Prayer

Concerning prayer, J. Oswald Sanders wrote: Prayer is an amazing paradox. It is a blending of simplicity and profundity. It can be an agony or an ecstasy. It can focus on a single objective, or it can roam the world. It is “the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try,” and yet at the same time is “The sublimest strains that reach the Majesty on high.” Small wonder, then, that even Paul, spiritual giant though he was, had to confess: “We do not know what we ought to pray for.” 

To complete this lesson…

-Watch the video below

-Read the PDF

-Complete the Doer practical action step

DOER STEP:

BE DOERS OF THE WORD, AND NOT HEARERS ONLY, DECEIVING YOURSELVES. JAMES 1:22

- CHOOSE A BREATH PRAYER AND PICK AN EVERY DAY ACTION THAT YOU WILL PRACTICE SAYING IT EACH TIME YOU DO THE ACTION.

- LISTEN TO TIM KELLER’S SERMON “BASIS OF PARYER: OUR FATHER”

- READ LUKE 5:16, 6:12, 9:28, MARK 1:35, 6:46 AND DISCUSS THE COMMON DENOMINATORS WITH YOUR SMALL GROUP LEADER.