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UNDERSTANDING OUR JOURNEY
*“ASKING FOR GOD’S INTERVENTION” *
*PART 2*
*JULY 20TH, 2003*
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REVIEW OF LAST WEEK:
LEFT OFF WITH OUR FIRST LESSON ON PRAYER…..
AND THAT IS…….”WE
PRAY ABOUT WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT GOD”
WHAT WE CAN’T ACCOMPLISH ON OUR OWN!!!
AND REALLY IF WE WERE HONEST THERE ISN’T MUCH WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WELL ON OUR OWN
AND IN FACT…….WE SHOULD BE RELYING ON GOD ALMOST CONTINUALLY IN OUR LIVES!!!
PRAYER APPEALS TO THE ALMIGHTY JURISDICTION OF THE LORD OVER ALL THE HEAVENS AND EARTH…
AND IT TAPS HIS LOVING AUTHORITY FOR THE SAKE OF HIS BELOVED CHILDREN!!!!
WE ARE ASKING - - “LORD…LET YOUR WILL BE DONE - - - LET YOUR AUTHORITY……YOUR SWAY AND DOMINION (OVER) RULE - - HERE ON EARTH….AS YOUR WILL IS DONE IN HEAVEN”
WE HAVE ALMOST NO CONCEPT OF WHAT HE CAN SET IN MOTION ON OUR BEHALF - - THINGS THAT ARE NOT USUALLY PERCEPTIBLE TO OUR NATURAL SENSES….
THINGS THAT WE WOULD NEVER THINK OF ON OUR OWN!!!!
AND THAT IS THE SECOND LESSON ABOUT PRAYER!!!
IT OPERATES IN THE SPIRITUAL ARENA - - ACCOMPLISHING BREAKTHROUGHS ON THE NATURAL PLANE BY FIRST AFFECTING THINGS IN THE INVISIBLE DIMENSION OF REALITY!!!
WE MUST NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THERE ARE TWO DIMENSIONS OF REALITY!!!
TWO SPHERES IN WHICH WE LIVE AND HAVE OUR BEING!!!
THE SPIRITUAL REALM IS MORE REAL THAN THE NATURAL REALM!!!
PRAYER DEALS NOT ONLY WITH WHAT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR US…..
BUT ALSO…..*WHAT IS INVISIBLE TO US!!!*
JESUS TAUGHT HIS DISICPLES TO START THEIR PRAYERS WITH A SIMPLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GOD AS THEIR FATHER /IN HEAVEN/ - - IN THE SPIRITUAL DIMENSION WHERE ALL THE ACTION TAKES PLACE!!!
HE IS THE LORD OF THE HEAVENS AND THEREBY…….LORD OF THE EARTH!!!
GOD IS NOT LIMITED BY NATURAL CIRCUMSTANCES AS WE ARE….
AND HIS ANSWERS TO OUR PRAYER CAN JUST AS EASILY INVOLVE CALLING INTO BEING “THAT WHICH DOES NOT EXIST” AS WELL AS A RE-ARRANGEMENT OF THE NATURAL VARIABLES IN OUR SITUATION!!!
THE REAL ISSUES OF OUR LIFE ARE SPIRITUAL…….AND THE STRUGGLES WE HAVE ARE NOT PRIMARILY AGAINST NATURAL PROBLEMS…..BUT SPIRITUAL ONES!!!
EPH 6:12
FOR OUR STRUGGLE IS NOT AGAINST FLESH AND BLOOD…BUT AGAINST THE RULERS …AGAISNT THE POWERS…..AGAINST THE WORLD FORCES OF THIS DARKNESS……AGAINST THE SPIRITUAL FORCES OF WICKEDNESS IN THE HEAVENLY PLACES!!!
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WHEREAS NOTHING IN THE PHYSICAL WORLD HAS THE POWER ON ITS OWN TO AFFECT SPIRITUAL REALITY………
SPIRITUAL CHANGES ALWAYS BRING ABOUT SOME SHIFT IN THE NATURAL WORLD!!!
FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT ENTER THE REALM OF THE SPIRIT………AND NEITHER CAN IT INHERIT THE ETERNAL!!!
