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Sermon Series:
Praying the Bible Way
Sermon title:
“The Pathway To Answered Prayer”
Matthew 7:7-11
Matthew 7:7–11 (NLT)
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
8 For everyone who asks, receives.
Everyone who seeks, finds.
And to everyone who knocks, the door will be opened.
9 “You parents—if your children ask for a loaf of bread, do you give them a stone instead?
10 Or if they ask for a fish, do you give them a snake?
Of course not!
11 So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.
INTRODUCTION:
A- Remember two facts about prayer and requests:
1- God already knows your needs and is moving to fulfill them.
(Matthew 6:25-30)
Matthew 6:25–30 (NLT)
25 “That is why I tell you not to worry about everyday life—whether you have enough food and drink, or enough clothes to wear.
Isn’t life more than food, and your body more than clothing?
26 Look at the birds.
They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them.
And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
27 Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?
28 “And why worry about your clothing?
Look at the lilies of the field and how they grow.
They don’t work or make their clothing,
29 yet Solomon in all his glory was not dressed as beautifully as they are.
30 And if God cares so wonderfully for wildflowers that are here today and thrown into the fire tomorrow, he will certainly care for you.
Why do you have so little faith?
2- Prayer is work and requires diligence
(Psalm 55:17)
Psalm 55:17 (NLT)
17 Morning, noon, and night I cry out in my distress, and the Lord hears my voice.
(Luke 6:12-16)
Luke 6:12–16 (NLT)
12 One day soon afterward Jesus went up on a mountain to pray, and he prayed to God all night.
13 At daybreak he called together all of his disciples and chose twelve of them to be apostles.
Here are their names:
14 Simon (whom he named Peter), Andrew (Peter’s brother), James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
15 Matthew, Thomas, James (son of Alphaeus), Simon (who was called the zealot),
16 Judas (son of James), Judas Iscariot (who later betrayed him).
(I Thessalonians 5:17).
1 Thessalonians 5:17 (NLT)
17 Never stop praying.
TS: With these two truths firmly in mind, let’s take a look at the pointers Jesus gives about the pathway to answered prayer.
I -THE REQUESTS (Matthew 7:7).
Matthew 7:7 (NLT)
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
* Requests are made by:
A- Asking (Matthew 7:7a).
(Αἰτεῖτε= to ask for with urgency, even to the point of demanding—‘to ask for, to demand, to plead for.’)
1.
The starting point for requesting God's intervention is asking.
(James 4:2)
James 4:2 (NLT)
2 You want what you don’t have, so you scheme and kill to get it.
You are jealous of what others have, but you can’t get it, so you fight and wage war to take it away from them.
Yet you don’t have what you want because you don’t ask God for it.
a.
There are some things that we must ask of God, if they are to happen.
* Revival- Must be sent by God, through the Holy Spirit.
We do our part through prayer, confession, and surrender.
2. There are two responsibilities in prayer—man’s and God’s
(2 Chronicles 7:14).
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NLT)
14 Then if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land.
3.
One of the most vital ingredients in prayer is intensity.
(Exodus 32:9-10; 31-32)
Exodus 32:9–10 (NLT)
9 Then the Lord said, “I have seen how stubborn and rebellious these people are.
10 Now leave me alone so my fierce anger can blaze against them, and I will destroy them.
Then I will make you, Moses, into a great nation.”
Exodus 32:31–32 (NLT)
31 So Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Oh, what a terrible sin these people have committed.
They have made gods of gold for themselves.
32 But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, erase my name from the record you have written!”
(Romans 9:1-3).
Romans 9:1–3 (NLT)
1 With Christ as my witness, I speak with utter truthfulness.
My conscience and the Holy Spirit confirm it.
2 My heart is filled with bitter sorrow and unending grief
3 for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters.
I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.
B- Seeking (Matthew 7:7 b)
Matthew 7:7b (NLT)
7 “Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for.
Keep on seeking, and you will find.
Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
( ζητεῖτε= to try to learn the location of something, often by movement from place to place in the process of searching—‘to try to learn where something is, to look for, to try to find.’)
1.
Sometimes we must become involved in seeking out God’s answer.
a. Sometimes it is a struggle:
1) Example of Gideon
(Judges 6:11-39).
Judges 6:11–39 (NLT)
11 Then the angel of the Lord came and sat beneath the great tree at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash of the clan of Abiezer.
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