April 12, 2026 – Effective Prayer: Persistence, Passion, Right Motive

Fresh Start Christian Church
Main Scripture: Romans 8:31-39
What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Effective Prayer: Persistence, Passion, Right Moves Luke 11:1-10

  • “So I say to you, ask and keep on asking, and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking, and you will find; knock and keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you. (Luke 11:9 AMP)
  •  For everyone who [h]keeps on asking [persistently], receives; and he who keeps on seeking [persistently], finds; and to him who keeps on knocking [persistently], the door will be opened. (Luke 11:10 AMP)
  • Effective Prayer should include: Relationship, Faith, Confession, Persistence, Alignment, Passion, Right Motive
  • Effective prayers are passionate and heartfelt.
    • We should mean what we say and it should be from our heart.
  • We also must have the right motive in our prayers (James 4:3)
    • The aim of our prayers should be to bring glory to God.

Assignment

Additional Scriptures: Luke 18:1-8, James 5:16, 1 Samuel 16:7, Jeremiah 17:10, 1 Samuel 1:9-20, 1 Peter 5:7, Isaiah 38:1-6

Announcements:

Sunday Worship Service in-person and via Facebook Live weekly at 10:30 am. There will also be a virtual fellowship via Zoom after service. Communion will be observed every third Sunday of the month. Those in need of communion cups, please register here: https://forms.gle/f7nB5kCucS7aQzZ76.

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Corporate Prayer: All are Welcomed the 1st Sunday of the month9:00 am, May 2, 2026

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Griffin Toastmasters is held on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. Please email freshstartccga@gmail.com if you would like to attend. Next meeting: April 14, 2026

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