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"I
was glad when they said unto me,
Let us go into the house of the
Lord..."
Psalm 122:1
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Lent
Sermon
Series
Teach Us to Pray...
This year we are going to focus on adding something to our lives
that will improve our walk with God: PRAYER.
I'm really excited about this. Why? Because as our church advances
into the future and continues to pursue the heart of God, prayer is
absolutely essential.
This is something that the Acts Church definitely knew. Acts 2:42
said that the first church ...
"Devoted themselves to ... prayer."
As
we seek to do the same, we'll spend the next 6 weeks talking about
prayer and how we can improve our communication with the Lord.
As
you'll see below, our sermon series will be called ...
"Teach us to Pray."
If we're
honest, we'd all like to take our prayer lives to the next level. In
other words, we all have room to grow in how we communicate with the
Lord.
My challenge is for us to take full advantage of these next 6 weeks.
Our sermons will focus on prayer; Our Wednesday evening Bible
study will focus on prayer; And we will have other
opportunities to practice and apply what we talk about on Sunday
mornings.
- Will you
be open
to the material?
- Will you
engage
the material?
- Will you
apply
the material when you go home?
- Will you
adopt
the
prayer of the disciples as your own?
"Lord, teach
us to pray" (Luke 11:1)
For the
first 3 weeks we will focus on different aspects of prayer.
.......Week
1: Prayer Basics
.......Week
2: Ingredients for Powerful
......................Prayer
.......Week
3: Praying Like Jesus
Then the 3
weeks before Easter, we're going to look at the story of Habakkuk.
If you read the book of Habakkuk, it reads like a giant prayer: a
conversation between Habakkuk and God. From Habakkuk's story,
we'll not only pull away a few principles that will deepen our
prayer lives, but we'll also come away with some ideas that will
help us tackle the difficult and painful circumstances of life with
an attitude
of prayer.
So, the next
3 weeks will look like this:
.......Week
4: Honesty: The Best Policy
.......Week
5: Prayer: When Life is
......................Tough
.......Week
6: Prayer: While You Wait
Over the
course of this week, spend some time preparing your heart and come
with an open mind, an open heart and prepared to engage some
challenging material!
Blessings!
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Fairfield Reformed Church
360 Fairfield Road
Fairfield, NJ 07004
Telephone: 973-227-5428
We warmly invite you to visit, worship,
and grow with us!
Contemporary
Worship and Praise Service
(Come as you are) - Sundays 10:00 - 11:00 am
Pastor Glenn Siepert
Quick Links:
Fairfield offers many times and
opportunities to deepen our walk with God as we gather together for study,
prayer and fellowship. Please come on in and join us!
TUESDAYS
(7:00pm - 8:00pm): EPHESUS
- Ephesus is a group of faithful prayer warriors that meets every Tuesday to
pray for the people and ministry of the Fairfield Reformed Church.
Join with us in seeking hard after Jesus' heart and will for us
WEDNESDAYS (6:30pm -
7:30pm): WORSHIP PRACTICE -
Do you enjoy
singing or playing an instrument? The worship team is always looking people
to help lead us into a mindset of worship on Sunday morning. If you would
like to join in that awesome responsibility, come by on Wednesday night!
(Click here for more details.)
WEDNESDAYS
(7:30pm - 9:00pm): DEVOTED
- Come to the Ivory Room and join us as we
dive
into a book (and DVD) by John Eldredge
called "Walking With God."
It's a book that addresses the topic of
prayer and teaches us how to have a more effective and deep prayer life.
Eldredge opens up his personal journals and shows his readers what it looks
like for him to walk with God throughout the course of a year. From those
journal entries he draws out principles that can help us in our own walk
with Him. The main point of the book is that prayer isn't something whereby
we go to God and dump all of our baggage before His throne.
Rather, it's an opportunity for us to
engage and communicate with the Creator of the Universe.
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7:30pm - 8:00pm - Sharing prayer requests and spending
some time covering the evening in prayer. |
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8:00pm - 8:15pm - DVD segment |
| 8:15pm - 9:00pm - Discussion |
FRIDAYS (10:30am -
12:00pm): BIBLE STUDY
- Come and join us in the Ivory Room as we
journey into Max Lucado's book
"Cast of Characters."
Lucado brings us through 22 "heroes" of
the Bible. Though they may be known for their achievements, he explores how
God accomplished more through their failures than successes. He reveals how
these ancient biblical characters are relevant to modern concerns among
people such as doubt, rejection, insignificance, purpose, humility,
suffering, risk, and consequences.
SUNDAYS (9:00am - 9:45am): SUNDAY SCHOOL
-
 Classes meet each Sunday morning, September through
June, in the rooms of Fellowship Hall.
Adults are invited
to come to the Ivory Room and join us in a discussion about Henry Blackaby's
"Experiencing God."
Children are
welcomed upstairs in Fellowship Hall, where they learn a Bible story and
complete a fun craft!
SUNDAYS
(10:00am - 11:00am): WORSHIP -
Come to the sanctuary and join us in worshiping our Lord! Walk with us
through a new series of sermons. Learn with us during this Lenten season
what it means to devote yourself to prayer and why that is essential to
living the rich, abundant and joy filled life God created us to live.
(Click here for details.)
SUNDAYS (AFTER WORSHIP): GOD'S LIVING ROOM
- If you are in need of prayer, feel free to pull up a chair and linger in
God's living room. It's a group of people who will be available to pray for
you and talk to you after Sunday morning worship!
SUNDAYS (11:00am - ?): COFFEE HOUR -
After our service, come on over to Fellowship Hall to talk, relax, and enjoy
some good food and fellowship!
(Click here to find out about
other Fellowship activities.)
YOUTH MINISTRY NEWS -
Click here to find out
about Vacation Bible School - Summer 2009.
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