THE SERVANT'S PRAYER PART 8 OF 12

TEXT- MARK 11:12-26

INTRODUCTION

TODAY IS OUR THEME DAY HERE AT OUR CHURCH.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAVE THESE DAYS EVERY MONTH IS TO HELP KEEP BEFORE US OUR GOALS FOR 1994.

ANOTHER REASON IS SO WE CAN HAVE A SENSE OF DIRECTION AS A CHURCH.

THE THEME OF OUR CHURCH THIS YEAR IS, "THE SERVING CHURCH."

THE MAIN GOAL OF OUR CHURCH THIS YEAR IS THAT EACH AND EVERY MEMBER OF OUR CHURCH WOULD DISCOVER THE WAY THEY ARE ABLE TO SERVE THE LORD THROUGH THEIR VARIOUS GIFTS AND BEGIN USING THEM IN ONE OF OUR EXISTING CHURCH MINISTRIES OR BEGIN A NEW ONE.

ON OUR THEME DAYS I HAVE BEEN PREACHING FROM THE GOSPEL OF MARK ON SOME ASPECT OF OUR SERVICE TO GOD.

OUR THEME VERSE IS FOUND IN MARK 10:45 WHICH SAYS, "FOR EVEN THE SON OF MAN DID NOT COME TO BE SERVED, BUT TO SERVE, AND TO GIVE HIS LIFE A RANSOM FOR MANY."

THE LAST TIME WE LOOKED AT THIS BOOK WE LEARNED IN MARK 9:29 THAT PRAYER IS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL IN THE SERVICE OF THE LORD.

THIS MORNING OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN MARK 11:12-26 AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "THE SERVANT'S PRAYER."

AS WE EXAMINE THIS PASSAGE WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT THE VARIOUS SCENES ARE ALL PART OF A WHOLE TO TEACH US THREE IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES REGARDING THE SERVANT'S PRAYER.