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Our Rally Cry – Pray First

Our Rally Cry – Pray First. 16  Rejoice always, 17  pray continually, 18  give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV. Prayer should be our first response, not our last resort.

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Our Rally Cry – Pray First

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  1. Our Rally Cry – Pray First

  2. 16 Rejoice always, 17 pray continually, 18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 NIV

  3. Prayer should be our first response, not our last resort.

  4. 13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people, 14 if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 NIV

  5. God: Teach us to Pray

  6. 11 One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray… Luke 11:1 NIV

  7. 9 Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.10 Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.11 Give us this day our daily bread.12 And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.13 And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. Matthew 6:9-13 NKJV

  8. 1.“Our Father in heaven” -Connect with God relationally.

  9. 5So you have not received a spirit that makes you fearful slaves. Instead, you received God’s Spirit when he adopted you as his own children.Now we call him, “Abba, Father.” Romans 8:15 NLT

  10. 2. Hallowed be Your Name” –Worship His Name

  11. 10 God’s name is a place of protection—    good people can run there and be safe. Proverbs 18:10 MSG

  12. 3. “Your Kingdom come your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” -Pray His agenda first.

  13. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Matthew 6:33 NIV

  14. 4.“Give us this day our daily bread” –Depend on Him for everything

  15. 1I look up to the mountains— does my help come from there? 2 My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! Psalm 121:1-2 NLT

  16. 5. "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” -Get your heart right with God and people.

  17. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 NIV

  18. 6. “And do not lead us into temptation but deliver us from the evil one” -Engage in spiritual warfare.

  19. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:12 NIV

  20. 7. “For your is the Kingdom and the power and the Glory forever.” -Express faith in God’s ability.

  21. 17 “Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. Jeremiah 32:17 NIV

  22. 13 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” Revelation 5:13 NIV

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