The Devoted Church

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The Devoted Church

• Devoted To Prayer
• Acts 242, Isaiah 56 3-8

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Devotion To Prayer Is

• The moment you wake up each morning, all your
  wishes and hopes for the day rush at you like
  wild animals. And the first job each morning
  consists in shoving it all back in listening to
  that other voice, taking that other point of
  view, letting that other, larger, stronger,
  quieter life come flowing in.
• C.S. Lewis

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Defining A House Of Prayer

• A Community OF prayer rather than IN prayer
• It is a HOUSE
• Of David
• 2 Sam 711
• It was his offspring, family, a people, a nation
• 1 Chron 723
• for ever established
• through CHRIST to US!!

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Defining a House Of Prayer

• The Place For Gods NAME
• Jer 710-11
• The house which bears my Name
• NAME His Character, Personality
• HE Chooses The Place
• Deut 1211, 2 Sam 75 1 Kings 55
• David wants to build the Temple But God chooses
  Solomon

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Defining a House Of Prayer

• Gods HOUSE Today
• 1 Peter 25, Eph 219
• Its in US His Church
• A spiritual house, The Household of faith
• God has made His home with us! John 1423

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Characteristics Of A House Of Prayer

• A Place Of Sacrifice
• Deut 1211, 1 Peter 25, Psalm 5117
• The OT the sacrifice was burnt offerings
• The NT PRAYER WORSHIP
• Bible talks of this sacrifice as being
• Incense - Psalm 1412
• Broken - Psalm 5117
• Constant - Malachi 111
• Living - Rom 121

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Characteristics Of A House Of Prayer

• The HOLY Mountain
• Isaiah 56 7
• Its the place of Gods THRONE
• Power Judgement
• Mercy Grace
• Heb 416 The Throne of GRACE

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The Promise For A House Of Prayer

• It Will RECEIVE People
• All Kinds Of People (Verse 3)
• The foreigner Race, Religion, Outsider
• The Eunuch Outcast, Lonely, No Future
• It Will RESTORE People
• They will find a PURPOSE, a FUTURE! Vs 5
• They will find OVERWHELMING JOY Vs 7a
• It Will REACH People
• He will gather MORE than us! (verse 8)

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Meanwhile, Back In Acts.

• They DEVOTED themselves to prayer
• Acts 423ff
• The House Of Prayer in action
• A Devoted Church is a HOUSE OF PRAYER!