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REFOCUSING THE CHURCH

Lessons From the Prophet Isaiah “Refocusing on PRAYER” Isaiah 64 REFOCUSING THE CHURCH Lessons From the Prophet Isaiah “Refocusing on PRAYER” Isaiah 64

“Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!” Isaiah 64:1 (NIV)

“Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you!” Isaiah 64:1 (NIV) Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence! Isaiah 64:1 (NLT)

1. What Should We Pray? Prayer formed by the Bible and experience “Moses led the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire… the whole mountain trembled violently…” (Exodus 19:17-18).

1. What Should We Pray? Prayer formed by the Bible and experience (Exodus 19:17-18) A longing for the presence of God “Come among us, Lord. You’re the God that shakes mountains. Why won’t you do that among us—like fire that sets twigs ablaze, and that causes water to boil?” (Is. 64:1-2)

1. What Should We Pray? Prayer formed by the Bible and experience (Exodus 19:17-18) A longing for the presence of God (Isaiah 64:1-2) Make your name known “Come down to make your name known… to your enemies” (Isaiah 64:2)

1. What Should We Pray? Prayer formed by the Bible and experience (Exodus 19:17-18) A longing for the presence of God (Isaiah 64:1-2) Make your name known (Isaiah 64:2) Make your love known “I pray that you,[will] grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:17-19)

1. What Should We Pray? Prayer formed by the Bible and experience (Exodus 19:17-18) A longing for the presence of God (Isaiah 64:1-2) Make your name known (Isaiah 64:2) Make your love known (Ephesians 3:17-19) Make your power known (Ephesians 1:18-20)

2. How Should We Pray? Fill your mind with the goodness of God “I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us—yes, the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, according to his compassion and many kindnesses” (Isaiah 63:7)

2. How Should We Pray? Fill your mind with the goodness of God (Isaiah 63:7) The problem of coming to a holy God “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away”(Isaiah 64:8)

2. How Should We Pray? Fill your mind with the goodness of God (Isaiah 63:7) The problem of coming to a holy God (Isaiah 64:8) Plead the relationship you have with God “Yet, O Lord, you are our Father, We are the clay, you are the potter. We are all the work of your hand” (Isaiah 64:8)