CONVERSELY……SPIRITUAL KEYS…………………
LIKE PRAYER….
SHAPE AND INFLUENCE HOW THINGS TURN OUT ON EARTH!!!
THEY CAN BIND AND LOOSE……..
THEY OPEN DOORS….
AND THEY HEAL AND DELIVER!!!!
AND PRAYER IS ONE OF THE “DIVINELY POWERFUL” TOOLS OF OUR TRADE THAT ENABLES US TO GET AT THE SPIRITUAL….
OR THE ROOT CAUSES…….AND TO AFFECT SCENARIOS IN LIFE!!!!
THAT TAKES SOME GETTING USED TO BEC WE ARE SO ACCUSTOMED TO WALKING BY SIGHT…….AND NOT BY FAITH!!!
(2 COR 5:7)…./FOR
WE WALK BY FAITH…AND NOT BY SIGHT”/
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AND WE ARE SO USED TO LIVING OUR LIFE ON A NATURAL LEVEL!!!
WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO SOMETHING…..(PHYSICAL) ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS AND NEEDS!!!
WE WANT TO INFLUENCE DECISIONS AND OUTCOMES IN LIFE AS A RESULT OF WHAT WE SAY OR HOW WE ACT!!!
PRAYING ABOUT SOME SITUATION DOES NOT FEEL LIKE WE ARE DOING ENOUGH TO OUR NATURAL MIND………AND THAT EXPLAINS WHY WE TEND NOT TO PRAY MUCH ABOUT PROBLEMS WE THINK WE CAN BASICALLY HANDLE ON OUR OWN!!!!
AND THAT LEADS US TO THE THIRD LESSON ABOUT PRAYER:
SINCE IT IS AN INVISIBLE ACTIVITY AND SUCH A SMALL ONE IN COMPARISON TO THE HUGE…..IMPOSSIBLY LARGE NEEDS THAT FACE US……
IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE FAITH!!!!
\\ THE BIBLE SAYS IN HEB 11:6…../ WITHOUT FAITH…..(CONFIDENCE….AND TRUST IN……….RELIANCE UPON…….OR PERSUASION ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS SAID)………IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RECEIVE FROM THE LORD EVERYTHING HE WANTS TO GIVE YOU!!!!/
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FAITH SPECIALIZES IN THE INVISIBLE…..AND HOLDS ON TO PROMISES GOD SPEAKS….EVEN WHEN THE FULFILLMENT OF THOSE WORDS IS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN!!!
(HEB 11:1 NOW FAITH IS THE ASSURANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR……….THE CONVICTION OF THINGS NOT SEEN”)
FAITH SEES WHAT YOUR NATURAL EYES CANNOT SEE!!!
IT IS LIKE MY GPS RECEIVER WHEN I FLY!! (GIVE EXAMPLE)
FAITH IS KNOWING THAT EVEN THOUGH I CANNOT SEE THE GROUND OR THE AIRPORT BEC OF THE CLOUDS……..I HAVE SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS ME TO SEE IN THE FOG!!!
NOT SEEING THE AIRPORT DOES NOT NULLIFY ITS EXISTENCE!!!
THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE…..YOU WILL FIND A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT THE LORD SAYS TO YOU AND WHAT YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES SAY!!!
FAITH IS A DECISION ABOUT */WHOM/* TO BELIEVE!!!!
NOT JUST WHAT TO BELIEVE!!!
WE PRAY IN FAITH…MAKING THE SIMPLE BUT PROFOUND CHOICE TO BELIEVE THAT GOD IS THERE….
THAT HE WELCOMES US AND THAT HE HEARS US!!!
WHEN WE TELL HIM ABOUT THE MONEY WE NEED FOR THE KIDS BRACES…….OR
ABOUT THE JOB WE LOST …
OR ABOUT BROKEN FRIENDSHIPS WE WANT RESTORED, IT IS NOT AS THOUGH HE RESPONDS BY TELLING US THOSE SITUATIONS ARE NOT REAL!!!!
THEY ARE REAL……AND HE KNEW ABOUT THEM EVEN BEFORE WE TOLD HIM!!!
