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“Prayer is a sincere, sensible, affectionate pouring out of the heart or soul to God, through
Christ.” – Paul Bunyan in Pilgrims Progress
Hebrews 4:14-16
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus
the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high
priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been
tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. 16 Let us then approach God’s
throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us
in our time of need.
JESUS GETS IT
Hebrews 2 17 For this reason he had to be made like them, fully human in every
way……. 18 Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those
who are being tempted.
16 Let us then approach God’s throne of grace with confidence, so that we may
receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
We find what we need in Jesus.
Acts 17 (Sel) Apostle Paul in Athens – “unknown God”
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and
earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served
by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone
life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations,
that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times
in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would
seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from
any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being….
Discomfort drives Dependence
Psalm 51
Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2 Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
1 Samuel
10 In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly.
Psalm 13
How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
Matthew 26 39
Going a little farther, he fell with his face to the ground and
prayed, “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I
will, but as you will.”
MT 18:3
3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you
will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Jesus says that we must become like little
children to enter the Kingdom…
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