Nuts & Bolts: Practical Praying

Speaker: Pastor Andy Searles Scripture Focus: James 5:13-20 Sermon notes are as follows: Lift Up Your Voices (13-15) • The promise of God is not that He will take us out of difficulty, but that he will take us through difficulties. • Suffering is often the gym for our spiritual growth. • Being mature in faith doesn’t necessarily mean that we know what God is going to do, but that we know that God is going to do what He’s going to do! • It is not fervency or frequency of prayer that renders it effective – it’s the faith in and behind it! Open Up Vulnerably (16-18) • Confession is a vital practice of a vulnerable life. • The God who acted then also acts now! Help Up The Wanderer (19-20) • Our knowledge of a wanderer comes with a responsibility to help the wanderer return. • We must combine the right belief with the right practice.