Chestnut Ridge Church
As Christians, one of the most powerful and underutilized resources we have is prayer. The New Testament writer James wrote, "You have not because you ask not."
God invites us to talk with him about everything we face in life! He is a Father who loves to give good things to his children. But often, we are like the disciples of Jesus, who said to him, "Teach us to pray." We don't know how to pray or what we should pray about.
This message series is titled, Ask. Let's explore together how amazing prayer is and how we can grow more effective in prayer.
Music from today
Overcome, Worthy of Your Name, Fullness, What a Beautiful Name
Ask - Part 1 [August 20, 2017] Tim Haring
We don't realize how amazing prayer is.
God allows things to come our way, so we will turn to him and pray.
When God allows things to come our way,
we should turn to him and pray.
Psalms 86:7 HCSB
Genesis 1:26-27 HCSB
Being in God’s image means that humans share, though imperfectly and finitely, in God’s nature, that is, in His communicable attributes (life, personality, truth, wisdom, love, holiness, justice), and so have the capacity for spiritual fellowship with Him.[1] – A.P. Ross
[1] Ross, A. P. (1985). Genesis. In J. F. Walvoord & R. B. Zuck (Eds.), The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 1, p. 29). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Genesis 2:19 HCSB
Genesis 2:20-22 HCSB
When God allows things to come our way,
we should turn to him and pray.
1 John 2:1 HCSB
The thought here in 1 John 2:1 is of a defense attorney who takes up the case of his client before a tribunal.[1] – Walvoord and Zuck
[1] Walvoord, J. F., & Zuck, R. B., Dallas Theological Seminary. (1985). The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures (Vol. 2, p. 887). Wheaton, IL: Victor Books.
Genesis 3:8-9 HCSB
Genesis 4:26 HCSB
When God allows things to come our way,
we should turn to him and pray.
…to note the great wickedness and wretchedness of that generation… when the world was universally corrupt, and had forsaken God and his service, good men grew more valiant and zealous for God, and did more publicly and avowedly own God, and began to distinguish and separate themselves from the ungodly world, and to call themselves and one another by the name of God, i.e. the sons, servants, or worshippers of God as they are expressly called.[1]
[1] Poole, M. (1853). Annotations upon the Holy Bible (Vol. 1, pp. 14–15). New York: Robert Carter and Brothers.
Psalms 118:5 HCSB
James 5:13 HCSB
Jeremiah 33:2-3 HCSB
When God allows things to come our way,
we should turn to him and pray.