Praying With One Eye Open
Colossians 4:2-6; 12-13
Dru Ashwell
Effective evangelism begins with persevering prayer!
Bro. Scott’s classes – “Before you talk to men about God,
talk to God about men.”
I. Speaking to G ______ about P ____________ (Col. 4:2-4)
S _____________
S _____________
S _____________ and S _________ inspired/empowered
o Prayer & “faith”--Heb. 11:6; Jas. 1:6; Rom. 10:17;
Eph. 6:18-20; 5:18-19; Col. 3:16-17
When we don’t pray, it’s primarily because
we don’t sense our need for God.
--Jim Cymbala
o Epaphras’ Example (Col. 4:12-13)
II. Speaking to P ___________ About G _________ (Col. 4:5-6)
o Eph. 5:15-16
“If sinners be damned, at least let them
leap to Hell over our bodies. If they will
perish, let them perish with our arms
about their knees. Let no one go there
unwarned and unprayed for."
--C.H. Spurgeon
Additional Quotes from Dru Ashwell’s Chapel Sermon:
Spurgeon was quoted as saying: “Maximizing the message and minimizing
the messenger is not eradicating the messenger.” Certainly all of us have at
some time prayed, "Lord, hide me behind the cross as I preach."
If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not
fear a million enemies. Yet distance makes no difference. He is
praying for me. – Robert Murray McCheyne
Donald Barnhouse often closed his services with the prayer, “Lord, dismiss
us with Your peace, except for those who don’t know You; keep them
miserable until they come to know the Prince of Peace.”J
Prayer is not a substitute for work, thinking, watching, suffering, or giving;
prayer is a support for all other efforts. – George Buttrick
You can do more than pray after you have prayed, but you cannot do more
than pray until you have prayed.”—John Bunyan
Jim Elliot said, “God is still on His throne, we’re still His footstool, and
there’s only a knee’s distance between.” He also said, “That saint who
advances on his knees never retreats.”--Elisabeth Elliot, Shadow of the Almighty
In C.S. Lewis’ book Screwtape Letters, a demon sends a corrective letter to his
assistant Wormwood on the need to destroy prayer. He warns, “Interfere at
any price and in any fashion when people start to pray, for real prayer is
lethal to our cause.
You have to take the time for prayer. If you do not make the time
[for prayer], the devil will see to it that there is no time for personal
worship time.
--Don DeWelt, founder of College Press Publishing Company &
former OCC professor (1957-1985).
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