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Teach Us to Pray: Sermon 8

Teach Us to Pray: Sermon 8

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What happens when prayers seem to hit a wall of silence? In a powerful exploration of unanswered prayer, Pastor Vince delves into Matthew 7:7-8, revealing that prayer is not a simple transaction but a transformative journey. Through the lens of Jesus' own struggle in Gethsemane and the contrasting fates of Peter and James in Acts 12, he illuminates how God's silence doesn't equate to His absence. Pastor Vince challenges the common notion that prayer is "just talking to God," instead presenting it as a three-part journey of asking, seeking, and knocking – where asking begins with our needs, seeking shifts our focus to God Himself, and knocking leads to intimate communion. He emphasizes that persistence in prayer isn't about wearing God down but about being transformed through the process.

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