09/06/2024
SUNDAY SERVICE: LBF
TOPIC :Tools for knowing and following God's Plan - Part 1
TEXT: Jeremiah 29:11
Tools for knowing and following God's Plan
2οΈβ£. The Tool of Prayer
_(Luke 11:1-4; 18:1-8, Romans 12:12, Ephesians 6:18, Colossians 4:2, 1 Thessalonians 5:17, Mark 1:35, 1 Timothy 1:18, Matthew 21:13, Matthew 26:36-44)_
β’ There is no man that walked in God's Plan that did not pray.
β’ Prayer is more than an avenue to ask God for the things you need. It is a means to partner with God in the things He has written concerning your life
β’ Prayer gives room for the Spirit of God to brood over certain issues of your life and proffer solutions that are in align with God's Word.
β’ Nothing happens except man pray _(Jeremiah 29:11-14)_
β’ A whole lot of decisions to take will come clear when you pray
β’Prayer is a means to engage God and allowing Him to intervene.
β’ God's Word is forever settled in heaven. By prayer, God's Word is brought to fulfillment on earth. _(Psalm 119:89)_
β’You will not be able to come into the reality of God's plan for your life, if you don't engage God by prayer.
3οΈβ£. The Tool of Fasting
_(Matthew 4:1-2, Luke 2:36-38, Matthew 17:21, Esther 3:1-9; 13; 4:13-17, Daniel 9:1-3, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Romans 8:12-13, Luke 5:33-35, Ezra 8:21)_
β’ Fasting is an activity of abstaining from food or whatsoever for health, ritualistic, religious or ethical purposes.
β’ It is a means to deny yourself from every form of fleshly appetite and bring it under subject of God's Spirit.
β’ One of the many things fasting does is to align you to receive from God and discern his communications.
β’ Fasting is about humbling out hearts before God. _(Psalm 35:13)_
β’ Fasting enables the Holy Spirit to reveal your true spiritual condition that results in brokenness, repentance and a transformed life.