Cross Training: Part 1 - Prayer
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Then as he talked with them, there was the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, coming up from the armies of the Philistines; and he spoke according to the same words. So David heard them.
1 Samuel 17:23New King James Version
(NKJV)
Therefore David ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
1 Samuel 17:23New King James Version
(NKJV)
And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
Hebrews 12:5New International Version (NIV)
6 because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.”
Hebrews 12:6New International Version (NIV)
7 Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
Hebrews 12:7New International Version (NIV)
8 If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
Hebrews 12:8New International Version (NIV)
9 Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
Hebrews 12:8New International Version (NIV)
10 They disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
Hebrews 12:10New International Version (NIV)
11 No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.
Hebrews 12:11New International Version (NIV)
To immerse ourselves in the Word of God wherein God
speaks to us, and in prayer, whereby we speak to Him
Involves the Word of God and constitutes the reading, study, memorization, and meditation
of Scripture.
The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 4:4-5New International Version (NIV)
What is your
situation?
The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 4:4-5New International Version (NIV)
What is your
situation?
The wonderful thing about prayer is that God meets us where
we are.
6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
Psalms 4:6New International Version (NIV)
Prayer is Dependenc
e
He reached down from on high and took hold of me; he drew me out of deep waters. He rescued me from my powerful enemy, from my foes, who were too strong for me.
Psalms 4:16-17New International Version (NIV)
Prayer brings
Deliverance
The cords of death entangled me; the torrents of destruction overwhelmed me. The cords of the grave coiled around me; the snares of death confronted me.
Psalms 4:4-5New International Version (NIV)
What is your
situation?
One of the major outcomes
of disciplined prayer is answered prayer
They confronted me in the day of my disaster, but the LORD was my support.
Psalms 4:16-18New International Version (NIV)
Prayer brings
Intimacy
Memorization enables us to keep it constantly in the forefront of our minds, and that makes it possible to react to all life circumstances according to its precepts.
Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful.
Joshua 1:8New International Version (NIV)
For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.
1 Timothy 4:8New International Version (NIV)
Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much
more in my absence—continue to
work out your salvation with fear and trembling
- Philippians 2:12