Jeremiah 33:3 NASB

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Jeremiah 333 (NASB)

• Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will
  tell you great and mighty things, which you do
  not know.

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Isaiah 591 (NASB)

• Behold, the LORD'S hand is
• not so shortThat it cannot saveNor is His ear
  so dullThat it cannot hear.

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John 1624 (NASB)

• Until now you have asked for nothing in My name
  ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be
  made full.

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I John 514 (NASB)

• This is the confidence which we have before Him,
  that, if we ask anything according to His will,
  He hears us.

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Lord, I Call To You

• Hasten/ come quickly to me

Give ear/hear my voice
When I call on You
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Prayer
tephillah
To to make a plea, request, petition, i.e., the
act of speaking to or making requests to God.
The most common of about 12 Hebrew words used for
prayer.
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Revelation 58 (NASB)

• When He had taken the book, the four living
  creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down
  before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and
  golden bowls full of incense, which are the
  prayers of the saints.

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Revelation 83-4 (NASB)

• Another angel came and stood at the altar,
  holding a golden censer and much incense was
  given to him, so that he might add it to the
  prayers of all the saints on the golden altar
  which was before the throne. And the smoke of the
  incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up
  before God out of the angel's hand.

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Prayer is seeking the Lord which pleases Him.
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Guard
shomrah
To set a guard or watch over, the basic idea of
the root is to exercise great care over.
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James 32 (NASB)

• For we all stumble in many ways If anyone does
  not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man,
  able to bridle the whole body as well.

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What can our mouth say that is so damaging and
dangerous?
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Face to Face Communication is

• Word 7
• Tone 38
• Gesture/Body Language 55

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Communication on Telephone

• Word 14
• Tone 86
• Body Language 0

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Communication Through Email

• Word ?
• Tone 0
• Body Language 0

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Lord, guard my communication,
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Psalm 1414 (NIV)

• Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to
  take part in wicked deeds with men who are
  evildoers let me not eat of their delicacies.

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Mark 721-23 (NASB)

• For from within, out of the heart of men,
  proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts,
  murders, adulteries, deeds of coveting and
  wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy,
  slander, pride and foolishness. All these evil
  things proceed from within and defile the man.

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My heart is drawn to this kind of evil
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Let not my heartbe drawn to.
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Lord, guard my communication, conduct,
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I Corinthians 1533 (NASB)

• Do not be deceived Bad company corrupts good
  morals.

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Lord, guard my communication, conduct, and
company.
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Smite/strike
halam
To smite, hammer, strike down, smash, beat, make
an impact on a person (normally for harm, but
here for good).
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Proverbs 276 (NASB)

• Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But
  deceitful are the kisses of an enemy.

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Hebrews 122-3 (NASB)

• fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and
  perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before
  Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and
  has sat down at the right hand of the throne of
  God. For consider Him who has endured such
  hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you
  will not grow weary and lose heart.

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• If you dont take time to come apart, you will
  come apart. 
• --Vance Havner

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Dear Lord, I have been so good today.  I havent
raised my voice once.  I havent called anyone a
rude name, or yelled or screamed or ranted or
raved.  I havent broken anything or hurt
anybody.  I havent stolen or lied or cheated. 

• But Lord, Im getting out of bed in about five
  minutes and I will probably need your help then.

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Hebrews 121-3 (NASB)
let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the
sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run
with endurance the race that is set before us,
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and
perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before
Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and
has sat down
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Hebrews 121-3 (NASB)
at the right hand of the throne of God. For
consider Him who has endured such hostility by
sinners against Himself, so that you will not
grow weary and lose heart.
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• I must surrender my fascination with myself to a
  more worthy preoccupation with the character and
  purposes of God.  I am not the point. He is.  I
  exist for Him.  He does not exist for me.

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Lord, you are the focus of my life.
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