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Why Your Prayer Life Feels Stuck // January 11th // Noah Rollins

To join us on the 21 days of prayer Check out the Celebrate Church app. All you have to do is go to your app store and search Celebrate Church What if the reason we've stopped praying isn't because we've lost our faith, but because we've misunderstood how prayer actually works? This powerful exploration of John 15:1-8 challenges our performance-driven approach to spiritual growth and invites us into something far more transformative: abiding. Jesus describes Himself as the vine and us as the branches, revealing that fruitfulness doesn't come from striving harder but from staying connected longer. We live in a culture that has trained us for immediacy—instant results, quick answers, and fast outcomes. But when we bring this consumeristic mindset into our relationship with God, we set ourselves up for disappointment. Prayer becomes transactional rather than relational. The Greek word 'mino' that Jesus uses for 'abide' means to stay, to remain, to make your home somewhere. It's about conscious engagement with the presence of an omnipresent God. We're not climbing a ladder to reach God or strengthening a muscle to impress Him. We're simply staying close, even when things feel quiet, even when we doubt, even when we don't get the answers we want. This message liberates us from the exhausting cycle of spiritual self-sufficiency and invites us into the rest of depending on Jesus for everything. Apart from Him, we can do nothing—and that's not meant to shame us, but to free us. Chapter 1: Celebrating God's Faithfulness and Church Momentum 0:00 - 7:00 We celebrate what God has accomplished in the past year, including 801 salvations, 81 baptisms, and significant church growth, while being challenged not to just watch but participate in what God is doing. Chapter 2: Why We Stop Praying: When Prayer Feels Like It Doesn't Work 7:00 - 15:00 Most people don't quit praying because they stop loving God, but because they don't see the results they expected, leading prayer to shift from intimacy to confusion and disappointment. Chapter 3: Abiding in the Vine: The Key to Prayer Growth 15:00 - 27:00 Prayer doesn't grow by striving harder but by abiding longer in Jesus, just as a branch produces fruit not through effort but through staying connected to the vine. Chapter 4: Pruning, Alignment, and the Gospel of Connection 27:00 - 38:00 God prunes our lives not as punishment but as preparation, removing unhealthy expectations and self-reliance so we can bear more fruit and align our prayers with His will. Subscribe    / @celebratechurch   Celebrate Church is led by Pastor Noah Rollins. Our vision is for people to MEET JESUS so they can go out and BE JESUS. Stay Connected! Visit us at 1000 South Sycamore Avenue in Sioux Falls, SD. Website: https://www.celebrate.church/ Celebrate Church Facebook:   / celebratesf   Celebrate Church Instagram:   / celebrate.church