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| Prayer - Becoming one with God 7/18/10 Class notes Questions from last week - What are the right things to say when praying in public? - How to listen to God better when praying? - How to pray effectively? - How to know that something is an answer from God? - How to ask according to God’s will? - How to let go of a situation entrusting it to God? Reading John 14 - how does this relate to prayer? vs 1 - 6: Jesus: "I'm going to prepare a place for you" - note the allusion to bridegroom preparing home for bride Jesus: "I've got it covered" "I am the way..." The trough draining blood from the altar in the Temple was called the way. What is Jesus saying here? No further bloodletting - I will take it all. vs 7 - 14: Ask anything in my name and you will receive (what does that mean?) If you know me, you know my Father. I will answer, that the Father will be glorified in me. I love the Father so I obey. If you love me, keep my commandments vs 15 - 26: We will not be alone. If we believe in him, he will be with us. Motivation - glorify God What are some of the commands Jesus taught about - love God - love your neighbor - care for the helpless - honor your parents - preaching the good news (Great commission) I will send you the Holy Spirit, who will guide you into all things - why did they need the Holy Spirit? - why do we need the Holy Spirit? vs 27ff - final words. Jesus gives us his peace What is difference between Jesus' peace and world's peace - Jesus' peace based on our faith / trust in God. Without seeing the reason, we truly experience his peace - because we know that he's got it covered. - world's peace based on only what I can actually see (but even then, can we really know inner peace?) |