VALLEY FAMILY CHURCH weekly sermon guide
may 23, 2021 "run to the mountain" MESSAGE & SCRIPTURES
stay connected to the vine john 15:5-11, NKJV
run to the mountain mark 6:46, NIV | mark 1:35, NIV | luke 5:16, NIV luke 6:12, NIV | luke 9:18, NIV | luke 11:1, NIV matthew 14:23, NIV
pray often 1 thessalonians 5:17, NLT colossians 4:2, NKJV
pray boldy hebrews 4:16, NKJV ephesians 3:12, NLT
pray selflessly philippians 2:3-5, NIV matthew 5:43-44, NIV luke 23:34, NIV
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"The type of prayer Jesus "The Lord wants our "Christianity at its modeled was not about relationship with Him to be core is about our what God can do for me, current - we should be intimacy, connection but about having staying up-to-date with and relationship with communion and fellowship God and inviting God into Jesus Christ." with God." our everyday life."
-- Eric Jones -- Eric Jones -- Eric Jones
"What would life look like if "We don't have to pray on we as a church committed to a whim hoping God pray, love and be Christ hears us. We serve a God working on the Earth? It who is desperate to put would be completely counter- His hand and power in cultural and would radically our lives." change the world."
-- Eric Jones -- Eric Jones LET'S TALK
Jesus cultivated this "vine and branch" We don’t have to be timid with God - we are faith relationship with the Father by running to the people and we serve a big God, so let's pray bold mountain in prayer. prayers! Where do you “go to the mountain,” so there What keeps you timid and from praying bold are no distractions and you can hear and prayers? share with Him?
How will you now invite God to move in your life What difference have you seen by “going to with confidence? the mountain” no matter what is going on in your life? Jesus modeled living for others by praying One of the patterns Jesus demonstrated in selflessly. prayer was to pray often and to stay current and up to date with God on His life. What would life look like if we prayed, loved, and forgave selflessly like Christ did? What In what ways do you keep your relationship changes do you think would happen in the with God current? How do you invite God into world? your world and the moments of your day?
Who can you selflessly pray for this week as you follow Jesus’ example? LET'S DO THIS
put the message into practice: stay involved:
accept the invitation from Jesus to connect join us weekly at our in-person services -- or reconnect with Him in an interdependent adults & kids at 9 & 11am, students at 7pm! relationship, where He is part of your everyday life. sign up for FREE 30-day access to our make a renewed commitment to cultivating 'The Spirit-Empowered Life' course for a daily communion with Christ through the month of May! prayer. in your 20s or 30s? join us for "summer identify someone you can selflessly pray for nights" starting friday, may 28 at 6pm. this week as you follow Jesus’ example. childcare for 10 and under will be provided!
pray it out:
Lord, thank You for the privilege that it is to know You intimately. I want to be connected to You in my everyday life. I invite You to be the very center of everything I do as I go about my day-to-day. Help me to pray often, pray boldly and to pray selflessly. You are a big God and You desire to move mightily in my life. Help me to build my life upon You so I can live for You on the Earth and change the world through my dependency on You. In Jesus' Name, Amen!