If You Don’t Pray, You Won’t Live
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ต.ค. 2018
- If we don’t plan ahead for prayer, we are cutting ourselves off from God’s supply of nourishment for our needy souls.
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1. Pick a place and time and show up.
2. Use the Bible and turn the Bible into prayer.
3. Pray in concentric circles. Move from you, family, church,nations. Earth.
Sergy Biju amen. Thank you!
@@vivalav5199 yes great advice!
Thanks for writing.
Crazy cooky loon.
Have 2BeHere huh?
we don't pray and we wonder... why is my faith weak, why is my passion for Christ small💔
Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of God. Read the bible more hear his word more.
yes, you have to talk to your imaginary friend if you want him to seem more real.
@@bradcrampton8920 if you dont believe why are you here?
@@bradcrampton8920 let me ask you a question... You refer to Christ as an "imaginary friend"... why is that? is it because you have never met Him? I am not being disrespectful but how can you make a statement like that? I have never met you but i trust that you are very real... as a matter of fact there are people that know you and love you and spend time with you even if i have never met you, i can say that you are not real but the evidence is seen in the lives of the people that you have affected... my point (and forgive me if i am making this confusing) is that you are making a statement about a God that i have met... not face to face or in a physical sense but He has changed my life and continues to do so... the evidence is often seen in those that do know HIM.... i must admit that there have been many times that i have failed to live my life like i know HIM, but even those times do not reduce His "realness". I hope that you may take some time to investigate HIM, not with predetermined ideas but an open mind as to His genuineness.... Again... this is not meant to start a war of words on a TH-cam stream but to share with you my personal relationship with HIM...my real Lord
@@angiescott4601 I have investigated him quite thoroughly, having been a believer for over 15 years. I was in a state of mind similar to yours that you have at present. Suffice to say that over time, I recognized that it was false and abandoned the faith at some point. It didn't happen over night, in fact it was a process that took a few years.
The similarities with the faith and an imaginary friend are as you stated:
i have met... not face to face or in a physical sense
That's a pretty good definition of an imaginary companion, it seems real and I can make it sort of real but it is not real. In fact it is so similar to the kind of friends that kids imagine - it's kind of eerie that a grown up can do this also. (Is that why jesus admonishes to become as little children?) His messages come through feelings and dreams with no direct contact. Sounds a little suspicious. Another interesting similarity is that he answers prayers about as reliably as a flip of the coin.
My main conclusion is summarized as follows:
I think most believers don't much understand the power of imagination. One can enhance their mood just by picturing someone they love in their mind. Happiness can be increased by being grateful. Forgiving and feeling forgiven can lighten the load when feeling down. All these techniques are valid psychological tools that do not require any belief system of gods and goblins. Religion has capitalized on believers by providing a supernatural explanation to those who lack the knowledge of imagination.
Devil makes us think it is legalistic to pray at a regular time! wow. I needed that
Amreetha Priscilla
Can you use an example? I’m not 100% of what it means
I think you missed the point. This is not a salvation point.
That is so true. Making a plan to meet with God.
If you think the devil makes you think things, you have abrogated your responsibility as a human being. It's almost as ridiculous as saying the devil made me do it.
you know...this is one of the best sermons ever. I better get my act together.
but you never will because it is an impossible endeavor.
@@bradcrampton8920 Matthew 19:26 “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.”
I'm starting a prayer meeting on campus next week. I heard this sermon a year ago and I've been looking for it ever since. And desiring God posts this clip the week before the meetings start... There are no coincidences
Mitchell Thurner
yes, God is on the move
Nothing just happens, surely God looks out for us.
@Debbie I assume you've heard the entire sermon?
Debbie are you going to write this comment on everyone’s comment. The time you would on your own ministry..we heard you mam, now give us your verses true prophet..
just what we need, a prayer group on campus. why dont you start a voodo club as well.
Imagine how you would feel if someone you love ignored you, didn't talk to you. Imagine your spouse or your child closed lipped as you pass each other in the hall at home. Imagine a good friend pretending not to see you as you pass each other on the street.
This hit me in the gut
Yes! It even hurts when unrelated people in church do it. Its like a disease and I cannot figure it out. I long for the days (and one former church, Nazarene) of the first church starting on Pentecost. They all lived and cared for each other. I think they wd never dream of doing that
Gerri Stratton I think people have lost their way. They don’t take God’s word literally when he says we will be with him in heaven for eternity. More people need to be taught to treasure up the joy we will have in the next life, like Jesus did when he was in despair before the crucifixion, how he picked himself up with the promise God made. Just wanted to share lol.
imagine your imaginary friend feeling sad. that's god.
