TOGETHER BY PRAYER
2CORINTHIANS 1:11
TEXT
2 CORINTHIANS 1:1-11
INTRODUCTIONSAME AS WALKING WITH GOD, AND WALKING BY FAITH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO WALK WITH PRAYER.
“TOGETHER BY PRAYER”
WHY?
BECAUSE OUR GOD, LORD, SAVIOR AND FOUNDER OF THE CHURCH EMPHASIZED IT THROUGH HIS LIFE HERE ON EARTH
PRAYER LIFE OF OUR FOUNDER
Matthew 26:36“Then cometh Jesus with them
unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit
ye here, while I go and pray yonder.”(KJV)
PRAYER LIFE OF OUR FOUNDER
MARK 1:35“And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.”(KJV)
PRAYER LIFE OF OUR FOUNDER
Luke 3:21“Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and
praying, the heaven was opened,”(KJV)
PRAYER LIFE OF OUR FOUNDER
JOHN 17:9“I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which
thou hast given me; for they are thine.”(KJV)
PRAYER LIFE OF OUR FOUNDERTHE GOSPEL WRITTERS
INTRODUCED CHRIST IN DIFFERENT WAYS:
BUT THEY ALL INTRODUCED THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AS
PRAYERFUL
PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
AND ITS MINISTRIESMATTHEW 21:13
“And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves.”(KJV)
PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
AND ITS MINISTRIESMATTHEW 21:13
PLACES WHERE THE BELIEVERS GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER
AS OUR PLACE NOW IS “HOUSE OF PRAYER”
PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
AND ITS MINISTRIESActs 1:14
“These all continued with one accord in prayer and
supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus,
and with his brethren.”(KJV)
PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
AND ITS MINISTRIESActs 1:14
EVEN BEFORE PENTECOST (THE EMPOWERMENT OF THE
CHURCH) THE 120 BELIEVERS GATHER THESELVES TO PRAY
PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
AND ITS MINISTRIESActs 2:42
“And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”(KJV)
PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF THE CHURCH
AND ITS MINISTRIESActs 2:42
PRAYERS AND PRAYER MEETINGS ARE THE MARKS OF THE
CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!
WE OATH TO CONTINUE WHAT THE LORD BUILT, AND KEPT BY EARLY CHRISTIANS
BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY?Leonard Ravenhill wrote these convincing words years ago. Are still true today?
WHAT IS HEPPENING TODAY• The church has many
organizers,• many who pay•many resters•many who are enterprising
• but few agonizers
• but few who pray• but few wrestles• but few who are interceding
People who are not praying are playing!!!.
Two prerequisite of dynamic Christian living are vision and passion. Both of these are generated by prayer.
The ministry of preaching is open to few. The ministry of praying is open to every child of God.
Tithes may build the church (building), but tears will give it life
REMEMBER THAT THE CHURCH WAS PURCHASED BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
Acts 20:28“Take heed therefore unto
yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with
his own blood.”(KJV)
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MODERN AND EARLY CHURCH
MODERN CHURCH
•Our emphasis is on paying•When we have paid, the place is taken.
EARLY CHURCH
•theirs was on praying
•When they have prayed, the place was shaken (Acts 4:31).
THE LORD SAID…
Luke 18:1“And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and
not to faint;”(KJV)
THE LORD SAID…
Matthew 26:41“Watch and pray, that ye
enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed [is] willing, but
the flesh [is] weak.”(KJV)
THE LORD SAID…Mark 11:24
“Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye
pray, believe that ye receive [them], and ye shall have
[them].”(KJV)
THE LORD SAID…Luke 21:36
“Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to
escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of
man.”(KJV)
TOGETHER BY PRAYER
BECAUSE…I. PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF CHRISTII. PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF CHURCHIII. PRAYER IS THE LIFE OF CHRISTIANS