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00:00amen so the talk then we're going to talk today about prayer a very vital subject for every one

00:08of us the old hymn said prayer is the vital prayer is the christian's vital breath the christian's

00:14native air his watchword at the gates of death he enters heaven with prayer and we read that the

00:21disciples asked jesus to teach us to pray so we're going to look at the passages in the scriptures

00:27first of all and then consider them so matthew chapter 6 verse 5

00:32matthew 6 verse 5 and when you pray you shall not be like the hypocrites for they love to pray

00:40standing in the synagogues on the corners of the streets that they may be seen by men

00:44assuredly i say to you they have their reward but you when you pray go into your room and when you

00:50have shut your door pray to your father who is in the secret place and your father who sees in secret

00:56will reward you openly when you pray do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do they think that

01:02they will be here heard for their many words therefore do not be like them for your father

01:07knows the things that you have need of before you ask him in this manner therefore pray our father in

01:14heaven hallowed be your name your kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this

01:21day our daily bread forgive us our debts or give us our trespasses as we forget our debtors and do not

01:28lead us into temptation but deliver us from the evil one for yours is the kingdom and the power and the

01:35glory forever and ever we'll look in more detail at those words in a moment but before that let's just

01:41read another couple of passages from the scriptures relating to prayer uh luke chapter 18 verse 1

01:49then jesus spoke a parable to them that men ought always to pray and not lose heart

01:55saying there was in a certain city a judge who did not fear god nor regard man now there was a widow in

02:02that city and she came to him saying give get justice for me from my adversary

02:06and he would not for a little while but afterward he said within himself though i do not fear god

02:13nor regard man yet because this widow troubles me i will avenge her lest by her continual coming

02:20she weary me then the lord said hear what the unjust judge said and shall god not avenge his own elect

02:27who cry out day and night to him though he bears long with them i tell you that he will avenge them

02:33speedily nevertheless when the son of man comes he will read really really find faith on the earth

02:40and continuing in verse 9 he also spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that

02:47they were righteous and despised others two men went up to the temple to pray one a pharisee the

02:54other a tax collector the pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself god i thank you that i'm not like

03:00other men extortioners unjust adulterers and even as this tax collector i fast twice a week

03:07i give tithes of all that i possess and the tax collector standing afar off would not so much as

03:13raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast saying god be merciful to me a sinner i tell you this man

03:21went down to his house justified rather than the other for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled

03:26and he who humbles himself will be exalted and finally from james chapter 5 and verse 13 james 5

03:36and verse 13 is anyone among you suffering let him pray is anyone cheerful let him sing psalms is

03:43anyone among you sick let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him anointing

03:48him with oil in the name of the lord and the prayer of faith will save the sick and the lord will raise

03:53him up and if he has committed sins he will be forgiven confess your trespasses to one another

04:00and pray for one another that you may be healed the effective fervent prayer of a righteous man

04:05avails much elijah was a man with nature like ours and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain

04:11and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months and he prayed again and the heaven gave

04:17rain and the earth produced its fruit so what is prayer why should you pray does it make any

04:25difference what does it achieve people often ask me to pray for them after the service often have

04:32legitimate needs pray for health pray for situations in their jobs and their accommodation and all these

04:39things are right to pray for but i was struck the other week when uh brother alan was praying and he

04:45said about praying for wisdom do we ask god to actually change us to make us into new people

04:54and really those are the things which god wants us to pray about to pray for god to change us in our

05:00lives when i was at the baptism last week um we had lunch with family and with a couple of sam's

05:07friends who came along one of them asked me said they found out i was a pastor and they said

05:12what as a pastor what question would you like people to ask you i thought about it well i said the

05:19first question is ask me what must i do to be saved second question how do i grow as a christian

05:26how do i grow to become more like jesus first question probably most of us here have answered to

05:33repent believe the gospel that christ died for our sins was buried and rose again from the dead

05:39through faith receive the holy spirit into our lives to make us new people in jesus maybe you've

05:45already done that like i did it over 50 years ago maybe you did it recently makes no difference jesus said

05:52you must be born again must be a point in your life where you come to repent believe the gospel

05:58and believe jesus and invite jesus to come into your life by faith

06:02next week we're going to have baptisms in which three people from the fellowship are going to

06:09testify publicly to their faith by going through the waters of baptism that in itself doesn't make

06:16you a christian but it is a statement of your faith it's a confession of faith confession publicly of

06:21what we believe romans chapter 10 it says if we confess with your mouth the lord jesus

06:27and believe in your heart that god has raised him from the dead you will be saved

06:31with the heart one believes unto righteousness but with the mouth confession is made unto salvation

06:36and god wants us all to come to that point of believing in our hearts and confessing with our

06:42mouth the lord jesus so say i'm probably preaching to the converted on this one but if you haven't done

06:49that now is the day of salvation now is the day to accept jesus as savior but we're going to

06:55concentrate on the second question how to grow as a christian when i look at this passages we've just

07:03read in the light of scripture and of prayer and of course one of the ways in which we grow as a

07:09christian is through prayer there's an old chorus which says read your bible pray every day if you want

07:16to grow if you want to grow if you want to grow if you want to grow read your bible pray every day if you want to grow

07:36amen praise the lord

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