{"id":1852,"date":"2015-05-24T15:01:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T19:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=1852"},"modified":"2015-05-24T15:01:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T19:01:20","slug":"devote-yourselves-to-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=1852","title":{"rendered":"Devote Yourselves to Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Message by Dr. David Drake<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/rec0524-113311.mp3\">rec0524-113311<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><b>Colossians 4:2-4 (NASB) <\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 \u00a0Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; 3 \u00a0praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; 4 \u00a0that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b>Devoted means:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><u>Continue<\/u><\/b><b> \u201d\u00a6<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Matthew 6:6-13 (NASB) <\/b><\/p>\n<p>6 \u00a0&#8220;But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees <i>what is done<\/i> in secret will reward you. 7 \u00a0&#8220;And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. 8 \u00a0&#8220;So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>9 \u00a0&#8220;Pray, then, in this way: &#8216;Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. 10 \u00a0&#8216;Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. 11 \u00a0&#8216;Give us this day our daily bread. 12 \u00a0&#8216;And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 13 \u00a0&#8216;And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Steadfastly<\/u><\/b><b> \u201d\u00a6<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Luke 18:1 (NASB) <\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 \u00a0Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart,<b> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<b><u>At All Times<\/u><\/b> <b>\u201d\u00a6<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ephesians 6:18 (NASB) <\/b><\/p>\n<p>18 \u00a0With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Persevere<\/u><\/b><b> \u201d\u00a6<\/p>\n<p><\/b><b>Philippians 4:6 (NASB) <\/b><\/p>\n<p>6 \u00a0Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><b>We must be devoted to prayer<\/b><\/u><u><b>:<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><b>Personally<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><b>Domestically<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><u><b>Corporately<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<b><u>What Is Prayer ? <\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><u>What Is The Purpose Of Prayer ?<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b><u>What Are My (Our) Goals In Prayer ?<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message by Dr. David Drake rec0524-113311 Colossians 4:2-4 (NASB) 2 \u00a0Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; 3 \u00a0praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/?p=1852\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-messages"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1852"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1856,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1852\/revisions\/1856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.crossroadchristianfellowship.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}