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How to be a Good “Pray-er”

Date: July 27, 2018/Speaker: Pastor Jon Rumley

HOW TO BE A GOOD PRAY-ER

1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18

THREE DISCIPLINES OF A GOOD PRAY-ER:

1A. A GOOD “PRAY-ER” GETS THEIR THEOLOGY RIGHT.

1B. THEOLOGICAL ERROR ON DISPLAY:

1C. YOU ARE AN INDIVIDUAL WITH YOUR OWN LIFE TO LIVE AND PROTECT.

2C. THE WORLD BRINGS ALL KINDS OF INFLUENCES TO BEAR ON YOU.

3C. YOU RESPOND OUT OF YOUR NATURE APART FROM CHRIST. “works of the flesh”

4C. YOU DEMONSTRATE YOUR LOST CONDITION.

2B. SOUND THEOLOGY MINDSET:

1C. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE DO NOT CHANGE.

2C. GOD ENTERS THE PICTURE BY GRACE

3C. THE FATHER MAKES YOU DIFFERENT (A NEW CREATURE).

4C. GOD THE SON BECOMES SAVIOR AND LORD OF YOUR LIFE.

5C. THE HOLY SPIRIT TAKES UP RESIDENCE WITHIN YOU, PRODUCING RADICALLY DIFFERENT “FRUIT.”

2A. A GOOD “PRAY-ER” DEVELOPS CONSISTENT FAITH.

1B. CONSISTENT JOY.

2B. CONSISTENT PRAYER.

3B. CONSISTENT GIVING OF THANKS.

3A. A GOOD “PRAY-ER” PERSEVERES.

The acid test of theology …

1B. BAD THEOLOGY QUITS.

Bad theology quits because it will …

1C. REJOICE ONLY IN THINGS THAT PLEASE ME.

2C. PRAY ONLY UNDER PRESSURE.

3C. GIVES THANKS ONLY WHEN I RECEIVE MORE THAN I THINK I AM OWED.

2B. SOUND THEOLOGY ENDURES.

1C. REJOICES WHENEVER AND HOWEVER GOD IS GLORIFIED. “rejoice always

2C. PRAY LIKE A “WIRED” INFORMANT. “pray without ceasing”

3C. GIVE THANKS FOR THE GOOD GIFTS AND THE GOOD PURPOSES OF GOD. “give thanks in all circumstances”