Praise and Woreship

Today's agenda;
Woreship
Prayer
Silent Prayer
Script reading

Please bring along prayer request and any thought / script you would like to share.

Anyway, any order!

Rom 14:17 God's kingdom does not consist of what a person eats or drinks. Rather, God's kingdom consists of God's approval and peace, as well as the joy that the Holy Spirit gives.

What better example than Jesus!

Jesus prayed for guidance in places of quiet solitude - "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed" (Mark 1:35)

"But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed" (Luke 5:16).

Jesus prayed for His disciples and for all believers -"Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name-the name you gave me-so that they may be one as we are one" (John 17:11).

"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" (John 17:20-21).

Jesus prayed in praise to God, the Father - "At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, ‘I praise you, Father, lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure’" (Luke 10:21).

Jesus prayed prayers of thanksgiving - "While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take it; this is my body’" (Mark 14:22).

Jesus prayed in a posture and with an attitude of reverent submission - "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’" (Matthew 26:39).

Jesus prayed in times of anguish – "And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground" (Luke 22:44).

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?’--which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’" (Matthew 27:46).

Jesus taught the disciples how to pray, "The Lord’s Prayer" located in Matthew 6:5-15.

Prayer is our way of communication with GOD.

We should pray for wisdom, guidance, for others to come to know Him as Savior and Lord, pray for each other, pray to protect us from evil, pray with honesty and reverence, pray with joy and praise and always....pray with expectation!!

God will hear our prayers.

Last week during my midweek cell we discussed prayer i.e. God already knows what we want to pray for.
Mat 6:7-8 GW
(7) "When you pray, don't ramble like heathens who think they'll be heard if they talk a lot.
(8) Don't be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Thus , another possible view;

What do we need to pray for, how do we need to pray?

If GOD knows our needs, should we not just praise HIM? Should we not rather pray for knowledge and acceptance of GOD grace? Should we not just pray and thank HIM for what we have received?

1Jn 5:14-15 GW
(14) We are confident that God listens to us if we ask for anything that has his approval.
(15) We know that he listens to our requests. So we know that we already have what we ask him for.