Adoration
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
What should be the posture of our hearts and minds when we pray to the Lord? Today, R.C. Sproul teaches that prayer ought to begin on a note of adoration for God.
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Meet Today's Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939-2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God's Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
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| 0:00.0 | If I had an audience with the king, the first thing I should do is express my humility before the king |
| 0:07.5 | and give him the honor that he deserves. |
| 0:10.7 | And so when I enter into a conversation with the Lord, I begin the conversation with worship. |
| 0:17.1 | I begin by expressing from the depths of my soul how I feel about His greatness and His majesty, |
| 0:25.6 | His excellence. |
| 0:32.3 | Do you have a prayer list, a place to keep track of prayer requests from family and friends. |
| 0:39.3 | If you consider all the areas of your life, this list can quickly grow. |
| 0:44.3 | But interestingly, when the disciples asked Jesus to teach them how to pray, |
| 0:49.3 | he didn't instruct them to begin their prayers with their needs. |
| 0:53.3 | This is the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind, and we're spending several weekends |
| 0:58.1 | with R. C. Sprold on the topic of prayer. |
| 1:01.7 | As a reminder, you can own this six-part series from Dr. Sproll for life when you give a |
| 1:07.1 | donation of any amount at Renewing Your Mind.org, or when you click the link in the podcast |
| 1:12.8 | show notes. Last week, Dr. Sprawl explained that he believed one of the reasons we so often |
| 1:20.1 | struggle with prayer is because we don't know how to pray. Thankfully, the disciples were aware of this |
| 1:26.2 | too, and they asked Jesus for help. |
| 1:29.0 | Jesus' answer is recorded for us in Scripture. Well, here's Dr. Sprawl on a simple |
| 1:34.5 | acrostic to help us in prayer and the need to express adoration in our prayers. |
| 1:40.0 | It may be a strange thing to say, but I've had the opportunity to attend some of the most |
| 1:47.7 | magnificent, wonderful, and moving funerals in my life. |
| 1:55.0 | But of all the funerals I've attended, the one that I remember most vividly occurred many, many years ago in Pittsburgh, when an |
| 2:04.9 | Episcopalian priest died suddenly at age 42. |
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