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Scott Worthington
A Life Marked By Prayer
Life Marks 2025
Jan 12, 20251 Thessalonians 5:16-18
In this sermon, Pastor Scott preached from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18. We answered four questions about prayer, including what happens when we pray. Check out this sermon to learn more!
Sermon Notes
Life Marks 2025: Evidence of a Life With Jesus
Week 2: A Life Marked By Prayer
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus.” Acts 4:13
We exist to connect people to live the life of a Jesus follower
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A Jesus follower abides in Christ
A Jesus follower connects in Community
A Jesus follower shares in the mission
Becoming the kind of people who abide in Christ, connect in community, and share in the mission will result in certain things that mark our lives.
Life Marks for 2025:
1. Abiding Life Mark – Prayer
2. Connecting Life Mark – Love
3. Sharing Life Mark – Generosity
“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
“Pray without ceasing…” 1 Thessalonians 5:17
4 Questions About Prayer
1. What is prayer?
Prayer is talking to God
“…do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.” Philippians 4:6
Prayer is listening to God
“‘My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.’” John 10:27
2. Why should we pray?
“I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.” John 15:5
“Desperate people pray; prideful people don’t.” Travis Ogle
3. How should we pray?
We pray consistently
We pray desperately
“As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, ‘Where is your God?’” Psalm 42:1-3
We pray expectantly
“But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.” James 1:6
4. What happens when we pray?
God meets us
(We experience His presence)
“As we spend devotional time in the Word and in prayer, God is pleased to commune with us and to reveal more of who He is, little by little.” Clyde Cranford
God makes us grow
(We experience progress)
"There are parts of our calling, works of the Holy Spirit, and defeats of the darkness that will come no other way than through furious, fervent, faith-filled, unceasing prayer." Beth Moore
God moves
(We experience His power)
“What an instrument is this which God hath put into your hands! Prayer moves Him that moves the universe.” Robert Murray M’Cheyne
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