Okolona Christian Church
Best Kept Secret: Prayer Part 1
Anthony "DunDun" Dunning
May 26, 2024

Best Kept Secret: Prayer Part 1

May 26, 2024 / Anthony "DunDun" Dunning

Matthew 6:5a (NLT)
“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them…” 

 

Prayer Motivation
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Matthew 6:5 (NLT)
“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.” 

 

Prayer is not about us (myself and others) it is about us (myself and God).

 

Matthew 6:5-6 (NLT)
“When you pray, don’t be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them. I tell you the truth, that is all the reward they will ever get.  But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you.” 

 

Approaching Effective Prayer:
By Yourself
Your Door
Pray In

 

Approaching Effective Prayer:
Go Away By Yourself (where you have the right )
Close Your Door (where you are in the )
Pray In Secret (where you have the correct )

 

3 Things to do when praying:
     

 

Matthew 7:7-8 (NLT)
“Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives. Everyone who seeks, finds. And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.” 

 

Be Bold

Talk Twice

Prohibit Presumption

 

Matthew 7:9-11 (NLT)
“You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead? Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake? Of course not! So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.” 

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