Encouragements to Pray to Our Heavenly Father
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- Опубліковано 7 січ 2025
- Sermon preached by Matthew DelValle on October 6, 2024 at First Baptist Church in Delphi, Indiana. First Baptist Church (www.fbcdelphi....) is an evangelical church in Delphi, Indiana helping people find and follow Jesus. Our mission is to declare God's truth, disciple God's people, delight in God's Son, and display God's glory. Join us for Sunday Worship at 10:30am. Sunday School begins at 9:30am. We gather at 103 S. Indiana Street, Delphi, Indiana 46923.
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Introduction
Big Idea: We have a heavenly Father who is eager to hear us, to help us, and can be counted on to give us what is good.
1. We Have a Father Who Is Eager to Hear Us [Mt. 7:7]
1. He Invites Us to Pray
• Ask
• Seek
• Knock
2. He Makes Promises to Us When We Pray
• It Will Be Given to You
• You Will Find
• The Door Will Be Opened to You
2. We Have a Father Who Is Eager to Help Us [Mt. 7:8]
1. Everyone Who Asks Receives
• This Asking Presupposes Knowledge [Jn. 14:13-14; 15:7]
• This Asking Presupposes Faith [Mt. 21:21-22; Jas. 1:5-8]
• This Asking Presupposes Desire [Mt. 6:10; Jas. 4:2-3]
2. God’s Answer Always Meets Our Need [1 Jn. 5:14]
3. We Have a Father Who Can Be Counted on to Give Us What Is Good [Mt. 7:9-11]
1. Illustration 1: Bread/Stone [Mt. 7:9]
2. Illustration 2: Fish/Snake [Mt. 7:10]
3. Application: Evil/Good Father [Mt. 7:11]
• We Can Trust God’s Goodness Because He Has Already Made Us His Children [Jn. 1:12-13; Rom. 8:14-17]
• We Can Expect Good Gifts From God [Ps. 84:11; Jas. 1:17]
• God’s Kingdom [Mt. 6:33; Lk 12:32]
• God’s Righteousness [Mt. 6:33; 2 Pet. 1:3-8]
• God’s Spirit [Lk. 11:13; Rom. 8:26-27; Gal. 5:22-23]
• God Himself [Jer. 29:13; Ps. 42:1-2]
Conclusion
