WALKING WITH JESUS: Jesus and Prayer
Pastor Kent Landhuis

THEME - Praying like Jesus moves us into radical discipleship.
TEXT - Luke 22:39-45

OUTLINE


1. What is radical prayer?
When Jesus prayed, he expected God to hear him.
"I and the Father are one." ~ John 10:31
“Prayer means that, in some unique way, we believe we’re invited into a relationship with someone who hears us when we speak.” ~ Anne Lammot

2. Why pray radical prayers?
* We pray because we can’t help it. Three essentials: Help, Thanks. Wow.
* "Jesus gave them this answer: 'Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.'" ~John 5:19
* “God is there to help. That’s what God’s job is.” ~ Anne Lammot

3. When do we pray radical prayers?
* "Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went to a solitary place, where he prayed." ~ Mark 1:35
* We pray when we know our total dependence on God.
* “Most good, honest prayers remind me that I am not in charge, that I cannot fix
anything, and that I open myself to being helped.” ~ Anne Lammot

4. Where do we pray radical prayers?
* Where do you connect with God?
* "But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed." ~ Luke 5:16
* “Awe is why we are here.” ~ Anne Lamott

5. How do we pray radical prayers?
* Be real and be specific.
* "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." ~ Luke 22:42
* “If I were going to begin practicing the presence of God for the first time today, it would help to begin by admitting the three most terrible truths of our existence: that we are so ruined, and so loved, and in charge of so little.” ~ Anne Lamott

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