Transcript Maturity in Prayer - church of Christ at Panlener Ave

Maturity in Prayer
James 5:13-18
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
•Pray when you’re suffering
–removal of suffering (2 Cor. 12.8)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
– removal of suffering (2 Cor. 12.8)
– strength to endure (1 Cor. 10.13)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
•Pray when you’re suffering
–removal of suffering (2 Cor. 12.8)
–strength to endure (1 Cor. 10.13)
–understand benefits (Ps. 119.67, 71, 75)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
– Don’t separate prayer and singing (Acts 16.25)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
– Don’t separate prayer and singing (Acts
16.25)
– Mature Christian knows to sing while
suffering (Job 35.10)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
– Don’t separate prayer and singing (Acts
16.25)
– Mature Christian knows to sing while
suffering (Job 35.10)
– A people who sing (Psalm 147.1; 149.14; 137.1-6)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
• Pray when you’re sick
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
• Pray when you’re sick
– May be more difficult (Job 2.4-5)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
• Pray when you’re sick
– May be more difficult (Job 2.4-5)
– Call for elders
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
• Pray when you’re sick
– May be more difficult (Job 2.4-5)
– Call for elders
– Healing was not miraculous (Phil. 2.27; 2
Timothy 4.20)
Prayer
A Mature Response to Suffering
• Pray when you’re suffering
• Sing when you’re cheerful
• Pray when you’re sick
– May be more difficult (Job 2.4-5)
– Call for elders
– Healing was not miraculous (Phil. 2.27; 2 Timothy
4.20)
– Sickness possibly related to sin (Job 6.28-30; Ps. 32.34; Mk. 2.5, 9-11)
Prayer Works!
• Immature ask “Why pray?”
Prayer Works!
• Immature ask “Why pray?”
• “The effective prayer of a righteous
man avails much.”
Prayer Works!
• Immature ask “Why pray?”
• “The effective prayer of a righteous
man avails much.”
– a righteous man - 1 John 2.29, 3.7, 22
Prayer Works!
• Immature ask “Why pray?”
• “The effective prayer of a righteous
man avails much.”
– a righteous man - 1 John 2.29, 3.7, 22
– Elijah’s prayer