@1oddtexan Obviously I don't accept the "gift" and I make lite of the lord because he is invisible and inactive which pretty much means he is not here. He is so similar to childhood imaginary friends that it is a bit eerie.
11:59 and the "it's your fault" part right that the end really struck me. I have wandered away and been brought back to repentance so many times I can't even count them. And it seems that every time I wander further I just wait for God to do something, to bring me back to my knees. He is faithful and always does, but I know I live an undisciplined Christian life. Every time God brings me back to repentance, I run with strength for a while, and then I quickly grow weary and give up time and time again. God has given me new life, and my laziness is not His fault. My lack of planning is not His fault. My refusal to listen to the conviction of the Spirit and repent is not His fault. I should be bearing fruit and have a responsibility to do so. Not that it will save me, but as a natural part of my new life in Christ. I am thankful for God's grace and mercy through all of my trespasses and wicked willful sinning against him. I am thankful for Christ's sacrifice on my behalf for my sins. God bless all of you as we continue to grow in Christ and bear fruit in His name.
You are a beautiful person and a soul who loves the Lord.
I gotta feeling that you are going to do just fine and please the Lord, with mighty Praise & Worship!
See You In Heaven 💗
God Blessings Always 💗
Thank u lord ...for blessing the day by having ur word....and thank u pastor john piper...i m from India ...and i was born hindu bt god chose me to be a christian ....i wish more people in this world could know about the true living god.thank u...
God bless u Drdivya
I was a hindu too. Now am a desciple. 😊
That's amazing... May God bless you...
Amen to your story 🙏
After all, India had converts before Europe did.
@6:50 GOT ME. The devil has been lying to me so hard these past several days bringing vivid flashbacks of my past that It makes me think that my past is too bad and that I'm lying to myself that I'm saved. In Jesus name, I AM FREE!
Me too!!!
I fall into the same mental trap May Gods blessing and the Holy Spirit keep us in truth.
Within the first 1:09 my whole life was snatched!!! 😔😔🔥🔥 #conviction 😔
Jasmine Joseph me as well. You certainly are not alone💜❤️.
Same here Miss Jasmine. Ouch!
Girl, YOU? 😥 I so needed this
It’s vitally important to keep consistent in prayer, faithful in attending Church, persistence in serving, willing to give. It may seem like “legalism” but these are the things that keeps us strong, healthy and protected. It also reflects a Godly order of things. Remember the enemy operates in chaos. Don’t stop.
"Sleep every night? For goodness sake, mix it up!"
Haha I laughed at that one. It's true, in today's culture that encourages the loosening of boundaries and rules in order to reinforce a feeling of personal freedom, it becomes easy to conflate healthy routines that facilitate obedience to Christ with legalism. So often, it is that any form of spiritual structure must mean we are experiencing bondage from being our true selves, when it can actually help us avoid that which will surely destroy us whenever we are feeling particularly rebellious or curious about the world surrounding us. Freedom with no aim only leads us to aim at everything and be sure about nothing. Yet, freely choosing biblically-sound ways to narrow our focus on Him and avoid the noise helps us see Christ more clearly, and, in return, how he reveals his vision of the real us. This issue is truly a pivotal temptation of our times.
This is amazing. Prayer is a duty and it should be done out of a place of discipline! Another thing a brother of mine has once shared with me is that prayer is actually for yourself and not God. Prayer is to build yourself up. The more we realise that the more we see the importance of prayer. As Pastor John Piper titled this message, if you don't pray, you won't live! I thank God for this message. Amen!
Prayer is always for God primarily, for us and our good for sure - always. But all for God and his glory - always. I pray such sweet time with the Lord, oh how He loves to hear from His children!
How come the studies that have been done on prayer conclude that it has no effect?
@@bradcrampton8920 which studies are these?
@ I am not getting you. Please explain further.
@@kylealexandermurphy1490 what do you mean primarily for God?
A year ago I wouldn't understand this beautiful message.
I'm thankful now I do.
Thank you for reminding the importance of having quality time with God
it takes time to create an imaginary friend that you can really trust.
@@bradcrampton8920 imaginary?
"Because God is in every circle" - AMEN!! Love that!! Omnipresence GOD is.
yes, he watches us have sex and shit. pervert.
@@bradcrampton8920 This God, he beholds the evil and the good.
@@myballsitchsomethingfierce6319 this god, one of many and all of them imagined.
@@bradcrampton8920 Why do you think that?
@@Knighty-hr2dw because god is omnipresent and perverted. read your bible.
