Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest." - Matthew 9:37-38
Big Idea – We have a good Father who we can actively depend on through time spent alone in intimate prayer. He invites us to join His work in the world through depending on Him in prayer.
Introduction:
Jesus models prayer for us:
Jesus prays all the time! In the midst of all that is going on, Jesus makes the effort to spend extended time in prayer with God. This prayer time is not burdensome to Jesus but, rather, is life giving.
Big Idea – We have a good Father who we can actively depend on through time spent alone in intimate prayer. He invites us to join His work in the world through depending on Him in prayer.
Introduction:
Jesus is the undisputed expert and model in prayer. Will we take to heart what He has to say?
Jesus models prayer for us:
Jesus prays all the time! In the midst of all that is going on, Jesus makes the effort to spend extended time in prayer with God. This prayer time is not burdensome to Jesus but, rather, is life giving.
Jesus teaches us about prayer:
We see Jesus teaching us: pray according to what is true. You have a good, powerful, caring Father who knows our needs and desires to give good gifts to His children. So pray! Pray in dependence on our good God.
We see Jesus teaching us: pray according to what is true. You have a good, powerful, caring Father who knows our needs and desires to give good gifts to His children. So pray! Pray in dependence on our good God.
Jesus invites us to join His work through prayer:
Jesus invites us to be a part of the amazing plan of God by having compassion on the many that don't know Him, and praying earnestly that more would go to minister among them.
Jesus invites us to be a part of the amazing plan of God by having compassion on the many that don't know Him, and praying earnestly that more would go to minister among them.
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