Overcoming Barriers to Prayer

First Baptist Church - Troy, TX

Overcoming Barriers to Prayer

November 10, 2024 • Chris Cannon

There are several roadblocks to prayer, the first being simply not praying! Some additional roadblocks are asking with the wrong motives, unresolved sin in in our lives, busyness, unresolved conflict with another person, and unbelief. Let's look at all of these.

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Three Snapshots of Prayer

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When they are powerless, God comes through for His people and does for them and for His glory what they never could have done on their own. Let's look at 3 snapshots of prayer – King Hezekiah when Assyria threatens Israel, Nehemiah as he faces the huge task of rebuilding the wall around Jerusalem, and the church praying for the imprisoned apostle Peter.

Praying From a Right View of God

October 6, 2024 • Chris Cannon • Psalm 103

What do you think God is like? What I really think God is like will do more to affect my praying than anything else. What we believe about God – what we think He is really like – affects our expectations of what He really can and really will do. The beginning place of praying like you've never prayed before is getting a view of God that you have never had before.

Sharpening the Focus of Our Prayers

October 20, 2024 • Chris Cannon

Getting answers to our prayers isn’t about praying longer, harder, or with more heart; it’s about asking God to do what will glorify Him most. We learn to do this as we deepen our relationship with Him. When we start to pray this way, things come into focus and we’ll experience joy we never imagined we could.