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The Garden
April 10, 2022 / First Baptist RussellMatthew 26:36-56
Have you ever meditated on this thought – “God is ?”
Have you ever asked yourself – “What is ?”
1st Prayer begins with .
He is sovereign!
He is all – !
He is all – !
He is all – !
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9
2nd Before God us to a conversation, He calls us to a .
But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep. My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; John 10:26-27
A or a can make more headway with a than can a .
“Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is comfortable, and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30
The only qualification for being in a relationship with God is to be .
But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name, John 1:12
3rd If a finite being is going to communicate with an infinite God, there needs to be parameters whereby we know “” prayer is taking place.
The Bible will tell you God is, what He , and what He .
Without the there is no .
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. Ephesians 6:12
4th We approach God in .
What does this mean?
- We make no or .
- = Yes
= No
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise. Psalm 51:17
- Know you can’t do much for yourself, so in the and of the One who can.
5th Form follows and defines .