TWR Kenya Retreat ... 2014

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus (1) Matthew 6:5-13

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus What a friend we have in Jesus,all our sins and griefs to bear!

What a privilege to carryeverything to God in prayer!

O what peace we often forfeit,O what needless pain we bear,

all because we do not carryeverything to God in prayer.

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus • our Great High Priest• prayer is ‘the Christian’s

vital breath’• talking to and with Jesus• the Lord Jesus practised

what he preached • Jesus never prayed it• ‘ … the pulse of life’

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus • Isaac Newton’s testimony• a can-do God • for some, prayer is about

as exciting as changing a flat tyre on the road to Mombasa

• Corrie ten Boom: ‘When a Christian stops praying, the devil shouts for joy.’

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus • we’re too busy if we

don’t have time to wait on God

• some people pray just to pray, and some pray to know God

• don’t follow hypocrites• don’t be like the heathen• the Lord answers prayer

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus • amazing things really

happen when people pray

• we tap into God’s power• God of the secret place• an insider’s view on who

God is and who we are• ‘Lord, teach us to pray.’• a model prayer

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus • less than 70 words• God – man – God • he has everything … we

have nothing• God’s answers are wiser

than our prayers• comparable to a road

map• covers every relationship

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus • a family prayer with an

international feel to it• praying the Jesus way• it answers the question:

does Jesus care?• we walk through the

vale of tears as we wend our way to the throne of God

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus • the Nike philosophy …

just do it

life is complicated enough …

let’s keep prayer simple

Say ‘Amen’ to Jesus