You are called according to god’s purpose.

Ø  Psalms 30:2,8 > you are called according to gods purpose.

Ø  Romans 8:26-28 > Holy Spirit Himself is groaning

Ø  Purpose of prayer > you don't want to change gods mind. 

Ø  God the Father knows our motives.

Ø  Jeremiah 29:11, god had pleasant thought about you. Is not to fail us, but to finish what he has desire to finish.

Ø  Purpose of prayer is to open your heart & life to allow god what he has thought about you, you must allow him to do his purpose in your life.

Ø  As soon as you pray to open your heart, he reveals his will to you.

Ø  God does not act in one accord until we open ourselves to him.

Ø  When you agree according to god’s will, he will take you to the finish line according to his purpose.

Ø  1 John 5:14, we have confidence to receive.

Ø  Groaning.

                                 i.            Exodus 2:24, groan with hardship. 

                               ii.            Psalm 6:6, groan with grief. 

                             iii.            Psalm 31:10, groan with sickness. 

                             iv.            Psalm 38:8, groan in pain of heart.

                               v.            2 Corinthians 5:2,4 groan for glory.

Ø  You’re not alone when you’re groaning.

                                 i.            1 Samuel 1:10, She was groaning within herself longing to be free from the torment of her flesh with groaning spirit, in bitterness of soul, god heard her groaning & granted her petition.

                               ii.            Isaiah 38:14, was groaning like a crane, the spirit of groaning was upon him.

                             iii.            God interpret our groan according to his will.

                             iv.            Jude 1:29,Acts 7:34, god have heard their groaning while they were in Egypt 

                               v.            Ephesians 6:18, Romans 8:26, Holy Spirit will make intercession for us with groaning.

Ø  How do you know is groaning.

1.        It’d weeping & crying  when you sigh more than you speak, when your inner suffering is so deep that can’t even express it

2.       1 Corinthians 14:2, God reveals to us a secret of praying, that is peaking in tongue, the opportunity to pray in the spirit directly to God in which we cannot mess up.

Ø  Benefits of praying in the spirit.

1.        Zechariah 3:9, we pray according to will of god

2.        James 4:3, all selfishness is removed

3.        We do not know what we ought to pray for, Holy Spirit can pray what we forgot.

4.       the Spirit Himself intercedes for us

5.       Gives extra advantage to fully express your praise.

Ø  Type of unknown tongue

a.       only god can understand 

b.       personal edification

c.         It can be heard in another language.




Sermon outline from 6/3/2012 service. www.intlcog.org