Elevate: Recent Episodes
Will Rutt
Lets take every thought captive and submit them to truth. Alternative thoughts are...
- long
- realistic
- flexible
Join Dr. Seth Rainwater as we discuss EMOTIONAL thinking and "automatic thoughts"
They are...
- short
- negative
- absolute
Prayer doesn’t start with asking. It starts with believing.
1. BELIEVE (Believe that HE CAN change the situation and that HE CARES)
- -What’s the evidence that I believe?
2. ASK (“God you’ve declared _______, so I need ________”)
- -what’s the evidence that I am asking and not demanding?
3. TRUST his choosing. (Trust His wisdom and his goodness)
- -what’s the evidence that I trust?
4. PRAISE. The proof of trust is praise.
1. Find a time and a spot
- the thoughts and attitude that get put in your mind tend to stick with you throughout your day when you do it in the morning.
2. Leave the black hole of your attention (your phone) in a different room
3. Pray “outside your head” (ie…pray out loud or on paper)
- The advantage…see how God worked and answered prayers you forgot you ever prayed.
4. Use the acronym P.R.A.Y. and use the language of the Psalms for praise and repentance
- Psalm 145: The greatness of God
- Psalm 103: The work of God
- Psalm 63: A desire for God
- Psalm 51: Turning back toward God
5. Pray big. Pray small. Pray specific. Pray Honest
- · BIG: Nothing so big God can’t do. Mark 5:35-36.
- · SMALL: Nothing so small God doesn’t care (1 Peter 5:7)
- · SPECIFIC: Nothing so lame as prayers so vague you’d never even know God answered.
- · HONEST: Nothing so superficial as praying with my mouth and not my heart. Psalm 44:23-26
6. Do it when you don’t feel like it
- In all of life, growth usually doesn’t happen until you keep going even when you want to quit.
Week 1 of our Prayer series:
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Prayer is the catalyst of growth and transformation in the church
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The primary goal of prayer is meeting with God