Gods Eternal Purpose glorifying God, by Jesus Christ,

through his body the church Ephesians 3:10-11, 21

15 January 2016
Message One

Praying for Our Place to Be Shaken, Acts 4:23-33

Matt 11:12 And from
the days of John the
Baptist until now the
kingdom of heaven
suffereth violence,
and the violent take
it by force.

THESIS
We are praying this year
for God to wield his word
until we ____________
ourselves to his Eternal
Purpose.

Jer 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee,

and shew thee great and mighty things, which
thou knowest not.
Psalm 81:10 I am the Lord thy God, which
brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy
mouth wide, and I will fill it.

An Experiential
Exegesis of Being a Praying People

Point 1. If you trust Gods plan and

____________ Gods principles, you can pray
your way in to a yielded life.

1. Praying ____________
2. Praying ____________
3. Praying ____________

Point 2. Before God can use you effectively, he

has to shake you ____________________.

What We Do When We ________

A. We touch heaven so we can change earth
B. We preserve our walk in the heavenlies so
we can exit the holy place as holy people
C. We remove stuff that can cause decay
D. We support the stability and structure of
discipleship, which preserves the church
E. We engage providence to become involved
in any painful distress, stress and mess
caused by walking in this world

Point 3. The Holy Spirit is the ____________,

equipper and enabler of the body of Christ to
the glory of God.

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Looking Like a Praying

Church
1. By ______________ God in
submission
A. While ____________ in
service - VISION, 32
B. While ________________
in service - VALUES, 32b
C. While ________________
in service - VOICES, 33a
2. By ______________ God for
essentials, 24,29,31
A. As their essential
__________________, 24
B. For their energetic
____________, 29a
3. By ______________ loose a
solution, 29,31
A. With powerful expressions
of Gods ______________
B. With personal experience
of Gods ______________
C. With public ____________
by Gods people, 31c

Point 4. ___________________
love means you take your free
will, and make a decision by faith
to pray for his free grace.
Point 5. Prayer is a crucial indicator
of spiritual life, and a critical
ingredient of supernatural
________________.
Definition
____________ is the essential
activity of waiting for God:
acknowledging our helplessness
and His power, calling on Him for
help, seeking His counsel.

The Word for Harvest:

We cannot become who God made
us, nor go where God is taking us,
nor have what God is giving us if we
fail to pray.
Rom 6:11,13 Likewise reckon ye
also yourselves to be dead indeed
unto sin, but alive unto God through
Jesus Christ our Lord. 13 Neither
yield ye your members as
instruments of unrighteousness
unto sin: but yield yourselves unto
God, as those that are alive from the
dead
Matt 10:39 He that findeth his life
shall lose it: and he that loseth his
life for my sake shall find it.
Mark 8:35 For whosoever will save
his life shall lose it; but whosoever
shall lose his life for my sake and the
gospels, the same shall save it.

FAST FACTS

2017 Praying for Shaking

Ministerio Hispano
11 A.M. saln 6

That this place may be shaken

To acknowledge your great
need
To increase your spiritual desire
Asking for greater capacity
Seeking for greater blessings
Attempting greater things for
God

I. GOD SOVEREIGN IN HANDLING

HIS HATERS, 23-28
A. Disciples Report, 23
B. David Wrote, 24-26
1. Of Gods Power, 24
2. Of Gods Providence, 25-26
a. In the multitude, 25
b. In the monarchs, 26
C. Disciples Reconfirm, 27-28
1. Human Responsibility, 27
2. Divine Restraint, 28
II. GOD STRONG IN HANDLING
OUR HATERS, 29-31
A. Resource of Supplication, 29-30
1. Courage for the Times, 29
2. Confirmation of the Truth, 30
B. Renewal By Determination, 31-33
1. Filling, 31
2. Fellowship, 32
3. Functioning, 33

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