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MATTHEW 6:32 “FOR YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER KNOWS THAT YOU NEED ALL THESE THINGS”
FAITH IS NOT A PAIR OF ROSE-COLORED GLASSES…
IT IS NOT A GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE
JESUS PROMISED HE WILL NOT LEAVE US….TO OUR OWN DEVICES OR RESOURCES!!!
PRAYER IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT HE ASSURES WE ARE NOT LEFT ON OUR OWN TO DEAL WITH THE TRUE…….AND SOMETIMES HEART-WRENCHING…..REALITIES OF A BROKEN WORLD!!!!
HE SAYS….*HAVE
FAITH IN GOD* (MARK 11:22)……
HE DOES NOT SAY….”TRUST
ME….THOSE PROBLEMS DO NOT EXIST”!!!
RATHER HE SAYS…….”TRUST
ME….I CAN TAKE CARE OF THEM IN WAYS YOU CANNOT EVEN IMAGINE!”!!! \\ \\
NOT LET ME BRING TO YOU SOME BALANCE IN TEACHING ABOUT FAITH!!!
HAVING FAITH IN GOD AND IN HIS WONDERFUL PROMISES TO CARE FOR US IN LIFE AND TO USE US IN MINISTRY………..
WE THEN CAN BE ASSURED ……AHEAD OF TIME……….THAT HE IS TRUE TO HIS WORDS!!!!
WHAT HE PROMISES IS AS GOOD AS DELIVERED!!!!
IT IS LIKE YOUR BOSS TAKING YOU TO DINNER AT AN EXCLUSIVE …..MEMBERS-ONLY RESTAURANT AND TELLING YOU TO ORDER ANYTHING YOU WANT ON THE MENU - - -
ASK FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT AND IT WILL BE YOURS!!!
(THE BIBLE SAYS IT THIS WAY……..((((READ JOHN 15:7))))
! BUT……LISTEN CAREFULLY
YOUR FAITH IS NOT IN /WHAT YOU SAY YOU WANT!!!!!/
AS THOUGH…….WITHOUT BEING YOUR BOSS’S GUEST…..YOU COULD GET INTO THE RESTAURANT AND MAKE A FANCY MEAL JUST MATERIALIZE OUT OF THIN AIR ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF YOU…..
JUST BEC YOU REPEATED…..”PRIME RIB….PRIME RIB…..PRIME RIB”
SEVERAL TIMES EACH HOUR!!!
NO!!!
THE BOSS GETS YOU IN……………AND *HE* (NOT YOU OR YOUR WORDS)…..IN THE ONLY THING THAT CAN ARRANGE FOR THE PRIME RIB TO SHOW UP IN FRONT OF YOU!!!!
THE MAIN POINT IS TO BELIEVE THAT BEC OF WHAT HE INVITES YOU TO DO - - - -
PICK ANYTHING ON THE MENU - - - - YOU WILL BE GRANTED YOUR REQUEST……AND YOU CAN START ANTICIPATING HOW GOOD THE PRIME RIB WILL TASTE EVEN BEFORE THE WAITER BRINGS IT TO YOUR TABLE!!!!
IN EVERYDAY LIFE……WE ORDER MEALS IN A RESTAURANT AND WAIT FOR THEM IN FAITH!!!!
WHILE IT IS IMPORTANT …….(AND HEAR ME CLEARLY) TO VERBALIZE YOUR REQUESTS AND SPEAK THE WORD IN FAITH…..
SOME CHRISTIANS PLACE SLIGHTLY TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON BEING ABLE TO SPEAK THINGS INTO EXISTENCE - - - QUITE APART FROM HAVING HEARD A PRIOR INVITATION TO DO SO BY THE LORD!!!!!!!
ANYTHING MORE IS PRESUMPTIOUS……..AND THAT DOESN’T WORK WITH GOD!!!
THERE ARE TWO MORE AREAS ABOUT PRAYER THAT I WANT TO TOUCH ON WITH YOU THIS MORNING BEFORE WE GO TO PRAYER!!!
THE FOURTH LESSON ABOUT PRAYER HAS TO DO WITH A GRATEFUL ATTITUDE!!!
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