Sermon Notes 8/6 – EPHESIANS 3:8-21 PAUL’S SECOND PRAYER

PRAYER PRINCIPLE:  ALWAYS PRAY

-Eph 1:15 & 3:12

-Paul continually prayed

-Press In…Press On…Press Through…Press Forward

-Christianity is a Continue Faith – Continue in Prayer Acts 2:42

-Continual prayer produces continual answers to prayer – Matthew 7:7-8 &  Psalm 116:1-2

-the word incline in Psalms 116:1-2 means:  the Lord turns and bends down to hear

PRAYER PRINCIPLE: Continual prayer causes a decrease and loss

-We lose pride and gain humility

vs8, 14 – BOW – it means to bend or bow the knee

-it is the same word used in Phil 2:5-11

-as we walk in humility the Lord uses us in great ways or exalts us

PRAYER PRINCIPLE: Everything you saw Paul do, happened and was possible because of what you didn’t see him do

-Paul prayed and lived a lifestyle of prayer

Prayer Principle:  Prayer Produces a Divine Disturbance – a Shaking

-when we are disturbed, we will disturb others through prayer……

-Acts 4:31 – prayer produces a shaking