August 2008 Archives

Watch these videos from The Gospel Coaltion website:

What Is The Gospel? - Mark Dever

What Is The Gospel? - John Piper

We talk and pray about sharing our faith and reaching more people for the Kingdom of God, but what if we simply looked at the situation like this; We are missing some members of our extended family.  If we that are already together were truly unified, would that be the testimony the rest of the world is waiting for?

Seriously, how will we ever have the impact any of us dreams about if we can't get along well enough with each other, or those we hope to influence, to be noticeable?

Jesus prayed that we would be "one" as he and God the Father are one.  In his words, "Perfect Unity".  He implied that it was possible, that it would be proof to the world that he (Jesus) was sent from God, and proof that God loves al of us here on Earth as much as he loves his son Jesus.

When we pray, we believe that our prayer will be answered.  Wouldn't it be great to be the one answering for a change?


C

PS.  The books I mentioned were "Velvet Elvis" by Rob Bell and "A Ready Defense" by Josh McDowell

Go deeper!  Listen to the complete audio or see the complete video on GraceCast.

Also, see my main blog at CnotesOnline.com

Here are the two financial ministries Pastor Richard mentioned in his sermon.

• Dave Ramsey
• Crown Financial Ministries

Here are some additional resources they offer.

• Dave Ramsey on debt
• Dave Ramsey on getting out of debt
• Dave Ramsey on budgeting
• Crown's spending plan calculator
• Crown's financial forms and downloads
• Crown's other online tools

 

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In his last two sermons, Pastor Richard made the statement that "God is calling His Church to fervent, persevering, faith-driven prayer."

That phrase reminded me of something I read in R.A. Torrey's book, How to Pray.

In the first chapter of the book Torrey gives eleven reasons why "constant, persistent, sleepless, overcoming prayer" is so necessary.

1. Because there is a Devil.
2. Prayer is God's appointed way for obtaining things, and the great secret of all lack in our experience, in our life, and in our work is neglect of prayer.
3. Those men whom God set forth as a pattern of what He expected Christians to be - the Apostles - regarded prayer as the most important business of their lives.
4. Prayer occupied a very prominent place and played a very important part in the earthly life of our Lord.
5. Praying is the most important part of the present ministry of our risen Lord.
6. Prayer is the means that God has appointed for our receiving mercy and obtaining grace to help in time of need.
7. Prayer in the name of Jesus Christ is the way Jesus Christ Himself has appointed for His disciples to obtain fullness of joy.
8. Prayer, in every care and anxiety and need of life, with thanksgiving, is the means that God has appointed for obtaining freedom from all anxiety, and the peace of God which passes all understanding.
9. Prayer is the method that God Himself has appointed for our obtaining the Holy Spirit.
10. Prayer is the means that Christ has appointed whereby our hearts shall not become overcharged with surfeiting (gluttony or overindulgence) and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so the day of Christ's return come upon us suddenly as a snare.
11. Because of what prayer accomplishes

You can read more about those eleven reasons and the rest of the book online here or here.