Topic: Prayer
[Unanswered Prayer] Happens03/27/11
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Speaker – Shawna Boren
- Topics – Pain & Suffering, Prayer, Presence of God
- When we pray, we usually expect that our prayers will be answered. Sometimes, they are not. In this sermon, Shawna takes a look at what unanswered prayer looks like, and she provides insight into dealing with the pain of unanswered prayer.
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Integrated Faith02/13/11
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The Faith to Doubt01/09/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Faith, Prayer, Blessings
- Faith is sometimes understood as the lack of doubt. Doubt can be seen as the enemy of faith; however, doubt is not always the enemy. When wrestling with God, it is important not to doubt God’s character. We will always have doubt about questions on a broad range because we are human and finite, but God’s character need never be doubted.
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The Wrestlers01/02/11
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Faith, Prayer, Conflict
- God wants His people to wrestle with Him on the things that happen in their life. He wants His people to ask “Who are you, God?” Following the story of Jacob, we are called as Christ followers to struggle, strive, and seek to know who God is. We must also not be afraid of struggling with deep questions.
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Living In God's Peace08/15/10
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Who Wants to Pray... Honestly?07/25/10
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Transforming Love06/27/10
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Shaken Not Stirred02/21/10
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Animate: Final Questions06/14/09
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Imagination
- This sermon addresses three specific questions as a follow-up to the Animate series. The first relates to the dangers of opening oneself up to the spirit realm. The second is about how we know what we sense in our imagination is from God. And the third questions whether imaginative prayer that focuses on Jesus alone is actually limiting.
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- MP4 Video 162.8 MB
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Animate Wrap Up: Is it Just Me?05/31/09
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Prayer, Transformation, Imagination
- There were a lot of questions generated by our recent Animate series, which explored the role that imagination plays in our spiritual lives. One question that came up frequently was, “Are we just making all this up when we practice imaginative spirituality?”
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Clever Disguises05/17/09
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Forming Me05/10/09
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Holding up Your Body05/03/09
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Flesh and Blood04/26/09
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What a Surprise04/19/09
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Keep on Pushing03/01/09
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Faith, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
- When we pray, we’re using our say-so to partner with God to bring about his will on earth as it is in heaven. But it is not magic. Prayer is a labor of love. We are pushing for God’s will to be accomplished, against all that resists his will being accomplished.
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Fighting the Right Enemy03/09/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Love, Non-Violence, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
- Is there really a spiritual war? Do we believe that there is such a thing as a spiritual reality? If we don’t, we will engage the wrong enemy. Instead of fighting the powers of Satan, we will target other humans, often with hatred and violence. Spiritual warfare practiced through love and prayer is central to the Christian walk, but we need constant reminders in our Western culture that there really is a spiritual war going on.
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1 2 2 2 102/24/08
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Speaker – Dwayne Polk
- Prayer
- Is hearing God really a possibility? Can we live in a dynamic conversation with God despite so many different voices competing for our attention on a daily basis? In this message, Dwayne explains the basic beliefs that are required for this kind of conversation, and breaks down some of the common obstacles that stand in the way.
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When God Doesn't Make Sense02/17/08
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Speaker – Scott Abbott
- Topics – Faith, Healing, Prayer, Problem of Evil, Sin, God's Will
- As a person with muscular dystrophy, Scott has countless personal experiences that illustrate the principles that Greg taught about in the previous two sermons. Scott has personally wrestled with questions about why some prayers are answered and others are not – most fundamentally related to why he himself hasn’t been healed.
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Scorpions, Eggs and Prayer, Part 202/10/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Faith, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare, Free Will, God's Will
- Why does it seem like some prayers work while others don’t give us the results we want? If our prayers don’t seem to work, who is to blame? God? Ourselves? Others? To begin to understand prayer, we must break free from a simplistic and commonly held “magical view” of prayer. There are many variables that affect prayer and faith and how they work together.
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Scorpions, Eggs and Prayer, Part 102/03/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Faith, Prayer, Spiritual Warfare
- We live in a spiritual war zone. We must partner with God to bring about his will on earth as it is in heaven. How can we do this? Simply through prayer! We can impact the world by laboring with God to resist the forces of evil through spiritual warfare. We can join in this battle by praying continually with faith and persistence believing our prayers will impact the kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.
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The Insane Importance of Prayer01/27/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Prayer, Transformation, Power
- Is prayer really that important? Does it really play a purpose in the grand scheme of things? If we believe the Scriptures to be true, it seems that prayer is “insanely” important – so much that we are to pray with “shameless audacity.” Some get bogged down with the idea of prayer because they see it as a religious ritual that is too complex and difficult to do in our regular lives. Yet the reality is that prayer is basically talking with God in an ordinary way about our ordinary lives.
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Daily Bread, Daily Forgiveness01/06/08
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Forgiveness, Healing, Prayer
- In the next part of the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches that prayer is about daily dependence on God to meet our needs, even though most people in our self-sufficient world do not think this way. We also discover the crucial role that forgiveness plays in our lives and the surprising freedom it can bring.
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I Dream of Genie-Jesus02/04/07
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Speaker – Greg Boyd
- Topics – Communion, Identity in Christ, Prayer
- As Christians we can sometimes lose sight of our true identity in Christ and become distracted by our lives, our interests, and our worries. We can begin to feel that God is a convenient “genie” who can fix what goes wrong in our lives or to bless our plans and ambitions. However, the truth of living in the Kingdom of God is that only when we give up our agendas and our ambitions can we actually begin to understand how we fit into what God is already doing. God does not fit into our plans; instead we are invited into His.
Prayer Games05/07/06
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Speaker – Scott Boren
- Topics – Community, Prayer
- The prophetess Anna understood the importance of praying with others. She spoke to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem. Today, we often live our lives isolated from otheres and are too busy to align ourselves with other believers. Anna shows us that being involved in a community of believers is an essential part of our walk with God. By looking at what Jesus taught in Matthew 18:19-20, we can learn three practical guidelines for cultivating a deeper fellowship with others in prayer.