1. Prayer is Relationship

2. 2018 – Year of Prayer The God who listens Persistence in Prayer
Teach us how to pray 
Prayer is Relationship 
Praying for the Nation 
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3. Prayer is Relationship
John 15:1-16 ; Exodus 24

4. John 15:1-16 Intimacy with God. Abiding with God.
Prayer is Relationship

5. John 15:1-16 The Vine, Vinedresser and the Branches
Prayer is Relationship

6. “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser
Prayer is Relationship

7. I am the Vine; you are the branches ….
Prayer is Relationship

8. How are you responding to God’s call for intimacy with Him?
Prayer is Relationship

9. Mother Teresa once said, “Prayer is not just asking
Mother Teresa once said, “Prayer is not just asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the Hands of God, and listening to His voice in the depth of our heart.”

10. 15 Then Moses went up the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.
Exodus 24:15-16
15 Then Moses went up the mountain, and a cloud covered the mountain.
16. and the glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the Lord called to Moses from within the cloud.
Prayer is Relationship

11. Exodus 24:18
Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
Prayer is Relationship

12. Exodus 24:9-10
9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up,
10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.
Prayer is Relationship

13. To those who are thirsty, to drink and those who want to sup, to join Him. Indeed to His beloved He welcomes to the banqueting table And to rendezvous for mountain experiences, we surely do not want to miss: to breathe in cool, clean air, to feel the freshness of the wind and to hear His voice.
Prayer is Relationship

14. Your intimate relationship with the LORD is far more important than any you’ll ever have, because you know for sure, that’s a relationship that will last forever.
Prayer is Relationship