Reverence in Prayer

Ultimately with R.C. Sproul

Ligonier Ministries

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

God welcomes His people to draw near His very throne in prayer, but that doesn't mean we should approach with a cavalier attitude. Today, R.C. Sproul urges us to remember to whom we are praying: the Sovereign over heaven and earth.

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0:00.0	Does prayer change things?
0:03.0	You better change things.
0:05.0	Changes all kinds of things.
0:07.0	Prayer changes us.
0:12.0	God gave prayer to the church, not for God's benefit.
0:17.0	The sovereign has condescended to give us an audience.
0:26.0	He's invited us into the heavenly palace.
0:30.0	He has lifted the scepter and told us to enter.
0:35.0	We have access to his very throne.
0:39.0	But when we go there, we don't walk in there like Babe Ruth did
0:44.0	when he met the King of England.
0:46.0	Before Babe Ruth went to England for the first time,
0:49.0	he had an audience with the King, King George, I guess.
0:52.0	Before he was to meet with the King, the King's counselors
0:56.0	and the assistants and so on, carefully briefed Babe Ruth
1:00.0	on all of the propriety that was necessary to maintain proper protocol
1:06.0	and explained it how when he came, when he had to bow before the King
1:10.0	and address him as your majesty and all of that sort of thing.
1:14.0	And so what does Babe Ruth do in typical American fashion?
1:17.0	He walks right in the room where the King is and he walks up to us and says,
1:21.0	hacking.
1:24.0	See, that's America.
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