Several months ago, we were blessed to have Dr Mel Blackaby come to serve as Pastor of First Baptist Church of Jonesboro. As part of the Blackaby family, I knew we were in for some insightful Bible teaching, but it didn't take long to figure out that his messages had profound meaning that my friends in the 'blog world' might benefit from too. For that purpose, and a desire of my own to have all my notes in one place, I decided to start a new blog that contained these messages. There will also be a few things from other speakers that I've heard over time, but those will be noted on the sidebar as they are added. I hope you get as much from these messages as I do!

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Prayer: Knowing You

John 17:20-26

John 17:20-26 -""My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. "Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. "Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them."

***You are a plant...Jesus is the living water

***Does your life look like a withered plant in need of restoration?

***Prayer is giving your life to God and receiving live from God

Luke 11:1 -"One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples."

***Prayer is, first and foremost, a relationship with God as our Father

***If you don't know Him, how can you ask to receive from Him?

***The essence of prayer is knowing God

***"Prayer is the contact of a living soul with God." -- EM Bounds

***When Christ begins to pour Himself into you, you will know His joy

***Jehovah Shammah - 'the Lord is there.'

***You cannot know the joy of the Lord's presence until you know Him...and you cannot know Him until you learn to pray

***Jesus didn't teach his disciples to preach, but He did teach them how to pray

***Knowing how to speak to God is more important than knowing how to speak to man

John 7:38-18 - "On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from within him."
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