Thank you brother John Piper for your ministry. Praise His Holy, Holy, Holy Name, Jesus Christ, King of Kings + Lord of Lords!
Man, love this guy and his ambiguous sense of humor. Such wisdom
In the morning.first I prayed then I read the word,then I stopped and drifted away.It happens so quickly, getting back on track isn't so quick.Without the Spirit it's hopeless.
it's hopeless because it is a mental fabrication.
I didn't realise how far away I was until now 😢 I have work to do 😁🙏
No, your salvation has nothing to do with your works
Your salvation depends on Jesús christ sacrifice
May our Heavenly Father reveal the Truth to all who are in darkness and bondage of Satan. The POWER OF PRAYER. God said. You have not because you ask not. Many pray but receive nothing. Why? They don't Believe and they have no Faith. BELIEVE AND RECEIVE. God Blesses and Lifts ALL who Love Him. God brings down the proud and arrogant. Amen.
Three years later and I stumble on this and it is so so encouraging to me! I need to wake up and pray. It's not necessarily sin but good things that keep me from praying! Thank you for allowing God use you Piper🙏
Pick a place and pick a time and show up. I love it
Developing a prayer life has been the biggest growth on my walk with Christ...it has also opened the door to more spiritual warfare...
Disciplined faithfulness in prayer is devotion not legalism! Thank you Pastor John for this excellent message.
I neglected prayer or played at it for many years though I knew God was calling me to it. At some point he got ahold of my heart with the help of a book written by D.A. Carson. Although I spend considerable time in prayer now, God still points to my weaknesses when it comes to praying properly. I have learned a great deal about Him and myself over time that I'm not sure I could have learned any other way except by prayer. It is difficult, deep, sometimes discouraging, but a vital discipline.
HELP FROM A BOOK
kenneth Isakson What’s the name of the book?
Jesus loves you
Pray for help to PRAY first !!!!!
Amen,thank you for this preaching ... God bless
Oh... my... goodness.
What is so amazing is that I already new this. What John Piper has just preached, the Holy Spirit has been telling me for years. I believe the Holy Spirit has been telling me this over and over and over again. Everytime I pick up my cellphone. That quiet, still, LOUD voice at the core of my being I hear the Holy Spirit say,
"Pray"
And I ignore it...over and over and over again. Excuse after excuse after excuse not to pray. His voice is so quiet, yet so loud it is deafening. My excuses prove that the Holy Spirit is screaming at me to
"Pray"
I am such a sucker.
Thank you!! God bless you!
Thank you LORD for Pastor John Piper, thank you for the work he does for YOU! Preach!!!
I will follow this direction!
Blessings to you all!!!
But why worry if once saved always saved? It's seems as do Calvinists preachers preach against its own doctrine Calvinism.
Yes, I thank God for Pastor Piper
i love the analogy! prayer is to the Christian as food is to the stomach! we don't stand a chance when we're starving!
Thank God for Pastor John Piper. He preaches with all the truth and boldness. You know he has. A strong reverence for God. God Bless
he has really developed a strong character in his mind that he thinks is god. you can do it too.
Absolutely! Its not sin that keeps me from praying.its alwayz the opposite.
the opposite of sin is virtue. So, virtue keeps you from praying. makes sense in an upside down world that we do not inhabit.
God I need you for I am lost. I have forgotten you and have given in to worldly desires. Save me I pray for you are my only hope and salvation. Please fill me with your spirit and deliver me from the evil one
Yes Lord...
I want to have an intimacy relationship with You...
Teach me to obey You...
Praying is not abstract brothers and sisters. It breaks real chains, moves real mountains, binds real demons, and prays to a real God!! Let us pray and fast and pray and fast and see God's kingdom on Earth 🙏
It does all this but can't seem to have any effect when studied by science. God does seem to be known for encouraging knowledge.
Thank you for this and praise God for this man of God. Surely I needed to hear this!
@Jon Singleton how come?
Amen
Wishing I had known this earlier in life...thank God I'm beginning to learn now, thank God his mercy and Grace.
Amen thanks for the video clip
I needed to hear this. Amen.
God bless you saint and thank you!
I enjoyed that, God bless you!
Thank you for uploading..We needto hear this.
thanks sir I needed this one very bad
How I wish this Guy was here in my town
Thank you! Wonderful message.
PRAISE GOD FOR THIS MESSAGE .
God bless you..
Awesome word! I needed this❤️
Thanks for this wake up call!
I needed this message! Thank you!
Thank you for reminding me!
Yes!! In JESUS NAME AMEN!!!!!!
#PRAY!!!
Boy, did I need to hear this today.
Thank you God and Pastor.
yer welcome
God Bless U All!
