CORE PART 1 Core Value 1 PRAYER INTERCESSION

“CORE” PART 1

Core Value #1 = PRAYER INTERCESSION - Prayer is not just one of the things we do, but the main thing we must do if any of our endeavors are going to be successful. FAITH - We live in full anticipation that God will do in our church and ministry those things we are willing to believe Him for and trust Him to do. WORSHIP - We facilitate a corporate worship experience that invites and protects the presence of God in our gatherings that expresses our passionate love towards God.

1 Timothy 2: 1 -2 - I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. 2 Pray this way for kings and all who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives marked by godliness and dignity. Matthew 21: 13 - Jesus said to them, "My house will be called a house of prayer…” Luke 11: 1 - 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. "

1. PRAY IN TIMES OF GREAT DIFFICULTY MARK 14: 32 -36

Luke 22: 44 And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

2. PRAY IN TIMES OF GREAT DEEDS LUKE 5: 15 -16

Revelation 3: 17 You say, 'I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing. ' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.

3. PRAY IN TIMES OF GREAT DEMAND MARK 1: 32 -35

1 Peter 5: 7 Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.

4. PRAY IN TIMES OF GREAT DIVISION MATTHEW 5: 44 -45

Psalm 133: 1, 3 How wonderful and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony…there the Lord has pronounced his blessing, even life everlasting.

5. PRAY IN TIMES OF GREAT DECISION LUKE 6: 12 -13

PROVERBS 2: 6 For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.