Spirit Led~Are we ready to take a stand? The time is now...Taking a stand in an unpopular time,

That is the theme for OHC (Oakville Harvest Chapel). Yesterday I went to my friend's Church here in Oakville and I was very moved by Pastor Robbie's sermon. "The Time is Now...to Pray!" Taking a stand in an unpopular time...This is the Church's theme for the next nine weeks. The passage was taken from Nehemiah 1:1-11. Key points:

1. Serious Prayer NECESSITATES a heart that CARES (v.1-4)
Ask yourself this? Do you secretly rejoice in people's bad times? If you're answer is yes, we must pray and ask that God cleanse and change our heart. Teaching us to care for everyone.

2. Serious Prayer BEGINS with ADORATION (v.5-6a)
How should one pray? "Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be thy name..."How amazing He is.

3. Serious Prayer demonstrates a FOUNDATION of CONFESSION (v.6b-7)
No Christian will see progress w/ their relationship w/ God until the he/she has a deeper showdown w/ sin. Sin will alsways spread, the fact that sin will not impact or affect anyone else is zero. True humility is to look at your own plank.

4. Serious Prayer RECALLS the FAITHFULNESS of God (v.8-10)
5. Serious Prayer understands the PLACE for SUPPLICATION (v.11)

Response:
Serious Prayer requires PERSEVERENCE (2:1)
Application: Pray for a broken heart 1. understand the need is now to pray...2. Be committed to perservence.

When you pray...take a deep breath, and thank you(Jesus) for the cross, salvation, and count all the blessings He has showered upon you.

The power of prayer...Thank you for the opportunity to pray. It's amazing how you can focus on nothing but prayer even in a coffee shop. When you are in prayer, nothing around you matters, you hear no distractions, just the words of a heartfelt prayer. AMEN.