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Pray – You’re Welcomed In

January 15, 2019 by Phil Auxier

Ray Ortlund of Immanuel Nashville wrapped up a recent sermon on prayer in this way:

Centuries ago a man named John Bunyan – he wrote a classic called The Pilgrim’s Progress – wrote a book about how sincerely Jesus welcomes us in, as we pray.  I’ve taken something from Bunyan’s book and adapted it to us today, to help us get past our reservations and pray. In fact, you are going to announce this gospel to me, answering my objections to prayer. But I am guessing you can identify with every objection I raise here:

Leader: I have strong reasons not to pray.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: I am a serious sinner.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: I’ve been sinning for 69 years.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: My heart can be as hard as stone.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: With every step forward, I take another step back.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: Sometimes, the way I act, I might as well be serving Satan.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: I sin when I even know better.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: I might respond to your mercy with more sin.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: I have nothing to offer but my failure and mess.

All: But Jesus says, “I will never cast you out.”

Leader: Okay, Lord. Count me in, if you will never cast me out!

All: We all say, “He will never cast us out!”

 

Jesus will never cast us out. Can we lay down our excuses and together, at the throne of grace, make prayer the center of Immanuel Church here in 2019?

Filed Under: prayer

God Loves You – Even With Hurricanes

September 9, 2017 by Phil Auxier

Like many I’ve been thinking about the recent Hurricane Harvey and now the approach of Hurricane Irma into Florida.  I loved hearing John Piper’s hopeful Prayer in the Path of Hurricanes and appreciated the way he ended praying through Romans 8:38-39.  Nothing can separate you from the love that God has for you in Christ Jesus.  No loss, no suffering, no impending hurricane, no recovery effort, no seemingly hopeless situation.  Let’s all look to God and see the hope we have in Christ Jesus (and continue to pray for these things happening in our country).

Filed Under: prayer, Suffering

Weekend Recap – Day of Prayer

July 4, 2016 by Phil Auxier

I tweeted about my amazing, terrific, horrible, awesome, and awe-inspiring day on Saturday:

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This led me doing something I don’t do often, scrapping my sermon and humbly sharing my struggles with the people I love dearly.  I called this a Day of Prayer.  The first few minutes recap my story and it leads into some prayer points that I directed our congregation through:

PrayerPoint PrayerPoint2 PrayerPoint3 PrayerPoint4

Maybe this might serve you as a time to reflect on your relationship between you, God, others, our country, and Jesus Himself.  I hope it profits you.

Filed Under: prayer, Weakness, Weekend Recap

Gospel Friday – You’re A Child

February 19, 2016 by Phil Auxier

If you know Christ, trusting Him as your Lord and Savior, then you are not separated from Him, but you are a dearly loved son or daughter.  Today, then, call out to Him with confidence…

[6] And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!” [7] So you are no longer a slave, but a son, and if a son, then an heir through God.
(Galatians 4:6-7 ESV)

Filed Under: Gospel Friday, prayer, sonship

Weekend Preview – Week of Prayer 2016

February 16, 2016 by Phil Auxier

This coming Sunday at Crestview, we will kick off our Week of Prayer.  I plan to preach on persistence in prayer from Luke 18:1-8.  We will be distributing a Week of Prayer devotional, giving you many ways to connect together in prayer this week, as well as, tools that will help you pray for our body in the coming year.  I hope you plan to join us.  It’s going to be an amazing week, begging God to move among us.

Filed Under: Luke, prayer, Weekend Preview

Weekend Recap (Part 2) – 11/1/15

November 3, 2015 by Phil Auxier

At 5PM on Sunday 11/1/15, a group met at church to pray for our country and find encouragement in God’s Word.  We began watching Russell Moore’s sermon from the 2015 For the Church Conference on Truth and Culture.


After watching this sermon, we spent some time in prayer, using the Life Action Ministries resource Prayers That Birth Revival.

Filed Under: Culture, For The Church, prayer

Will You Pray for Our Team?

July 27, 2014 by Phil Auxier

A team from our church is starting a week long ministry among the Navajo peoples at Immanuel Mission in NE Arizona this week.  The part of Arizona their in is called Sweetwater.  Our missions vision is fraught with water imagery.  We know God is at work in the midst of this.  We developed this guide to pray for them and distributed it this morning.  Will you join me in taking time to pray for our time.

Our Missions Committee’s Blog: CBCH2GO
Twitter: CBCH2GO
Facebook: CBCH2GO

Filed Under: CBCH2Go, Missions, prayer

Weekend Recap – Week of Prayer

January 7, 2013 by Phil Auxier

My 1/6/13AM sermon, Praying for God’s Work, from Matthew 9:35-38 is now online.  (This sermon kicked off our church’s Week of Prayer.  Devotional available here.)  The sermon sought to unpack how prayer is really an important part of God’s work, using the life and ministry of Jesus as example #1.  We don’t treat or think of prayer as an important part of God’s work, but Jesus draws the connection close.  Hopefully my sermon pointed you to this truth.

Hope you had a good Lord’s Day yourself.  Now, off to another week living for God’s glory.

Filed Under: Gospel, prayer, Weekend Recap

Weekend Recap – Prayer Encouraged

November 12, 2012 by Phil Auxier

My 11/11/12AM sermon, Prayer Encouraged from Hebrews 13:18-19 is online.  In this sermon, I sought to, once again, ground everyone in the Gospel (has to be the case reading the book of Hebrews) and help them see how that encourages pray.  Specifically, my outline involved 3 directions for prayer: we pray for people, Gospel-centered living and circumstances.

I hope the sermon helped people to see the access they have to their Father and to pray more diligently.

And, I hope you had a blessed Lord’s Day.

Filed Under: Hebrews, prayer, Weekend Recap

Weekend Preview – Prayer

November 9, 2012 by Phil Auxier

This coming Lord’s Day, we plan on looking on Hebrews 13:18-19 and it’s call for people to pray.  There are some specific ways this author contributes to our thinking on prayer that will, undoubtedly, be a great encouragement to us.  We all know the importance of prayer.  This, coupled with the amazing truths we’ve seen time and time again in the book of Hebrews about how we’re made acceptable in God’s sight, what our great High Priest has done to give us confidence to enter, and how Christ Himself is interceding make this a very exciting text to pursue this weekend.

I hope you’ll come and be encouraged to be a person of prayer.

Filed Under: Hebrews, prayer, Weekend Preview

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Yeah, that's right. My one, consuming passion is Jesus Christ, my Lord. I'm totally gripped by one message: the Gospel - the good news that God came after me when I was far from Him. So, the life I live, I live by faith in Him: He loved me and gave Himself for me.

From One Degree To Another is the change that He's accomplishing in me by grace. Growing downward in humility, upward into Him, outward toward others, and inward with renewal characterize my existence.

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