Put in the Fire for the Sake of Prayer

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Sermons, Religion & Spirituality/christianity, 163859, Desiring God, John Piper, Preaching, Christianity, Messages, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 28 December 2008

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

God can put his people through the fires of suffering to awaken our appetite for prayer.

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0:00.0	The following resource is from desiring God.org.
0:04.0	John 16, versus 16 through 24.
0:10.0	Follow along as I read.
0:12.0	A little one. Follow along as I read.
0:17.0	A little while and you will see me no longer.
0:22.0	And again, a little while and you will see me. So some of his disciples said to one another, what is this that
0:27.4	he says to us a little while and you will not see me and again a little while and you will see me and because
0:38.7	I'm going to the father so they were saying what does this what does he mean by a little while?
0:47.0	We do not know what he's talking about.
0:50.0	Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them,
0:55.0	Is this what you're asking yourselves, what I meant by saying a little while
1:01.0	and you will not see me and again a little while and you will see me.
1:08.0	Truly, truly I say to you you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful,
1:19.7	but your sorrow will turn into joy. When a woman is giving birth she has sorrow because her
1:25.6	hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby she no longer remembers the
1:31.2	anguish. For joy that a human being has been born into this world.
1:37.0	So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice and no one will take your joy from you.
1:46.9	In that day you will ask nothing of me. Truly, truly, I say to you,
1:58.2	whatever you ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now you have asked nothing in my name.
2:02.1	Ask and you will receive that your joy may be full.
2:06.0	Let's pray together.
2:35.0	How faithful you are to us to bring us to the end now of another year as a church. How many 10,000 of prayers have risen from this people? You have met our needs. Your mercies have been new every morning.
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