Prayer -You can do it. Hans Rasmussen 2-20-16
Transcript of Prayer -You can do it. Hans Rasmussen 2-20-16
Is prayer important to you?
How often do you pray?
Approximately how long?
Do you find prayer satisfying?
Do you sense the presence of God when you pray?
•Is prayer important to you
•How often do you pray?
•Approximately how long?
•Do you find prayer satisfying
•Do you sense the presence of God when you pray?
Modern Struggle
George Buttrick
“a spasm of words lost in a cosmic indifference”
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
“Of all the activities in which the Christian engages, and
which are part of the Christian life, there is surely none which causes so much perplexity, and raises so many problems, as the activity which we call prayer.”
Philippians 3:8 (NIV84)…I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness
of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord
Gerald C. May
“After twenty years of listening to the
yearnings of people’s hearts, I am convinced
that human beings have an inborn desire for God.
Gerald C. May
Whether we are consciously religious or
not, this desire is our deepest longing and
most precious treasure.”
Dt 30:11–15 ESV
11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. 12 It is not in heaven, that
you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to
us, that we may hear it and do it?’
Dt 30:11–15 ESV
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should
say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to
us, that we may hear it and do it?’
Dt 30:11–15 ESV
14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you
can do it. 15 “See, I have set before you today life and
good, death and evil.
Dt 30:11 ESV
…this commandment that I command you
today is not too hard for you, neither is it
far off.
Dt 30:14 ESV
But the word is very near you. It is in your
mouth and in your heart, so that you
can do it.
Dt 30:11–15 ESV
15 “See, I have set before you today
life and good, death and evil.
•Is prayer important to you
•How often do you pray?
•Approximately how long?
•Do you find prayer satisfying
•Do you sense the presence of God when you pray?