Thanks you Lord for this message. I needed it
Praise God, this is what I’ve needed to hear for a long time
Thank You John Piper, this basics seem to be so easy but hey are so contested..
Praise God. Yes, praying is breathing
I thank God for Mr Piper. So many times I got strenthened and reliefed through his message.
help us to take this to heart Lord
thank you
Such a powerful reminder, thank you so much.
What a magnificent message.
Excellent.
Never thought in this thanks for that 👍
That ending resonated powerfully
I needed to listen to this today :) God bless you! We need to be legalistic in prayer as we are for eating food, using internet & sleeping! What a powerful reminder!
Thank you very much Pastor John.
Morning is time to pray.
Very timely! I have been blessed and helped greatly by this!
I'm so bad at praying I needed to hear this.
So great of truths here in this message and I appreciate the genuineness of Piper 👍
💯 I _initially_ try to pray _before_ I even open my eyes in the morning, _before_ any thoughts on the day _rush to the front of mind_ & try to take a position of most importance, _before_ I'm tempted to think _I'm strong enough_ to go throughout my day _in my own strength_ without His empowering grace, _before_ I'm tempted to think _I'm clever enough_ to solve all the problems of the day _and the problems of tomorrow_ without His wise counsel & Divine guidance, _before_ I'm tempted to think that _yesterday's manna is enough_ to nourish & sustain me without gathering & feeding on my _Daily Bread_ today, _before_ I conclude _I don't have enough time_ to bother with consulting Him & receiving all I need for the day in front of me, instead of realizing the more that lies before me, _the more time I need to spend in prayer_ 🙏🏼
Thank God for you and your ministry. I am all about respect and love to you John Piper
Amen!
Is very true, if I'm not pray I'm feel empty in side n not feel happy. But after pray I'm feel fresh n peaceful. I love pray n singing with jesus Name.
Get a grip you weak excuse for a human being. Listen to yourself, there's no little voice there listening to you.If god was real, he'd reveal himself to EVERYONE at the same time put it to rest... Simple. Yes i know he moves in mysterious ways, but he could nip in on a Sunday after church eh...
Praise God for finding this now. Sharing with others here in South Africa.. Very few teach a sound doctrine.
Word.
Just read "A Call To Prayer" by J. C. Ryle and it really fit with this to help me in my private prayer.
Thank you for these teachings. May the Lord continue to bless you and your family and your ministry
Your Prayer is your plan...tell unto the Lord and He shall approve them all👍😘
Praise God! I still have a LONG way to go, but in recently just setting that disciplined prayer time, I have seen MOUNTAINS flattened in my life by His GRACE!!!!!
Turn the bible into prayer. Amen
Brilliant yet again!
brilliant if you are a sheep.
The video information is very good and on point big-time. I quit watching John Piper much because of sudden eruption of voice which startles me so much, it's unnerving. He seems to have moments of rage then suddenly calm. Yowzers!
How perfectly right you are my dear elder brother. God Jesus Christ is our very life we should not be living without Him even more than the breathing
Thanks for being a blessing to me.... Ever since I found your teachings my life is changing.
Thanks to God for your fathful walking with the Lord, our God.
Amen, thank you pastor for this reminder of God's desire for us, in Jesus name!! 👍👼
many years sinner. and I desperately need to pray every time
Super practical very easy to uh understand. Why is no one else doing it like this. Everything isn't a new theological revelation sometimes we need basics rather this
WowI I have watched so many different teachers of the Word over the last 40 years and I stumbled across John piper tonight and his messages including this powerful one on prayer. ... and wow has blown away in a good way! I believe that he is really anointed thank you God for him and his ministry!!! It’s also my personal opinion that the Lord has really amplified his body language, passion and presentation in a divine way as I could not turn him off & Super convicted in a good way to pursue prayer and talking to God more! I love the directness, simplicity and practicality of his profound bible-based teachings! 🤩✨🙏
Amen!!!!!
Just wonderful, brother.
Yes some Christians think it is legalistic to pray. It’s gotten so bad, to the point where Christians think it’s legalistic for preachers to tell them what they’re doing wrong. They are the preachers. If your doing something wrong it’s their responsibility to tell you.
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.
2 Timothy 4:3-4. I think that time is upon us.
what you are doing wrong is not thinking with a modicum of skeptical inquiry.
God bless
Hang on... Wasn't it god who silently impregnated a 14 yr old girl in the middle of the night ?
Not done it again....
You tell that story today and folk'll say... Mary = Chav Slag. Joseph = Mug. Jesus = illegitimate offspring.
Come on... Really... Grow up.