MESSAGE - 7/4-5/2020
A SONG IN MY MOUTH  - “What A Friend We Have In Jesus”
Psalm 40:1-4b
 
THEME:  Use prayer to communicate to your friend, Jesus.
 
INTRODUCTION: 
1.  Psalm 40:1-4b:  I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.  He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.  He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God.  Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.   Blessed is the man who makes the Lord his trust.
2. Philippians 4:6:  do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and   supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
      
          What a friend we have in Jesus;  All our sins and griefs to bear
          And what a privilege to carry;  Everything to God in prayer
          Oh, what peace we often forfeit;  Oh, what needless pain we bear
          All because we do not carry;  Everything to God in prayer
 
I.     PRAYER SOMETIME SEEMS____                                        .
1.  It is ______________________.
     Hebrews 5:7: In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with Loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.
2.  It is ______________________.
    Luke 22:45-46:  And when he rose from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping for sorrow, and he said to them, “Why are you sleeping? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”
3.  It doesn’t ______________________.
    John 15:15:  No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
 
II.    PRAYER IS A                                                        .
1.  I can _________________ to God.
    Philippians 4:6     
 
2. I can __________________ to God.
    1 Peter 5:7:  Casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you.
 
3.  I can __________________ to God.
     John 10:27: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
2.  I can __________________ God.
    Philippians 4:6-7:   Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
 
CONCLUSION:   Peace is not the absence of problems, it is the presence of God 
 
WORDS:  blessing, boring, complicated, difficult, listen, talk, thank, vent, work.

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