TEACH US TO PRAY

Join us this week as Pastor Brady kicks off a sermon series called “Battle Plan for Prayer”…..

Luke 11:1 (NIV)

“One day Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray,

just as John taught his disciples.”

Matthew 6:9-13 (NIV)

“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but

deliver us from the evil one”

“Our Father in heaven…”

Do you approach God with confidence as your Father?

Do you remember that prayer connects you to a family of believers?

“Hallowed be Your name”

Did my day honor God today?

“Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven”

Are you building your own kingdom or seeking God's?

“Give us this day our daily bread”

Do you trust God for your daily needs, or are you anxious about tomorrow?

Are you feeding on His Word daily?

“Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors”

Is there someone you need to forgive?

Are you daily confessing your sins to the Father?

“Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”

Where are you vulnerable to temptation?

Are you seeking God's strength or relying on your own?

This week Pastor Brady wraps up our sermon series ‘unSTUCK’ with a look at

God breathing into our lives.. The breath of God gives live, revives the dead, and

sends us forward, unSTUCK ….

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Sermon Notes

When God Breathes

Series: unSTUCK

The Breath of God Gives Life

1. "Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his

nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature." Genesis 2:7 NIV

Don’t be ashamed of your dry places. God specializes in breathing life into the dry

and lifeless.

2. The Breath of God Revives the Dead

Ezekiel 37:1-14 (NIV)

“The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of

the Lord and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. He led me back

and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley,

bones that were very dry. He asked me, “Son of man, can these bones live?” I said,

“Sovereign Lord, you alone know.” Then he said to me, “Prophesy to these bones

and say to them, ‘Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! This is what the

Sovereign Lord says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will

come to life. I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover

you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will

know that I am the Lord.’”So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I wasprophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone

to bone. I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them,

but there was no breath in them. Then he said to me, “Prophesy to the breath;

prophesy, son of man, and say to it, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Come,

breath, from the four winds and breathe into these slain, that they may live.’”So I

prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and

stood up on their feet—a vast army. Then he said to me: “Son of man, these bones

are the people of Israel. They say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope is gone;

we are cut off.’ Therefore prophesy and say to them: ‘This is what the

Sovereign Lord says: My people, I am going to open your graves and bring you up

from them; I will bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you, my people, will

know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. I

will put my Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land.

Then you will know that I the Lord have spoken, and I have done it, declares

the Lord.’”

The bones rattled—but it wasn’t until the breath of God came that they truly lived.

3. The Breath of God Sends Us Forward

John 20:21-22 (NIV)

"Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I

am sending you.’ And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them,

‘Receive the Holy Spirit.’"

The breath of God is not just for revival—it’s for release. He breathes into you so

He can send you out.

When the wind of God blows, the church moves from survival mode to revival

mode.

2 Questions

Where do you need the breath of God?

Will you invite Him to breathe again?0

Join Pastor Brady as we begin a new sermon series, unSTUCK

Exodus 14:10-16 NIV

“As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians, marching after them. They were terrified and cried out to the Lord. They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us to the desert to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? Didn’t we say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone; let us serve the Egyptians’? It would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!” Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again. The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. Raise your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea to divide the water so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.”

Freedom isn’t always easy, but it’s always worth it.

The enemy won’t tell you that God is working behind the scenes.

Where you are is not where you are staying.

Common reasons we get spiritually stuck:

· Unforgiveness – Matthew 6:14–15

· Comfort zones – Luke 9:23

· Fear of failure – 2 Timothy 1:7

· Lack of direction – Proverbs 3:5–6

· Disobedience or unrepented sin – Psalm 32:3–5

What’s keeping you from moving forward in faith?

Step 1: Surrender – Admit you're stuck and give it to God (Psalm 40:1–3 – “He lifted me out of the slimy pit…”)

Step 2: Listen for direction – Seek God’s Word, wise counsel, and prayer (Isaiah 30:21 – “This is the way; walk in it.”)

Step 3: Take the next step – Even if it’s small (James 2:17 – "Faith without action is dead.")

Sometimes “unstuck” means simply obeying the last thing God told you.

Ways to get unSTUCK

· Daily time in God’s Word and prayer

· Find community – Join a small group or accountability partner/Discipleship

· Set spiritual goals – (e.g., share your faith, serve, forgive, tithe)

· Celebrate progress – Look back and thank God for each step

Faith is often the first step to freedom.