Prayer is the Key that Opens the Morning - Love Worth Finding - August 28
August 28, 2025 – Prayer is the Key that Opens the Morning
Sermon: 1696 Victorious Prayer, Part 2
Pray Over This
“And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.”
Ponder This
What is wrong with so many of us is that we wake up in the morning and everything’s going fine. We jump out of bed, we get dressed, and have our breakfast. We gulp down some hot coffee. We get in the car and go to work. Everything is just fine. We think we’ve got it made, and then here comes the enemy—and we fail.
We fall and we come to the end of the day and we pray, “God forgive me.” And we should! Every time you pray that in sincerity and in truth, God does forgive you. But why do we keep on asking Him to forgive us for the same thing? You ask God to forgive you, and He does. Then you fall again and say, “God forgive me,” and He does.
The reason we keep asking God to forgive us for the same thing is that we’ve only learned part of this prayer in Matthew 6. We’ve learned to pray, “God forgive us,” but we’ve not learned to pray, “Lord lead us, lest we fall into temptation. Deliver us from evil.”
The best way to deal with your sin is not to try to clean it up at the end of the day, but to prevent it from coming at the beginning of the day. This prayer is not the lock that closes the night; it is the key that opens the morning. Pray in the morning for daily deliverance.
- What are some of the ways you get ready spiritually each day? How do those things prepare you for the spiritual battles ahead?
- What are some reasons you don’t prioritize getting ready spiritually each day?
Practice This
Make a reminder for yourself to get spiritually ready each day. Make this preparation a habit.
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