IN MY NAME: Overcoming in Prayer

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Check out the outline and video from this message that explores how to overcome “issues” we may share with Moses.

 

IN MY NAME—Overcoming in Prayer

(Exodus 33:11) “So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.”

(1 Corinthians 2:3-5) “I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling. My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power, so that your faith might not rest on men’s wisdom, but on God’s power.”

Lessons from Moses in Prayer

(Exodus 3:1-5) “Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-inlaw, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in flames of fire from within a bush. Moses saw that though the bush was on fire it did not burn up. So Moses thought, ‘I will go over and see this strange sight–why the bush does not burn up.’ When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called to him from within the bush, ‘Moses! Moses!’ And Moses said, ‘Here I am.’ ‘Do not come any closer,’ God said. ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.’ Then he said, ‘I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ At this, Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God.”

 

ISSUE #1. Who am I?

(Exodus 3:11-12) “But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ And God said, ‘I will be with you. And this will be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, you will worship God on this mountain.’”

ANSWER #1. Overcome condemnation.

(Titus 3:4-5) “But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy.”

 

ISSUE #2.  Who are you?

(Exodus 3:13-14) “Moses said to God, ‘Suppose I go to the Israelites and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you,” and they ask me, “What is his name?” Then what shall I tell them?’ God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: “I AM has sent me to you.”’”

ANSWER #2.  Overcome doubt.

(Jeremiah 32:17 NASB) “Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You.”

 

ISSUE #3.  What if they?

(Exodus 4:1) “Moses answered, ‘What if they do not believe me or listen to me and say, “The LORD did not appear to you?”’”

 ANSWER #3.  Overcome fear.

(Romans 1:16) “I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile.”

 

ISSUE #4.  I have never.

(Exodus 4:10-12) “Moses said to the LORD, ‘O Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant. I am slow of speech and tongue.’”

ANSWER #4.  Overcome reluctance.

(Hebrews 11:6) “And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.”

BOTTOM LINE:  How will you seek the answers to the issues that are holding you back spiritually?

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