Moving Mountains - Prayer

Moving Mountains - Prayer

8 The Difficulties of Prayer (Hebrews 5:7-9)

If you want to make a gift/offering to Hope in Christ Church, click here to learn about ways to give. Sermon Outline   Prayer isn’t easy Sometimes it involves pain and deep emotion (Heb 5:7) 2 words used for praying: prayers: (Acts 1:16, 2Cor 1:11) supplication: 2 strong emotions: loud cries: (Lk 1:42, Ex 11:6) Tears Jesus wasn’t a stoic! (Mt 26:42, 27:46, Mk 14:34) What does this all mean? (Heb 5:7) Sometimes it involves suffering (Heb 5:8) Sometimes it…

7 Mark 8 How does the Kingdom of God Grow?

Sermon Outline Have you ever forgotten something? (Mk 8:14-15, 7:36, 5:43) Leaven What is it? How does it work? What does it accomplish? What is important for us to keep in mind is that ancient leaven involved something that seemed small, trivial, even minute/unseeable, but it resulted in the entire batch of dough being transformed… Why does Jesus Say this? (Mk 8 Outline) The Leaven of the Pharisees? How do the Pharisees seek to grow their kingdoms? What is the…

6 Praying Scripture Mt 6:9-13

Sermon Outline   Importance of Praying Scripture To pray the Scriptures is to tap into the very heart and desire of God Some examples: Mary’s Magnificat (Lk 1:46-55) // Hannah’s prayer (1Sam 2:1-10) Believer’s Prayer for Boldness (Acts 4:23-31) // Gen 1, Ps 2, et al. The Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9-13) The OT Background to the Lord’s Prayer (Mt 6:9-13) Our Father (Isa 63:16, 64:8, 2Sam 7:14, 1Chr 17:13, Ps 103:13, Jer 31:9) In heaven (2 Chronicles 20:6; Psalms 115:3,…

5 Praying for Discernment Dan 2;1-19

The Song lyrics are included in the youtube post, or you can download this lyric sheet, by clicking on the link to the right: HICC Lyrics 3.29.20 Sermon Outline Introduction (James 1:5, 3:17) Daniel 2 – Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream The Chronology Problem (Dan 2:1) The Dream (Dan 2:1) Dreams in Bible God gave dreams to warn people in OT (Gen 20:3, 41:16-24) God gave dreams to foretell future (Judge 7:13-15, Gen 31:10) Dreams are promised to increase in last days (Joel…

4 Consecrate yourself – It is the key to prayer 1Peter 1:13-25

This is the complete service which a few of our youth and young adults helped to prepare this afternoon.  The sermon begins around the 24:30 minute mark. Video & audio recording of service If you are having trouble getting it to play on the website you may also access the full video recording here. Slides & audio recording of service Sermon Outline Introduction The Consecrated Life What being consecrated means What an unconsecrated life might look like. 1 Peter 1…

3 Bold Authority Matthew 8:5-13

Sermon Outline   Bold Requests The Centurion’s Prayer Request Capernaum, Jesus’ hometown (Mt 4:23, 4:13, 8:14. Lk 7:2-5, Mt 11:23-24) Centurion Statement of Fact (Mt 8:6) My servant – (Mt 2:16, 17:14-21, Lk 7:7) Suffering terribly – (Mt 14:24, Rev 12:2) Is Jesus’ response a statement or a question? (Mt 8:7, 15:24-28) The Centurion’s reply Not worthy – (Mt 8:8) Declaration of Faith (Mt 8:8) Authority is the reason for his faith (Mt 8:9) The relationship between Authority and Faith…

2: Prayer as Cries of the Heart – Matthew 26:36-44

Sermon Outline Crying out to God Garden of Gethsemane (Matthew 26:36-44) Context End of Jesus’ life, on the final night, Gethsemane Importance of Prayer (Mt 26:36-27) Prayer is supposed to be a group event (Mt 26:36-37) Sitting, watching, praying are all words meant as an invitation to join with Jesus in seeking the Father. (Mt 26:36, 38, 40, 41) But Jesus is Alone as he prays (v.39, 42, 44) Depth of Jesus’ cries (Mt 26:37-39) The adjectives and Adverbs If…

01 Luke 18:1-8 Pray and don’t lose heart

Sermon Outline Growing weary in prayer The Parable Proper (Lk 18:2-5) The Judge (Lk 18:2) Francois Bovon notes “He disobeyed the two most important commandments” What kind of hope would you have living in a city like that? The Widow (Lk 18-3) Frequently they are categorized with orphans and aliens by the prophets – people that are lacking other to care for them, protect them, keep them from being taken advantage of. We are told this woman kept coming and…