Seeking God through Prayer
First15 Devotional
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🗓️ 12 October 2022
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
As we continue our series on seeking God, today we’ll explore the intimate closeness of seeking God through prayer. How amazing is our Father that he wants to commune with us? With you? With me? Take a second to fathom how beautiful that truly is. Today, may your heart be stirred to take advantage of the unbelievable gift of prayer as you experience God.
Our Scripture for today comes from Matthew 6:6, and today's worship is Spirit of God by Canyon Hills Worship.
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Podcast Wrap up Script for Craig:
“ If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and he will give it to you. He will not rebuke you for asking.” - James 1:5
We live in a world saturated with information but yet seemingly starving for wisdom. Glory to our good God that He is a fount of wisdom and offers to pour out His beautiful truth and wisdom into our hearts whenever we ask. Jesus modeled this beautifully through his parables and teachings, both of which are included in our Wisdom devotional!
Wisdom will take you through four weeks of quality time with the Lord. Experience a fresh glimpse into the life-giving grace of God!
- How to be responsive to the presence of God in our lives
- How to fulfill our deepest longings through intimacy with God
- How to hear Jesus speak directly to our situation through his parables
- How to free ourselves of the tyranny of constant busyness by creating boundaries
And every dollar you give today goes to help more people like you experience the nearness and love of our God.
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| 0:00.0 | As we continue our series on seeking God, today we'll explore the intimate closeness of seeking God through prayer. |
| 0:12.1 | How amazing is our Father that He wants to commune with us, with you, with me. |
| 0:18.7 | Take a second to fathom how beautiful that truly is. |
| 0:22.4 | And today, may your heart be stirred to take advantage of the unbelievable gift prayer is as you experience God. |
| 0:29.8 | Welcome to the first of team podcast. |
| 0:52.6 | Thank you. Jesus says in Matthew 6,6, but when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your father who is in secret. |
| 0:58.4 | The fact that God listens to us as his children changes the landscape of prayer from empty phrases uttered into the abyss |
| 1:03.3 | to direct communication with the creator and sustainer of all. |
| 1:08.7 | When you pray, you are heard by your Heavenly Father. And it's because he listens to us |
| 1:14.4 | that prayer is one of the most wonderful and powerful avenues to pursue him. May we learn to dialogue |
| 1:21.6 | in greater ways with our Heavenly Father as we open our hearts to all he would show us today |
| 1:26.7 | about prayer. |
| 1:29.7 | Matthew 6th, 7 through 8 says, |
| 1:32.0 | And when you pray, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do, |
| 1:36.3 | for they think that they will be heard for the many words. |
| 1:39.7 | Do not be like them, for your father knows what you need before you ask him. Jesus inaugurated an entirely |
| 1:47.7 | new perspective on prayer. Prior to Jesus, God's people would pray out of obligation or ritual, |
| 1:55.2 | begging a seemingly distant God to move on their behalf. Jesus taught that God knows our needs before we even ask. He taught that God |
| 2:04.6 | is a good father who longs to respond to the needs of his children. And in John 157, he taught, |
| 2:11.8 | if you abide in me and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. God's desire is to |
| 2:21.3 | respond favorably to our prayers. He always has our absolute best in mind and longs to satisfy the |
| 2:28.9 | desires of our hearts. The key to effective communication with God is first to trust that he is a good father |
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