Quench Your Thirst: Practical Advice For Personal Prayer

MESSAGE NOTES:

Fact # 1: Fullness of life is more a result of the state of my
than the state of my circumstances.

Fact # 2: It is possible to flourish while
in the midst of struggles without and vice versa.

Fact # 3: How we our inner lives
is inevitably reflected outwardly.

Fact # 4: There is a direct between my
personal walk with God and the state of my soul.

"God's Message: "Cursed is the strong one who depends on mere humans, Who thinks he can make it on muscle alone and sets God aside as dead weight. He's like a tumbleweed on the prairie, out of touch with the good earth. He lives rootless and aimless in a land where nothing grows. "But blessed is the man who trusts me, God, the woman who sticks with God. They're like trees replanted in Eden, putting down roots near the rivers- Never a worry through the hottest of summers, never dropping a leaf, Serene and calm through droughts, bearing fresh fruit every season. Jeremiah 17:5-8 (The Message)

"But despite Jesus' instructions, the report of his power spread even faster, and vast crowds came to hear him preach and to be healed of their diseases. But Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness for prayer." Luke 5:15-16

Jesus embraced a that enabled Him to do what He did, which in turn enabled Him to teach what He taught.

"But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private. Then your Father, who sees everything, will reward you." Matthew 6:6

Establish the
Determine the
Discover the

not trying

not condemnation

not duplication

not ritualization



My Personal Prayer Commitment