RESILIENT

The Power of Prayer

June 11, 2023

Main Scripture: Matthew 6:5-17, 25-33

Additional Scriptures: Hebrews 12:1-2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Ephesians 6:18, Luke 18:1, 22:18, John 14:6, 15:7

POINTS:

• We fix our faith by fixing our eyes on Jesus.

• Prayer: Connecting with God through conversation

• Christians should live out of an Amen.

• Amen: I tell you the truth.

• Jesus uses the term “amen” 99 out of the 129 times it's used in the NT - it was translated to verily, assuredly, truly, and I tell you the truth.

• Jesus uses the word amen before He highlights a very important truth.

• Our amens fall flat because we aren’t fixing our eyes on the truth when we pray.

• Prayer should be about connecting with God and should never be about performing for others or based on our self-righteousness.

• Babbling: you think you are the doctor.

• Prayer is more about listening than it is about talking.

• Fasting should be a regular occurrence in the life of a Christian.

• One primary purpose of fasting is to reset our spiritual appetite.

• Fasting was our first way of honoring and connecting with God.

• Fasting is a spiritual workout for people who are serious about their race.

• The enemy doesn’t want us fast, he wants us slow.

• Fasting is praying with your body.

• Fasting may feel similar to grieving.

• Fasting is fixing our focus on God’s Kingdom & Righteousness.

• Fasting is not flexing or forcing.

***D2 SOAP is Zephaniah chapter 3***