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WHEN SCRIPTURE BECOMES YOUR PRAYER PART 7: PRAYER GIVES FAITH A VOICE

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WHEN SCRIPTURE BECOMES YOUR PRAYER PART 7: PRAYER GIVES FAITH A VOICE Mark 11:24 (NIV) “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” In the previous part, we said something important: Scripture gives us the blueprint. Faith trusts the blueprint. Prayer responds to the blueprint. Obedience builds according to the blueprint. Today, let's take another step.  Prayer gives faith a voice.  Think about faith for a moment. Faith may begin in the heart, but eventually, faith needs expression. And one of the ways faith expresses itself is through prayer. When you pray, you are bringing your trust in God before God. You are saying: “Lord, I believe You.”  Not because everything looks good. Not because you have all the answers. Not because you can already see the outcome. But because you trust the One who has spoken. Consider the story of Peter when Jesus told him to step out of the boat and walk on the wate...
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WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION? PART 7: WHAT WILL THE NEXT GENERATION RECEIVE FROM YOU?

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WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION? PART 7: WHAT WILL THE NEXT GENERATION RECEIVE FROM YOU? Psalm 78:4 (NLT) “We will not hide these truths from our children but will tell the next generation about the glorious deeds of the LORD, about his power and his mighty wonders.” THE FINAL LAP We have come to the final part of this journey. It started with a simple question. A question that came from watching a mother feed her newborn child. A question about breast milk. A question about nourishment. A question about what one generation receives from another. But that simple question became much bigger: WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION? We discovered that this question is not only about food. It is about life. It is about what we consume. What we allow inside us. What we process. What we produce. What flows from us. What we pass on. And the example we leave behind. Now we arrive at the final question: What Will The Next Generation Receive From You? SOMETHING WILL BE L...
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WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION?

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WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION? PART 6: THE POWER OF EXAMPLE 1 Corinthians 11:1 (NLT) “And you should imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.” In Part 1, we asked: WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING YOURSELF? In Part 2: WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE YOU? In Part 3: WHAT IS FLOWING OUT OF YOU? In Part 4: WHAT ARE YOU PRODUCING? In Part 5: WHAT ARE YOU PASSING ON? We discovered that every generation receives something from the generation before it. We also learned that we do not only pass things on through our words. We pass things on through our values, habits, attitudes, decisions and examples. Today, we take another step deeper: THE POWER OF EXAMPLE. Because sometimes the loudest message you give is not what you say. It is what you do. PEOPLE ARE WATCHING Whether you realize it or not, someone is watching you. Your children may be watching. Your spouse may be watching. Your younger siblings may be watching. Your church members may be watching. Your students may be watching....
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WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION?

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WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING THE NEXT GENERATION? PART 5: WHAT ARE YOU PASSING ON? Deuteronomy 6:6–7 (NLT) “And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up.” In Part 1, we asked: WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING YOURSELF? We discovered that what we consume matters. In Part 2, we asked: WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE YOU? We learned that what enters us must be processed. In Part 3, we asked: WHAT IS FLOWING OUT OF YOU? We learned that what is inside us eventually finds expression through our words, attitudes and actions. In Part 4, we asked: WHAT ARE YOU PRODUCING? We looked at the fruit of the Spirit and discovered that our lives should produce something that others can receive. Now we come to another important question: WHAT ARE YOU PASSING ON? Because life does not end with us. Something is al...
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