WELCOME TO THE BREEZE CHURCH
If you're looking for a church home, you've found it! Our hope for everyone is: KNOW JESUS, FIND PURPOSE, GROW WITH OTHERS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. We hope you enjoy your time here and feel right at home. Take notes to easily follow along with the message today & the end of the message you can easily download these notes as a PDF or email them to yourself to look back at later. If you're new with us, please stop by the NEW HERE tent outside where our pastoral team is ready to meet you and answer any questions you might have!
HOW PRAYER CHANGES THINGS
July 22, 2026HOW Prayer Changes Things
Pastor Steve Anderson | 07.22.2026
Prayer doesn’t just change THINGS….IT CHANGES US
Philippians 4:6-7
6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
Ways that prayer effects (regulates) your nervous system:
– Prayer slows your .
– Prayer reinforces “ ” over time.
– The healing power of ““.
Matthew 11: 28-29
28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Hebrews 4:16
16 So let us come boldly/confidently to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.
Psalm 16:11 You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
Ephesians 1:5-6
5 (God) having predestined us to adoption as sons by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6 to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He made us accepted in the Beloved (Jesus).
Empathy and are shown to us.
Hebrews 4:15
15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.
I am accepted/safe.
John 6:37
37 ….those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.
Prayer engages safety through .
Prayer stress loops.
The Spiritual Shift That Leads to the Physiological Shift:
Promotes Lowering of Cortisol and Cognitive Reframing
Promotes and
Psalm 95:2
2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.
Psalm 100:4
4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Lowering of . Intentional, relational prayer reduces cortisol levels.
How It All Comes Together: Neural Pathways are formed!
thoughts and actions create neural pathways. Prayer RESHAPES your stress response, TEACHING your nervous system where SAFETY is found.
Practice Makes Permanent:
prayer trains your nervous system to associate distress with turning toward God.
The Result—God’s.
Philippians 4:6-7
6 Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.
7 Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.
NOTES
Join us Sunday @ 9 or 11am
Give Here
Follow Us On Instagram Here
Save PDF Locally
Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your device
Save PDF to Google Drive
Click to save a copy of the filled-in notes to a PDF file on your Google Drive account
(For Apple devices, use Chrome browser or go to SETTINGS>SAFARI and uncheck BLOCK POPUPS.)
Send to Email
Enter your email address below to receive a copy of your filled in notes