"prayer" Tagged Sermons

Part 2 — Imitating His Prayer Life

This sermon, the second in a two-part series, examines the prayer life of Jesus Christ as both a model to emulate and a set of commands to obey. The preacher draws from multiple Gospel accounts to paint a comprehensive picture of how the God-man approached prayer — with raw honesty, consistent prioritization, humble submission, persistent intercession for others, and heartfelt worship. The sermon moves between observing what Jesus did in prayer and listening to what He instructed His disciples to…

Part 1: The Man Who Prayed

Continuing a series on prayer rooted in James 5, this sermon shifts focus from Elijah as an example of righteous prayer to Jesus Christ as the supreme example. The pastor grounds the sermon in Philippians 2, establishing that Jesus is truly God and truly man, and that this dual nature makes Him both the perfect Savior and the perfect model for prayer. Because Christ took on full humanity, He experienced genuine hunger, temptation, grief, and compassion, making Him a sympathetic…

Prayer That Works

Drawing from James 5, the pastor explores what it means to pray effectively as believers. Rather than offering a formula for prayer, he emphasizes that effective prayer flows from a right standing with God — one maintained through honest confession of sin, transparency before God, and genuine faith. Using Elijah as a biblical example, he argues that righteous prayer is not the prayer of a spiritually perfect person, but of one who has cleared the relational obstacles between themselves and…

Devoting Ourselves to Prayer

Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.” 2 Jesus said, “This is how you should pray:[a] “Father, may your name be kept holy.    May your Kingdom come soon.3 Give us each day the food we need,[b]4 and forgive us our sins,    as we forgive those who sin against us.And don’t let us yield to temptation.[c]” 5 Then, teaching them more about prayer, he…