
1. Why do we not pray?
2. Why pray?
3. How should we pray?
Why do we not pray?1. We are not dependent on God
– Dependent people pray
– We are unaware of our intense, daily need for God to work on our behalf
– In our thinking, we must separate our “doing” from our “relying”
2. We don’t really believe it will make a difference
– “Prayer is a mighty instrument, not for getting man’s will done in heaven, but for getting God’s will done on earth” – Robert Law
– “Our great hope in prayer, therefore, is not to change what God has planned, but to bring about what God has planned.” – Unknown
– If our prayers bring about God’s plan, do we believe that God has a plan today?
– We should assume that God wants to bring about His will through the prayers of His people
3. It is self-denying, flesh-defying hard work
– Devoted people pray
