28/11/2021 [Sunday Service] www.lifechurchmissions.com
Learning prayers, working diligently.《Ps127:1-2; 25:7-8; 6:7-8; Lk5:15-16; Mk6:31-33; Jn4:34; Gen1:31; Ex22:1; Ps128:1-2》
Read: <Ps 127:1-2>
1. What are prayers for?
1) It is easy to miss the purpose of prayers.
2) God-centered prayer pauses to reflect on His attributes.
Read: <Ps 25:7-8; Ps 6:7-8>
3) What is Jesus' power in ministry, drawn from His private communion with God in prayer?
Read: <Lk 5:15-16; Mk 6:31-33; Jn 4:34>
The aim of prayers: God Himself, God His doing, for the Lord to use
2. Prayers, for working diligently
1) To perform duty.
2) To complete the work.
Read: <Ge 1:31>
3) Training in righteousness
Read: <Ex 22:1>
3. How should the "spirit of our prayers" be like that we may enjoy rest?
1) Diligence in order to shake off sloth
* Accustomed to suffer troubles, nothing can stand in the way of getting things done
2) But there is indeed a type of labor that wears one out《Ps 127:2》
Read: <Ps 127:2>
3) The grace of labor and rest
* Men are created with the design of being occupied by vocation
Read: <Ps 128:1-2; 127:2>