Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Here are the songs we sang this Sunday. This shows the song name, the artist who performed the song, and the cd that contains the song. Prepare Ye the Way – Michael W. Smith – A New Hallelujah Blessed Be Your Name – Travis Cottrell – Alive Forever So Will I (100 Billion X) – Hillsong Music – Wonder What a Friend We Have in Jesus – Paul Baloche – Amazing Grace: Timeless Hymns of Faith

2014 Pew Research in America  55% of say they pray every day  21% say they pray weekly or monthly  only 23% say they seldom or never pray  among those who are religiously unaffiliated, 20% say they pray daily

The Ultimate Purpose of Prayer 30-Day Prayer Adventure (part 1) Exodus 33

 Exodus 33:1-6

 Exodus 33:1-6 1 Then the L ORD said to Moses, “Leave this place, you and the people you brought up out of Egypt, and go up to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, saying,

 Exodus 33:1-6 “‘I will give it to your descendants.’ 2 I will send an angel before you and drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites.

 Exodus 33:1-6 3 “Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way .”

 Exodus 33:1-6 4 When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.

 Exodus 33:1-6 5 For the L ORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff -necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you.

 Exodus 33:1-6 Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’” 6 So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:1-6 God’s offer: blessings but no presence

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 12 Moses said to the L ORD , “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me.

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 “You have said, ‘I know you by name and you have found favor with me.’ 13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you.

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 “Remember that this nation is your people.” 14 The L ORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest .”

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 15 Then Moses said to him, “If your Presence does not go with us, do not send us up from here. 16 How will anyone know that you are pleased with me and with your people unless you go with us?

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 “What else will distinguish me and your people from all the other people on the face of the earth ?”

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 17 And the L ORD said to Moses, “I will do the very thing you have asked, because I am pleased with you and I know you by name .”

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory.”

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 Moses ’ response: no presence, no blessings

God’s presence vs. His blessings  Exodus 33:12-18 Moses ’ response: no presence, no blessings 12 Moses said to the L ORD , “You have been telling me, ‘Lead these people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me.

God’s presence vs. His blessings  God created us to deeply connect with Him

God desires that we long for His presence more than His presents

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-33 34:4-7 18 Then Moses said, “Now show me your glory .”

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-33 34:4-7 19 And the L ORD said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim my name, the L ORD , in your presence.

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-33 34:4-7 “I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for no one may see me and live .”

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-33 34:4-7 21 Then the L ORD said, “There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. 22 When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by.

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-33 34:4-7 23 “Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen .”

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-23 34:4-7 4 So Moses chiseled out two stone tablets like the first ones and went up Mount Sinai early in the morning, as the L ORD had commanded him; and he carried the two stone tablets in his hands.

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-23 34:4-7 5 Then the L ORD came down in the cloud and stood there with him and proclaimed his name, the L ORD .

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-23 34:4-7 6 And he passed in front of Moses, proclaiming, “The L ORD , the L ORD , the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness,

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-23 34:4-7 7 “maintaining love to thousands, and forgiving wickedness, rebellion and sin.

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-23 34:4-7 “Yet he does not leave the guilty unpunished; he punishes the children and their children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation.”

God wants us to experience His presence  Exodus 33:18-23 34:4-7

God wants us to experience His presence  John 1:18 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

We experience God’s presence by spending daily time with Him  Exodus 33:7-11 7 Now Moses used to take a tent and pitch it outside the camp some distance away, calling it the “tent of meeting.” Anyone inquiring of the L ORD would go to the tent of meeting outside the camp.

We experience God’s presence by spending daily time with Him  Exodus 33:7-11 8 And whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people rose and stood at the entrances to their tents, watching Moses until he entered the tent.

We experience God’s presence by spending daily time with Him  Exodus 33:7-11 9 As Moses went into the tent, the pillar of cloud would come down and stay at the entrance, while the L ORD spoke with Moses.

We experience God’s presence by spending daily time with Him  Exodus 33:7-11 10 Whenever the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they all stood and worshiped, each at the entrance to their tent.

We experience God’s presence by spending daily time with Him  Exodus 33:7-11 11 The L ORD would speak to Moses face to face, as one speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young aide Joshua son of Nun did not leave the tent.

We experience God’s presence by spending daily time with Him  Establish the habit of spending daily time with God

We experience God’s presence by spending daily time with Him  Establish the habit of spending daily time with God  Jim’s daily prayer blog

conclusion God desires that we long for His presence more than His presents