• Scripture tells us to ask in prayer. 
• Jesus praying in the Garden, embodied 3 dementions of prayer that we need to embody.
• 1. He was specific 
• 2. Steadfast
• 3. Surrendered 
• Faith is discovered, understood, and matured as we move through doubt. 
• So much of prayer leads us into a silent surrender. There are truths that can only bubble up in silence. 
• 1 Thessalonians 5 
• Romans 12 
• The majority of prayer is being receptive and open. 
• A lot of us have missed out on prayer because we’re aiming for the wrong mark. 
• Prayer isn’t another thing to do. It’s the thing that brings everything we do together. 

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• Yes, the biggest decisions end up feeling not so big. 
• When we bring rest, stillness, and surrender into our activity we have clairty. We know what to do, when to do it, why to do it, how to do it. 
• Prayer isn’t a transactional formula, it’s an experience to share. 
• The Lord’s Prayer isn’t a formula it’s a framework. 
• God is a gentleman and will wait on the invite.

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• Pray, “I am here” throughout the day
• 3 dimensions to this prayer…
• 1. I am here, I can’t be here and somewhere else. I’m going to be present to the presence of God. 
• 2. I am here. I’m not where I once was, and I’m not where I’m going. I’m here today. I’m not going to allow the accuser to come in and steal this moment through accusation, condemnation, and shame steal what this moment has for me by distracting me by what has been or what will be. I am going to be in this moment. 
• 3. I am here. The great I Am is here. He will not forsake me. 
• Pray I am here over and over until these three dimensions become reality.

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• The people who make the best transition from singleness into marriage are the ones who don’t go into it looking for the other person to provide a peace, a presence, a power, or a purpose that is only forged in the presence of God. 
• Your husband, your wife, your children, your purpose will not ever give you what you think it will in those areas. We were created for more. 

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• It’s okay for you to be dissapointed in the type of prayer you’ve engaged with. There is a totally different way to go about it. 
• We start to view prayer as the way to get answers from God about what to do and then it’s kinda like okay God get out of my way, I know what to do. 
• And God is responding with, “I don’t need you to do things, this is really about us connecting.” 
• The journey doesn’t look like what we expect it to. 

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