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Jesus On Prayer | Pastor Greg Surratt

  •  When something uncontrollable happens - Pray.

  • Jesus says ask, and you will receive.

  • Seek God’s will for your life.

  • The search can be frustrating but giving up and quitting, may cause you to miss out on God’s gift.

  • God has doors of opportunity that He wants to open for you.

  • There are things already on the table that God has prepared for you.

  • Jesus says to trust. – Ask, seek, knock and then trust.

  • Jesus says to do. – Pray, trust then do.

  • Faith without works is dead. – what you believe must inform/direct your behavior.

  • Christians should not look, act, or speak like the world; yet survey after survey indicates there is no difference.

  • Do not express hate onto people, we must love others. They will know we are Christians by our love.

Discussion Questions:

  •  How many of you have ever prayed/asked for something and it didn’t look like you got an answer?

  • Have you ever prayed for something, and then later found out that you were better off with God-saying not yet, or no?

  • To seek means to search. Searching takes effort. Have you ever grown tired of searching and settled? How did that work out for you?

  • Have you ever faced a closed door? How did you approach the situation?

  • What are things we can do to not give up; to continue on and not lose hope?

  • Have you ever been told not to pray for patience, because God will do something to put you through a hard situation? (Like make you constantly get stuck behind slow drivers, or stand in long checkout lines at the store… etc.) - is that an appropriate way of thinking when it comes to prayer?

  • Do you think life was better/worse under Roman rule vs. how the world is today?

  • Our beliefs inform/direct our behaviors. (agree/disagree?)

  • Can you share an experience where you had to check your behavior in response to a situation?

  • Commit to devoting 10 minutes a day for prayer.

  • Consider walking through your neighborhood and praying specifically for the needs of your neighbors.

  • Ask God to lead you in praying specifically for neighbor’s needs (know or unknown).

  • Set a goal this month to get into the word and read:

    • Read: Luke 11:1-13

    • What jumps out at you when you compare with Matthew’s account?

Further Study:

Watch Video: T.D. Jakes- The Door Prayer Won’t Open

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