An Open Door
Relentless Prayer
Colossians 4:2-4
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should.” Col 4:2-4
Devote yourselves to prayer - be relentless about the way you pray.
Relentless prayer opens doors.
4 CHARACTERISTICS OF PRAYER
1. Prayer was their Lifestyle
“Prayer is all the ways in which we communicate and commune with God.” - Ruth Haley Barton
“The longer I journey in the spiritual life, the more I experience all of life as prayer and the other disciplines as different ways of praying.” - Ruth Haley Barton
“The early church devoted themselves to prayer.” Acts 2:42
2. They Prayed for God’s Leading
- God, Guide Us
3. They Prayed for a Transformed Life
- God, Grow me
“Prayer is the central avenue God uses to transform us. …”“In prayer, real prayer, we begin to think God’s thoughts after him: to desire the things he desires, to love the things he loves, to will the things he wills.” - Richard Foster
- God, Grow me
4. They Prayed as an Act of Love
- God, Grant them
Relentless prayer opens doors.
Jesus said, “...to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
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