Text: Psalm 86

*Prayer is talking to God.

*You learn to pray by praying.

I. EXPRESS YOUR CRY TO GOD – vs. 1-4

A. Cry Out In Humility

“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” – Hebrews 4:16

B. Cry Out With Holiness

“The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.” – Psalm 34:17

C. Cry Out For Help

"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” – Psalm 121:1

II. SET YOUR CONFIDENCE IN GOD– vs. 5-10

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:” – 1 John 5:14

“Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.” – Jeremiah 10:6

III. DECLARE YOUR COMPLIANCE WITH GOD– vs. 11-15

IV. PROCLAIM YOUR COMFORT THROUGH GOD– vs. 16-17

“As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.” – Psalm 18:30

“It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.” – Psalm 18:32

*Quote: “God’s people don’t live on explanations; they live on promises, and those promises are as unchanging as the character of God.” – Warren Wiersby

APPLICATION: Practical Prayer Helps:

• Use a Pattern
• Get A Plan
• Recruit A Partner
• Follow A Pace

TEXT: Mark 13:32-37

The danger in every age is that Christians can find themselves asleep while the world around them is desperately seeking for answers.

1. You turn your back on the source of wisdom and truth.
2. You lose your purpose.
3. You forfeit your peace.
4. You hurt the people around you.

Luke 11:28-30
“But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.”

I. AN INABILITY TO KNOW THE FUTURE DOES NOT EXCUSE INACTIVITY IN THE PRESENT

God’s Word is a call to activity not passivity!

II. A FINAL PARABLE BEFORE PASSOVER

III. A WORD OF WARNING FOR ALL

I John 2:28, 29
“And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.”

The whole purpose of Mark 13 is to instill obedience in the believer.

I Peter 4:7
“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.”