Redeemer Church

The God of King David
David's Song of Praise
July 27, 2025
Pastor Dave Brown

A.C.T.S. of Prayer

Adoration
Confession
Thanksgiving
Supplication

Why pray?

Prayer is not a magic formula to crack so that we can get what we want. If that’s our understanding of prayer, we will always be disappointed.

Prayer is about presence before it’s about anything else. Prayer doesn’t begin with outcomes. Prayer is the free choice to be with the Father, to prefer his company.
— Tyler Staton

Prayer is about intimacy and identity.

1. Intimacy

Maybe God whispers not because he’s evasive but because he’s intimate. Maybe he whispers because it’s the only way to get what he wants most. What was lost in Eden—to walk with you and I in the cool of the day. To know him and discover ourselves fully known in his presence.
— Tyler Staton

God invites us to meet him in the intimacy of the whisper.

When we try to fabricate a mountaintop experience to meet with God, all we end up building is a tower of Babel.

2. God’s Identity

3. Our Identity

Nothing but prayer will ever reveal you to yourself, because only before God can you see and become your true self… Prayer is learning who you are before God and giving him your essence.
— Timothy Keller

4. Prayer is a Practice