Living on the Edge with Chip Ingram Daily Podcast Good to Great in God's Eyes - Pray Great Prayers, Part 1
Did you know there’s a secret weapon God has instructed us to use on our journey of faith to protect us and provide us with power when we get discouraged? It’s called prayer. And if you want to be great in God’s eyes, you need to know how to pray great prayers.
Main Points Introduction: A prayer I will never forget.- Haiti – 1982
- A jungle compound – “hospital of pain.”
- A professor who used the power of prayer.
Practice: Pray Great Prayers! --John 16:23-24
Six characteristics of great prayers:- Great prayers are deeply personal.
- Great prayers are birthed in bokenness.
- Great prayers champion God’s agenda.
- Great prayers take God seriously.
- Great prayers demand great courage!
- Is really a summary: Great prayers ask the improbable, expect the impossible, and receive the unthinkable because of Jesus.
- Because of Jesus’ command, we boldly ask the improbable. --Matthew 7:7-8
- Because of Jesus’ promise, we expect the impossible. --John 16:24
- Because of Jesus’ power, we receive exceedingly, abundantly beyond what we can ask or think. --Ephesians 3:20
Chip Ingram’s passion is helping Christians really live like Christians. As a pastor, author, and teacher for more than three decades, Chip has helped believers around the world move from spiritual spectators to healthy, authentic disciples of Jesus by living out God’s truth in their lives and relationships in transformational ways.
About Living on the EdgeLiving on the Edge exists to help Christians live like Christians. Established in 1995 as the radio ministry of pastor and author Chip Ingram, God has since grown it into a global discipleship ministry. Living on the Edge provides Biblical teaching and discipleship resources that challenge and equip spiritually hungry Christians all over the world to become mature disciples of Jesus.
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