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Devoted to Prayer | There is Life Here | Jackson de Jong

Prayer = There.

The Apostle Paul has been leading us through a grand celebration of the Gospel: in Christ, by grace and through faith, we have been reconciled with God and with one another. We are alive as God's sons and daughters. We are unified as God's family, Jews and Gentiles together in this multi-ethnic family of God.   All of this is—as Paul puts it in Ephesians 3:11-12—through “Christ Jesus our Lord, in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.”   And now, having celebrated our bold, confident, access to God through Christ, Paul decides to show us the way as he launches into one of the most powerful prayers recorded in all the Bible.   In this sermon, we look at three key points about the power of prayer.   1) The Basis of Prayer:   There are two images at the start of the prayer. First, “I bow my knees” is throne room imagery. Second, what's interesting is Paul says we are bowing before the Father, which is family imagery. This imagery reiterates that now, in Jesus, the blessings of God's promise to all the nations has come true: God brings salvation to Jews and Gentiles together as one new family by grace through faith in Christ.   Our Father loves His multi-ethnic family.   So come to Him like you're wanted, because you are!   2) The Grace of Prayer:   In the middle of the prayer, Paul articulates three prayer requests drawing on the imagery of hospitality, botany, and maturation.   The Father, the Son, and the Spirit are cultivating their abiding life in us.   God gives us Himself, to make us like Himself, so he can give us even more of Himself, so we become just like Him!   3) The Confidence of Prayer:   How do we know we're not just wasting our breath? How can we have confidence in our prayers?   Our triune God is our hope, now and forever.   The Father's grace. The Spirit's power. The Son's love. Our God is doing it all, to the praise of His glory!   Takeaway: Pray like your life depends on it—because it does!   Prayer is our lifeline to God and our abundant life in Him. Only the Father, Son, and Spirit can take us, this multi-ethnic family, and cultivate their abiding life in us so that we become glorious children of God.   Ephesians 3:14-21

Prayer - There is no way to grow without prayer.

Enjoy an hour of musical reflection to encourage, uplift and draw you into a closer relationship with our loving Saviour, Jesus Christ. Featuring the following songs: Now I Belong to Jesus - E.T. EverettSea of Forgetfulness - Sandra EntermannNear the Cross - Wintley PhippsOnce to Every Man and Nation - Fountainview AcademyBlessed Assurance - Josh SnodgrassIt Is Well (silo session) - Sounds Like ReignCome Ye Sinners Poor and Needy - Fernando OrtegaSweet Hour of Prayer / There's a Garden / Tell it to Jesus - RegenerationHymn Medley 4 - Tom MitchellMake Me Like Jesus - Jennifer LaMountainI Need Thee Every Hour - Matt MinikusWe Are Not Alone - Michael LiningI Am Weak, But You Are Strong - The Hamilton FamilyLet the Lower Lights Be Burning - AcapeldridgeGod of Heaven - Ben EversonHeaven Came Down - The Hawks TrioNot For Selfish Gain - The Joe Newman FamilyMy Lips Will Praise You - Rosemary Malkiewycz

Join Pastor Ray Kloetstra for this week's teaching from our series on Revelation. This teaching is titled The Mystery of God - The Big Picture and is focused on Revelation 11. The Big Picture Of The Mystery Of God Can Be Summed Up In Three Stages: •A period of Testimony of undetermined length to witness to the Gospel – the victory of Jesus •A very short, intense period of Tribulation that will see the reign and ruin of the Beast and end in the vindication of Christ, his witnesses, and their message •God's ultimate Triumph demonstrated by His undisputed reign, judgment of sinners, rewarding of the saints, and the destruction of His and our spiritual foes. Applications: •Your worship, prayers, and witness are important “weapons” for the extension of Christ's reign and ultimate victory! •The “powers of hell” ultimately cannot harm you; you will be vindicated and glorified when Christ returns and you are raised from the dead! •Meditate on the Lord's Prayer – There is no greater prayer for the advance of the Gospel, in the present, and the victory of Christ's Kingdom, at the end! •Pray: “Amen. Come, Lord Jesus” (Rev. 22:21) Visit worshipataemc.com to connect with us. We'd love to hear from you!

