The Marvelous Message

This is the second lesson of the series of messages on prayer. Again, the main theme is “Lord, teach us to pray…” which is taken from Luke chapter 11 and verse 1. THE SECRET LIFE OF PRAYER Richard Baxter “ Prayer is the breath of the new creature.” Matthew 6:1   Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2   Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3   But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4   That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5   And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they m...

               It has certainly been a while since my last post, but the past couple months have been a blur. A little over 2 weeks ago my my family and I traveled to North Carolina to see family and then to South Carolina for Bethany Free Will Baptist's Homecoming. The speaker for this year was a little dry, but the food and fellowship was definitely one of the highlights of the trip (In case you haven't figured out, I was the speaker). There is much I would like to post, and perhaps soon enough, I will. For now, I am going to impart some key information from a message series I have been preaching on Sunday evenings. No, it is not a David Jeremiah series or some type of Bible based curriculum. It is simply from personal study.               Now, I realize that in almost every case there is truly no such thing as “original ideas.” Someone may have a dif...