2016- international women's day of prayer- sermon pp

7/26/2019 2016- International Women's Day of Prayer- Sermon PP

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Daring

to Ask for MoreFour Divine Keys to

Abundant

Spiritual Blessings

By Melody Mason

General Conference Women's MinistriesInternational Womens Day of Prayer


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How desperate are youfor deeper, richer spirituallessin!s"

How desperateare you tosee God rin! answers to

your prayers"


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Most professed Christians haveno sense of the spiritual strengththey might obtain were they as

ambitious, zealous, andpersevering to gain a knowledgeof divine things as they are toobtain the perishable things of

this life. Many are satised to bespiritual dwarfs [hus! manywill be lost while hoping anddesiring to be Christians. heymake no earnest e"ort, andtherefore they will be weighed inthe balan#e and found wanting.$Counsels for the Church, pp. %&'(%&)


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hy e a spiritual dwarf###

hen you can e a spiritual

iant!


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Di$ine %eys

#to aundant spirituallessings!


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ey 1 PI(I)I*+

your daily time with *od+


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Do (-ta.e time to eat /drin.""


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What aoutspiritual food"


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0Minor matters occupy the attentionand the divine power whi#h is

ne#essary for the growth andprosperity of the #hur#h, and whi#hwould bring all other blessings in itstrain, is la#king, though o"ered in

plentitude.$

Goodthin!s cane theenemy of

theBestThing!


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ritize!


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ory of 2ohn Wesley


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he darkness of the evil one

en#loses those who negle#t topray. he whisperedtemptations of the enemy

enti#e them to sin- and it is allbe#ause they do not make useof the privilege *od has giventhem in the divineappointment of prayer.$teps to Christ, p. /


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He was willin! to !o to thelions den rather than s.iphis prayer time with God6


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re we li.e the mon.eys"

ildin! a form ut without the9ire6


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1t is a solemn statement that 1

make to the #hur#h, that notone in twenty whose names areregistered upon the #hur#hbooks are prepared to #losetheir earthly history, and wouldbe as verily without *od andwithout hope in the world as

the #ommon sinner.$

Christian er"ice, p. /%


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his know also, that in thelast days perilous times shall#ome.3or men shall be lovers

of their own selves, #ovetous,boasters, proud, blasphemers,

disobedient to parents,unthankful, unholy4aving a

form of godliness, but denyingthe power thereof5

from su#h turn away.$11 im 65%(' 789:;

he eli!ion of 9orm###


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1f *od were to take the4oly


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What does God see"

Isa# :;


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in the lives of those whohave so sa#red and solemn amessage as we have been

#alled to bear. he world iswat#hing


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reach is a hole in the wall6allows the enemy to sneak into our lives+


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0)here is nothin! that

1atan fears so muchas that the people of

God shall clear thewayby removing everyhindran#e, so that the Bord #an

pour out 4is


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Damine yourselves,whether ye be in thefaith- prove your ownselves...$ 11 Cor. %65'

time to

MI4+elf forual reaches###


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?# 31%and keep asking+


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Would we ha$e

endured this faithtest"

Eo we endure today, when itseems *od ignores our #ries,when it seems 4e is answering

othersF needsGwhile we arethe out#ast that 4e #anFtpossibly helpH


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@nd shall not *od avenge 4is ownele#t whi#h #ry day and night untohim, though he bear long with

themH 1 tell you that he will avengethem speedily. Ievertheless whenthe


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ey *

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to faith in *odFs Jord, notyour feelings+


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9aith cometh y hearin!

nd hearin! y the Wordf God#@

om. %L5%A


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heBattleis over

9actversus9eelin!6


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he kind of faith we need today is faithat #an stand

n Gods Wordlone6


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alk and a#t as if

your faith wasinvin#ible. he Bord

is ri#h in resour#es-4e owns the world.Book heavenward in

faith.$Christ +bect -essons, p. %/)


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toryin :ietnam


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0)here is

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that the 5ord will ne!lect theprayers of His people# )he

dan!er is that in temptationand trial, they will ecomediscoura!ed and fail to

perse$ere in prayer6@

Christs +bect -essons, p. %A'


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3aith takes *od at 4is word,

with or without feeling. 1t is thesubstan#e of things hoped for, theeviden#e of things not seen. Je#an believe our fellowmen, and

#an we not trust the word of *odHJhen we go to 4im for wisdom orgra#e, we are not to look toourselves to see if 4e has given

us a spe#ial feeling as anassuran#e that 4e has fullled4is word. 3eeling is no #riterion.


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0Great e$ils ha$e resultedwhen Christians ha$e followedfeelin!# 4ow do 1 know that9esus hears my prayersHG1

know it by 4is promise. 4esays 4e will hear the needy

when they #ry unto 4im, and

1 believe 4is word. 4e hasnever said to the seed of9a#ob, seek ye Me in vain.F


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...1f we walk in the light, we may #ometo the throne of gra#e with holyboldness. Je may present the promises

of *od in living faith, and urge ourpetitions. @lthough we are weak, anderring, and unworthy, the


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from prayer by telling you that youdo not

9++5your prayers, and that you wouldbetter wait until you realize more ofthe spirit of inter#ession lest yourprayers should be a mo#kery. >ut youmust say to


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leander the Great


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2ant a palace!3


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Iow unto 4im that is ale to doeceedin!ly aundantly ao$e allthat we as. or thin., a##ording to

the power that worketh inus...Nnto 4im be the glory$ ph.65L,%


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y do we settle for li$in! in the

iritual Wilderness"


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Call unto me, and 1 will answerthee, and show thee great

and mighty things, whi#h thouknowest not$ 9er. 6656 789:;

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for#ore


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