I talk about the Aramaic version of The Lord’s Prayer (There have been many translations of the Lord’s Prayer. This one translated from the Aramaic version by Jon Marc Hammer.)  Father–Mother of the cosmos, shimmering light of All, Focus your light within us as we breathe your holy breath. Enter the sanctuary of our hearts, Uniting within us the sacred rays of your power and beauty. Let your heart’s desire unite Heaven and Earth through our sacred union. Help us fulfill what lies within the circle of our lives today. Forgive our secret fears, as we freely choose to forgive the secret fears of others. Let us not enter into forgetfulness, tempted by false appearances. For from your astonishing fire comes the eternal song Which sanctifies all, renewed eternally in our lives and throughout creation. We seal these words in our hearts, committed in trust and faith.  

Episode 3 Prayer There are many ways we can pray to build intimacy and relationship with God. We can be persistent, caring, and aligned with God’s will and plan for ourselves and others. Sharon and Jana discuss how to pray and what to expect in this episode.

In a previous episode, Fr. Mike said that all Catholics grow in the same “soil” together, but the fruit we bear is unique. But what is this common soil? What are the essentials for every Catholic Christian? “And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.” So there are four elements in the soil: Teachings of the Apostles: Magisterial teaching of the Church, Sacred Scripture, and Tradition. Communal Life (Fellowship): It’s not just me praying to Jesus. We need to share life somehow. Breaking of the Bread: This refers to the Mass, not just eating together. Prayer: There are so many ways to pray as a Catholic, and so many awesome prayers. You can pray the Liturgy of the Hours with the Church, or in your own words, or both. But to be in the soil you have to pray. For a great Liturgy of the Hours app, check out iBreviary. God wants us to flourish in faith, hope, and love for him and for others. He is the one who makes us grow in holiness, but in order to flourish we have to be nourished by the soil he gave us.

Day 13: LOVE ALWAYS TRUSTS, ALWAYS HOPES, ALWAYS PERSEVERES When we young we believed in the immediacy of love. We hoped for it and dreamt of it. Yet for many of us along the way love lost its luster and promise. Maybe our hearts were broken or we experienced deep disappointment or sorrow in love. Perhaps our love was unrequited and we began to ignore our yearning for love and partnership. Perhaps we have bought into the lie of selfishness and individualism above all else. Many of us are avid self-care aficionados, we are doing us (whatever that means) and yet we may still feel sadder and lonelier than ever. Today, I’d like you to assume the position of your young self (whether that’s a teenage version of you or a version in his, her, or their early twenties). I want you to listen to some of the love songs or read some of the love poetry you enjoyed back then and then I’d like you to have a conversation with you. I’d like you to ask your younger self about his/her/their hopes and dreams regarding love. I’d like you to take some time to reacquaint yourself with the part of yourself who is still dreaming of love and who still believes in love wholeheartedly. Welcome back. Witches! This is prayer 13 of our LOVE INVOCATION! Prayer: There’s a Scripture in the Bible that reminds me of my mother. I believe it’s at the end of chapter 13 in first Corinthians. Can’t remember, it’s been a while since I read it but I remember this statement (from Paul? I don’t know). The words were: “[Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” God is love, and because God is fully present with us always, love is fully present with us always. Love is exactly where we stand, filling up the room—permeating creation. Love is the core of our being, is the air we breathe. Love is life. Thank you for another day of life, Spirit, thank you for living through us, walking, speaking, seeing, experiencing and creating through us. Thank you for correcting our thoughts and removing every anti-love thought from our mind and anti-love word from our mouths. Thank you for instilling in us a spirit of courage, and of love and truth. Thank you for implanting a sound mind within us. Our minds now transcend the bullshit of this world. We are here, in this world, but Spirit you are our Home. You are our center and our Source and we are never confused about who maintains absolute dominion. We remember that we have the freedom, agency, will and right to manifest the love and the lives of our choosing regardless of what others are doing or not doing. We are thankful for our freedom and as a demonstration of our gratitude we take this power of creation which has been with and in us from BIRTH seriously. We approach our power of creation with a calm spirit and a clear mind — thoughtfully choosing our experiences, interpretations and next steps with maturity and wisdom. We choose loyal friendships, harmonious families, uninterrupted self-love, and committed, joyous partnerships. I consider it done. So it is. Amen. Asé. Ameen. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/bossybrujaprayers/support