Probable Impossibilities
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· 25 viewsA famous philosopher once said, "Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities." God is in the business of overcoming the impossible. Through prayer, we discover the riches of His glory and goodness to us. With faith you can move mountains. With prayer, you can move God. Now is the time for bold prayers.
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INTRO: My story
“Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.” - Aristotle
God wants to do something in you and through you that can’t possibly be explained because of you.
God wants to do something in you and through you that can’t possibly be explained because of you.
Never underestimate the influence of BOLD prayers.
When we work, we work. When we pray God works.
With faith we can move mountains. With prayer, we can move God. - E.M. Bounds
Sometimes, through Scripture, God pulls back the curtain to let us see what happens when we pray.
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
In this passage we see:
The power of the Father.
The strength of the Spirit.
The love of the Son.
NOTICE:
That he would grant you - 16
That Christ may dwell in you - 17
That you may know the love of Christ - 19
That you may be filled - 19
When you pray, God STRENGTHENS your SPIRIT. (v. 14-16)
When you pray, God STRENGTHENS your SPIRIT. (v. 14-16)
SPIRIT: Comforter, Helper, Guide, fruit.
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
When you pray, God SUSTAINS your FAITH. (v. 17)
When you pray, God SUSTAINS your FAITH. (v. 17)
Faithfulness gives you a front row seat to all the promises of God.
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.
But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
When you pray, God REVEALS His LOVE. (v. 19)
When you pray, God REVEALS His LOVE. (v. 19)
Best thing on the best day. Worst thing on the worst day.
For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
When you pray, God EXCEEDS your EXPECTATIONS. (v. 19)
When you pray, God EXCEEDS your EXPECTATIONS. (v. 19)
Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
RESPONSE
RESPONSE
“Jesus didn’t come to make a bad person good. He came to bring the dead to life.” - Ravi Zacharias