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Ultimately Prayer has two purposes. - To Know God - To Make God Known .

Ultimately Prayer has two purposes. - To Know God - To Make God Known. The key to understanding what prayer truly is all about is - Jesus. Jesus prayed continually. Every chapter of the gospel of Luke has Jesus praying.

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Ultimately Prayer has two purposes. - To Know God - To Make God Known .

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  1. Ultimately Prayer has two purposes. - To Know God - To Make God Known.

  2. The key to understanding what prayer truly is all about is - Jesus. Jesus prayed continually. Every chapter of the gospel of Luke has Jesus praying.

  3. “Coram Deo” (Before the face of God) - To live “coramdeo” is to live one’s entire life in the presence of God, under the authority of God, to the glory of God. R.C. Sproul

  4. 1. Prayer is the ENTRANCE to the very throne of God.

  5. Hebrews 4:14 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 16 Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

  6. How to APPROACH God’s Throne.

  7. Isaiah 6:1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!”

  8. Isaiah 6:4 And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who called, and the house was filled with smoke. 5 And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”

  9. B. The POSTURE (position) of the Cherubim reveals the Heart of True Prayer. -The Wings of WORSHIP Ezekiel 1:11 Such were their faces. And their wings were spread out above. The only audience of true worship is God.

  10. B. The POSTURE (position) of the Cherubim reveals the Heart of True Prayer. - The Wings of HUMILITY Ezekiel 1:11 ...each of which touched the wing of another, while two covered their bodies.

  11. B. The POSTURE (position) of the Cherubim reveals the Heart of True Prayer. -The Wings of UNITY Ezekiel 1:9 their wings touched one another. Each one of them went straight forward, without turning as they went.

  12. B. The POSTURE (position) of the Cherubim reveals the Heart of True Prayer. - The Hands of Hidden SERVICE Ezekiel 1:8 Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands.

  13. Matthew 6:1: “Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. …. 3: But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4: so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will reward you.

  14. B. The PATH of the Cherubim reveals the Power of True Prayer. Ezekiel 1:12 And each went straight forward. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, without turning as they went. Ezekiel 1:20 Wherever the spirit wanted to go, they went,

  15. I Corinthians 2:9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him”— 10: these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. … 12…, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.

  16. C. The PAUSE of the Cherubim reveals the REWARD of True Prayer. Ezekiel 1:25 And there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads. When they stood still, they let down their wings. (Be Still and Know the He is God. Ps 46:10)

  17. Responsive Prayer Revelation of John 4:8 And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, (Together) “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

  18. Responsive Prayer (Leader) Revelation 4:9 And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

  19. Responsive Prayer Revelation of John 4 (Together) 11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”

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