{"id":1284,"date":"2017-07-02T01:17:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T01:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2017-08-13T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T17:55:31","slug":"sermon-july-2-2017-pray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-july-2-2017-pray\/","title":{"rendered":"Sermon &#8211; July 2, 2017: &#8220;Pray&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1284-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/jul2-17.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/jul2-17.mp3\">http:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermons\/jul2-17.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<h3><strong>The Commands of Jesus<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><em>Pray<\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Key Hebrew and Greek words for prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hebrew\n<ul>\n<li><em>Tephillah<\/em> \u2013 intercession, deprecation; entreaty, supplication.<\/li>\n<li>Root is <em>palal <\/em>\u2013 to pronounce judgment.<\/li>\n<li>Implication \u2013 to judge something so important and beyond our power that we need help from someone more powerful.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Prayer is an act of humility; a confession that we are powerless to accomplish something and need the help of someone greater.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Two things to remember when it comes to Jesus and prayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jesus taught about prayer with an expectation that God\u2019s people pray.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus set the example of how God\u2019s people should pray.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Jesus\u2019s example<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Blesses and gives thanks for God\u2019s provision \u2013 Matt 14:5, Mark 8:6-7 and Luke 22:14-23, 24:16.<\/li>\n<li>Regular withdrawing to spend time in prayer \u2013 Matthew 14:23, Mark 14:32-42; Luke 5:16<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Prayers of Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Matthew 11:25-26<\/li>\n<li>Mark 14:36; 15:34<\/li>\n<li>Luke 22:32<\/li>\n<li>John 11:41-42; John 12:28 and John 17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Learning from his example<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pray everyday in a scheduled time of devoted communion with God.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026when making important decisions.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026in times of distress and need.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026in times when God provides.<\/li>\n<li>\u2026in times when God\u2019s family is in need.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commands of Jesus Pray Key Hebrew and Greek words for prayer Hebrew Tephillah \u2013 intercession, deprecation; entreaty, supplication. Root is palal \u2013 to pronounce judgment. Implication \u2013 to judge something so important and beyond our power that we need<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/sermon-july-2-2017-pray\/\"><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,21,43,10],"tags":[57,79,24,44,13],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-studies","category-members","category-sermon","category-worship","tag-bible-study","tag-luke","tag-members","tag-sermon","tag-worship"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1285,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1284\/revisions\/1285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kcc.life\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}