Open the eyes of my heart

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Open the eyes of my heart

• Open the eyes of my heart Lord
• Open the eyes of my heart
• I want to see You, I want to see You

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Open the eyes of my heart

• To see You high and lifted up
• Shining in the light of Your glory
• Pour out Your power and love
• As we sing holy, holy, holy

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Open the eyes of my heart

• Holy, holy, holy
• Holy, holy, holy
• Holy, holy, holy
• I want to see You

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The Steadfast Love

• The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases
• His mercies never come to an end
• They are new every morning
• New every morning
• Great is thy faithfulness O Lord
• Great is thy faithfulness

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Draw me Close

• Draw me close to you
• Never let me go
• Ill lay it all down again
• To hear You say that Im Your friend
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Draw me Close

• You are my desire
• No one else would do
• Coz nothing else could take Your place
• To feel the warmth of Your embrace
• Help me find my way
• Bring me back to You

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Draw me Close

• Youre all I want
• Youre all Ive ever needed
• Youre all I want
• Help me know You are near

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How Great You Are

• You are deserving of all the praises Lord
• My heart is yearning
• To be in Your presence once more
• Deep inside my heart is burning
• I want to give You more
• You are the only one that I adore

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How Great You Are

• How great You are
• How great You are
• You are a mighty King
• And Youve come to reign in me
• How great You are
• How great You are
• I give You all the praises of my heart

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More LOVE Through PRAYER

• 9 Feb 2008
• Sam Jane
• Featuring Part Two of the Growth Seminar series
  by Sister Nancy Kellar

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Valentines Day is coming soon. So What are you
going to do for YOUR lover? Er WHO?
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Its JESUS!

• Jesus Loves Me Yes I know. ?
• For God so loved the world that he gave His only
  Son (John 316)
• The bible tells me so BUT.

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We still ask How Deep is Your Love?

• And when you rise in the morning sunI feel you
  touch my hand in the pouring rainAnd the moment
  that you wander far from meI wanna feel you in
  my arms againAnd you come to me on a summer
  breezeKeep me warm in your love then you softly
  leaveAnd it's me you need to showHow deep is
  your loveCHORUSHow deep is your loveHow deep
  is your loveI really need to learnCause we're
  living in a world of foolsBreaking us downWhen
  they all should let us beWe belong to you and me

I believe in youYou know you're the door to my
barest soulYou're the light in my deepest
darkest nightYou're my saviour when I fallAnd
you may not think that I care for youWhen you
know down inside that I really doAnd it's me you
need to showHow deep is your loveREPEAT
CHORUSYou're the lightYou're my lightAnd you
may not think that I care for youWhen you know
down inside that I really doAnd it's me you need
to showHow deep is your love
We really need to learn!
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Whats Missing?

• Why do we ask God How Deep is His Love?
• And why do we live as if we werent loved by the
  most powerful, most loving God LOVE himself?

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GOD has already made the FIRST move! His Love
Is Love!His love is everlasting

• Listen to song How Matchless is your Love!
  (From Take us to the River album)

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What is missing in the equation?

• Our Love?

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Key Ingredients in Love?

• Affirmation
• Quality Time
• Gifts
• Service
• Touch
• (According to the 5 languages of love by Dr.
  Gary Chapman)

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What is sorely lacking?QUALITY TIME!

• What happened to PRAYER TIME?
• What are the distractions?
• What are the obstacles?
• Has your love grown cold?

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What happens without prayer?

• We become cold passionlessweak unloving
  distant guiltyLostTired
• LOVE Can grow cold!

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How long are we going to let Him wait?

• Are we waiting for God to take away our troubles
  before we love Him?
• Or that we become perfect first before we come to
  Him?
• Till a big crisis affects our lives?

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Prayer is important to help us be a loving person
Every Day!

• Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy,
  it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not
  rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily
  angered, it keeps no records of wrongs. Love does
  not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
  It always protects, always trusts, always hopes,
  always perseveres.  1 Corinthians 134-7

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More Love Through PRAYER

• According to Sister Nancy Kellar
• Availability
• Vulnerability
• Expectancy
• AVE MARIA! Hail Mary Mary is our example
  of the attitude we need to have in Prayer! She
  was available, asked questions (vulnerable), and
  believed the promises God made.

