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A Paradox is where two thoughts seemingly contradict one another, but with more thought they begin to make sense!
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Weezer said, ““I won’t thank God. Because everybody else is gonna thank God, and I don’t think God cares. We’re a pretty godless band.” (Rolling Stone, Feb. 2006)
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Praying at the dinner table, Bart says, “We paid for this ourselves, so thanks for nothing.”
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"Dear Lord: The gods have been good to me. For the first time in my life, everything is absolutely perfect just the way it is. So here's the deal: You freeze everything the way it is, and I won't ask for anything more. If that is OK, please give me absolutely no sign.
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OK, deal. In gratitude, I present you this offering of cookies and milk. If you want me to eat them for you, give me no sign. Thy will be done."
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“Intoxicated with unbroken success, we have become too self-sufficient to feel the necessity of redeeming and preserving grace, too proud to pray to the God that made us.”
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Edwin Orr was right when he said, “History is silent about revivals that did not begin with prayer.”
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The guys were about to be hung and Everett breaks out into fervent prayer asking for deliverance. Yet after they got delivered he returns to his original skepticism.
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 4:26
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 4:26
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 4:26
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD.
Genesis 4:26
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Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.
Ecclesiastes 5:2
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Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. Ecc. 5:1
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Bill Hybels says, “If the request is wrong, God says, ‘NO!’ If the timing is wrong, God says, ‘SLOW!’ If you are wrong, God says, ‘GROW!’ But if the request is right, the timing is right and you are right, God says, ‘GO!’
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Why Doesn’t God Hear?
•Secret Sin (Psalm 66:18)•Despising God’s Ways (Prov.
28:9)•Stubbornness (Zech. 7:13)
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Psalm 66:18If I had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer.
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Why Doesn’t God Hear?
•Secret Sin (Psalm 66:18)•Despising God’s Ways (Prov.
28:9)•Stubbornness (Zech. 7:13)
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Proverbs 28:9If anyone turns a deaf ear to the Law, even his prayers are detestable.
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Why Doesn’t God Hear?
•Secret Sin (Psalm 66:18)•Despising God’s Ways (Prov.
28:9)•Stubbornness (Zech. 7:13)
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Zechariah 7:13“When I called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen,” says the Lord Almighty.
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We will give ourselves no rest'Till Your Kingdom comes on earthWe've positioned watchmen on
the wallsNow our prayers will flow like
tearsFor You've shared Your heart with
usGod of Heaven, on our knees we
fall
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
Come down in power, reveal Your heart again
Come hear our cries, the tears that plead for rain
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven
We're crying, crying for this generation
We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're watching, watching on the walls to see You
We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough
We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth
All of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We will give ourselves no rest'Till Your Kingdom comes on earthWe've positioned watchmen on
the wallsNow our prayers will flow like
tearsFor You've shared Your heart with
usGod of Heaven, on our knees we
fall
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
Come down in power, reveal Your heart again
Come hear our cries, the tears that plead for rain
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven
We're crying, crying for this generation
We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're watching, watching on the walls to see You
We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough
We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth
All of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven
We're crying, crying for this generation
We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're watching, watching on the walls to see You
We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough
We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth
All of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
Come down in power, reveal Your heart again
Come hear our cries, the tears that plead for rain
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven
We're crying, crying for this generation
We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're watching, watching on the walls to see You
We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough
We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth
All of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're knocking, knocking on the door of heaven
We're crying, crying for this generation
We're praying for Your Name to be known in all of the earth
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Knocking on the Door of Heaven
We're watching, watching on the walls to see You
We're looking, looking for a time of breakthrough
We're praying for Your Word to bear fruit in all of the earth
All of the earth
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