P.U.R.P.O.S.E. (Week 1) – Praying in the Spirit

by | Sep 6, 2020 | Sermons

09/06/2020 – Sunday Morning Service

Romans 8:26-27

Sermon Topics

– Prayer is the Greatest Christian Privilege. Prayer is the Greatest Christian Service. Prayer is the Greatest Christian Failure.
– To pray in the flesh is to fail, but to pray in the Spirit is to succeed.

  1. The Holy Spirit Works in the Activation of Our Wills in Prayer (Rom. 8:5-8)
    • If you become spirit-filled, you will have to backslide to keep from praying.
  2. The Holy Spirit Works in the Animation of Our Bodies in Prayer (Rom. 8:10-11)
    • Not only did Jesus give Himself FOR you, He gave Himself TO you.
    • Our problem many times is not that we are too weak, our problem is that we are not weak enough
    • God’s plan is to deliver us from self-sufficiency and cast ourselves upon His sufficiency; He makes us perpetually weak that we might be perpetually strong.
    • When you are praying, who is praying? You or the Holy Spirit of God?
    • The Holy Spirit of God is praying instead of you, but He is praying together with you.
  3. The Holy Spirit Works in the Adaptation of Our Requests (Rom. 8:26)
    • For many, your prayer life has become a stagnant swamp rather than a mighty river.
    • Have you ever noticed we are more interested in keeping the Saints out of Heaven than the Lost out of Hell?
    • Sometimes we don’t know what to pray… Church, just pray.
  4. The Holy Spirit Presides Over the Administration of Our Access (Rom. 8:14-15)
    • How does prayer work? We pray to God, through Jesus, in the Spirit.
  5. The Holy Spirit Works in the Articulation of Our Words (Rom. 8:26)
    • Pain transfigured by Hope! That is what Prayer is!
  6. The Holy Spirit Works in the Enunciation of Our Confidence (Rom. 8:28)
    • All things are working together for the good literally means God is working all things for the Good.
  7. The Holy Spirit Works in the Amplification of Our Victory (Rom. 8:31-32)

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