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1. Availability

• Gods love is PERSONAL
• HE calls you by Name (He KNOWS you)
• Do you hear His call like Samuel?
• Surrender to the power of Gods Call.
• Be like Lazarus who comes out of the TOMB
  (death) into LIFE (because Jesus Called to Him)

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Key Point

• Prayer is Allowing God to reach down and draw us
  to Himself. It is Gods initiative of love
  planted in the heart of every human being in his
  or her mothers womb!
• Before I formed you in the womb I knew you
  before you came to birth I consecrated you
  (Jeremiah 15)

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Overcome Obstacles!

• Be STILL!
• Make time for prayer
• Give your Prime Time (not leftover)
• Find the right time
• Find the right place
• TRIVIA On a score of 5, how do you fare?

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Reflection on Availability

• Have you ever heard God say to you You are my
  beloved daughter you are my beloved son? this
  year so far? Why not?
• Reflection We are all trying to find LOVE in
  this world. We fill our time, minds, hearts with
  many things to numb our pains. Do we have Space
  left for God?

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2. Vulnerability

• Gods love is a healing love
• We dont pray sometimes because we fear the
  healing power of Gods love
• We want to stay in our situations. Fear change.
• But God is like Hosea A faithful Husband

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Do we resist His Love?

• This peoples heart is torpid, their ears
  dulled, they have shut their eyes tight, to avoid
  using their eyes to see, their ears to hear,
  using their heart to understand, changing their
  ways and being healed by me (Acts 2827)

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Why do we harden ourselves?

• Coz of our sin?
• Coz we think Gods love is limited?
• Coz we are afraid to change?

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Vulnerable? I hate that word!

• But we need to be! Being vulnerable in prayer is
  being REAL before Him with no masks
• With our sins, our troubles, our distractions,
  our weaknesses etc.. To come as we are!
• God meets us where we are, so we need to BE
  where we are, or we wont meet God! Sr. Nancy
  Kellar
• Listen to Song HIDE by Joy Williams

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Listen Hide by Joy Williams WOW hits 2006,
Disc 2, Track 3

• To anyone who hides behind a smile To anyone who
  holds their pain inside To anyone who thinks
  they're not good enough To anyone who feels
  unworthy of love To anyone who ever closed the
  door Closed their eyes and locked themselves
  away
• You don't have to hide You don't have to hide
  anymore You don't have to face this on your own
  You don't have to hide anymore
• So come out, come out, come out wherever you are
  To anyone who's tryin' to cover up their scars
  To anyone who's ever made a big mistake We've
  all been there, so don't be ashamed Come out,
  come out and join the rest of us You've been
  alone for way too long
• And if you feel like no one understands Come to
  the One with scars on His hands 'Cause He knows
  where you are, where you've been His scars will
  heal you if you let Him

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3. Expectancy

• Q Are we settling for the least?
• Gods love is everlasting unlimited and we need
  to be expectant
• Trials can be obstacles

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How do you see God?
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Your Hiding Place

• Worship
• Reading Scripture
• Intercession

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Let us pray

• Listen to Nancy Kellars prayer..

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Small Group Sharing

• What is your biggest obstacle in prayer?
• Not making Time? (distractions, not giving prime
  time, not being stillsinful habits?)
• Vulnerability (fear Gods change healing love..
  Feeling sinful, want to avoid painful truths)
• Not expecting much from God? (doesnt answer my
  prayer anyway? Upset at how God can let bad
  things happen?)

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Dare to Pray with Power?

• Are we ready to begin praying with power
  expectant faith, vulnerability and to make time
  for God regularly?

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More love, more power

• More love, more power
• More of You in my life
• And I will worship You with all of my heart
• And I will worship You with all of my mind
• And I will worship You with all of my strength
• You are my Lord, You are my Lord

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Love You so much

• Hear these praises from a grateful heart
• Each time I think of You, the praises start
• Love You so much
• Jesus, love You so much
• Lord I love You and my soul sings
• In Your presence, carried on Your wings
• Love You so much
• Jesus, love You so much

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Love You so much

• How my soul longs for You
• Longs to worship You forever
• In Your power and majesty
• Lift my hands, lift my heart
• Lift my voice towards the heavens
• For You are my sun and shield