Friday, August 3, 2012

Esther - An Invitation to Pray 7/29

1) Invitation to Pray    Esther 4:16

2) "For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds."  2 Cor 10:4

3) December 8, 1944 - Third Army HQ in the Caserne Molifor in Nancy, France

4)
"There are three ways that men get what they want: by planning, by working, and by praying. Any great military operation takes careful planning or thinking. Then you must have well trained troops to carry it out: that's working. But between the plan and the operation there is always an unknown. That unknown spells defeat or victory; success or failure. It is the reaction of the actors to the ordeal when it actually comes. Some people call that getting the breaks. I call it God. God has His part or margin in everything. That's where prayer comes in."   Lt. General George Patton, Commanding U.S. Third Army

5) Dec 11-2 - 250,000 prayer cards distributed, along with 3,200 Instruction Letters for prayer distributed to every unit of U.S. Third Army
            Dec. 16 - Nazis attack, "Battle of the Bulge" begins
            Dec. 20 - weather unexpectedly breaks and Allies break Nazi advance

6) Prayer is a necessity when fighting in God's Army when engaged in His plan for redemption.

7) August's Invitation to Pray:
August 5 - 26: Sermon series on prayer 
Week of August 19:
            19 - Life group lessons, "FBC Prayer Card," school prayer walks
            22-3 - FBC wide 1 day fast
            23-25 - continuation to 3 day fast
Week of August 26:
            26 - Lifegroup lessons, "FBC prayer Card,"

1)                  P raise
R epent
A sk
Y ield

2)                  Praise
God focus
Who God is
Who I am in light of God
His power and promises


3)                  Repent 
A necessity after seeing myself in light of God
Remove obstacle of sin between God and I
Breakdown of selfishness

4)                  Ask 
Place needs before God  Phil 4:6
Intercession - Pleading for what God pleads for
John 14:12 - 14

5)                  Yield
     john 14:15
"i will go... If I perish, I perish"

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