ALJ 5: Promise Prayer Power
Gods Love for Us
Psalm 40 :1-3 Gods love for us :4-5 Reflect :6-10 Respond :14-17 E-I = it happened to me E-II = a principle derived E-III = a lesson applied an experience gained Again! I can wrap around it with Gods love I know how to pray
[1] Gods Love for Us Dynamic: Hell work wonders to demonstrate His love It flows from His Nature We can experience it
Psalm 36 :1-4 Tough situations :5-9 Truth about Gods Nature & Gods Love :10-12 Appropriate < Teaching < E-III
Make :5-9 into your Prayer of Confession / Creed Make : into your Prayer of Trust / Reliance
If we stop with only the above, Gods Love will be limited: to what we can experience to what is in the past [1] Gods Love for Us Dynamic: Hell work wonders It flows from His Nature We can experience it
[2] Gods Love for Us – is never simple: it never ceases to surprise it never begins to be exhausted it always seeks to extend it always seeks to renew – make things really well
:1-6 Sending of the Servant Isaiah 49 A Servant Song :7-13 The Servant declares: :14 Really? No, God wont! Too good to be true!
But Zion says: God has forsaken me. The Lord has forgotten me. Isaiah 49:14
Not just deliverance … … but much much more:... We dont have enough space! Isaiah 49:20
But you say: Wholl give me all these? I was barren, no good, I was pushed out, rejected, I was left all by myself, Isaiah 49:21
Can plunders be taken from warriors? Can captives be rescued from the fierce? Isaiah 49:24
Pray the Isa 49 prayer. God help me: - to see beyond - to be open - to believe - not to be too mechanical
Romans 8 :29-39 Coping with Life (II) - in the understanding :18-25 Life in This Age :26-28 Coping with Life (I) - in the spirit :1-17 Life in the Spirit
:29-30 The Spiritual Principle :32 We have the Answer :31 The Nagging Question :33-36 Still questions? :37-39 Answer derived :29-39 Coping with Life (II) - in the understanding
As we are challenged by the sufferings, Thank you for giving me The Answer. Help me to derive the assurance.
[3] Gods Love for Us is based on Truth & Wisdom
Psalm 139 :1-5 6 God really knows me : a Even when: Im avoiding, Im not accepting … :14b AMF, you created me
A personal chat / confession with God Reflection that leads to nothing but adoration But still deeply rooted in life