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Prayer Matters. Here's Why | Cole Phillips | The Connection Church

A message from Pastor Cole Phillips, Lead Pastor of The Connection Church. A message from Week 1 of Teach Us to Pray. This powerful message challenges us to examine our prayer lives through the lens of honest self-reflection and spiritual awakening. We're confronted with five common barriers that keep us from prayer: feeling we don't need it when life is smooth, believing prayer doesn't work when we've experienced disappointment, feeling unworthy due to shame, being too busy with even good things, and becoming spiritually numb. The compelling story of young Austin Appleby swimming two and a half miles through shark-infested waters while repeating 'not today, not today' illustrates how quickly we learn to pray in crisis but forget when calm returns. The message flips these barriers by presenting five powerful reasons to pray: because God commands it in 1 Thessalonians 5:17 to 'never stop praying,' to follow Jesus' example of early morning prayer, to grow closer to God through relationship, to receive spiritual strength and provision, and to align our will with God's purposes. The heart of this teaching emphasizes that prayer isn't a religious transaction or spiritual vending machine, but intimate communication with our Creator who never sends us to voicemail. We're reminded that if a dog could remain devoted to his master's grave for 14 years, surely we can stay faithful to our living Savior who walked out of the tomb. Click here for interactive message notes: https://notes.subsplash.com/fill-in/v... Chapters: 00:00 - 01:49 Chapter 1: Celebrating A Place to Call Home Progress 01:49 - 10:00 Chapter 2: The Power of Prayer in Crisis and the Need to Pray Always 10:00 - 15:02 Chapter 3: Five Barriers That Keep Us From Praying 15:02 - 25:10 Chapter 4: Five Reasons Why We Should Pray 25:10 - 30:56 Chapter 5: Pray for Your One #TheConnectionChurch #BestWeekEver #TCCLIVE #ChurchOnline #bible #Transformation #knowingGod #spiritualgrowth Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to our page! -- Cole Phillips / @ColePhillips https://makingtheconnection.org/   / colephillips     / pastorcolephillips   linktr.ee/ColePhillips The Connection Church / @TheConnectionChurch https://theconnectionchurch.org/   / theconnectionchurch     / connectionchurchtx