HOLD THE ROPE: PRAYER
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ROOT OF PRAYER
ROOT OF PRAYER
God’s sovereignty is his right and power to do all that he decides to do.
God’s sovereignty is his right and power to do all that he decides to do.
“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
God’s providence is his seeing to everything that needs to be done to bring about his purposes happens.
God’s providence is his seeing to everything that needs to be done to bring about his purposes happens.
declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,’
In other words, “I will see to it.” See to it — pro-vide. “I will provide. I will see to it that everything works together for the goals that I have for the world.”
In other words, “I will see to it.” See to it — pro-vide. “I will provide. I will see to it that everything works together for the goals that I have for the world.”
Absolutely everything that needs to be done to bring about his purposes, God sees to it that it happens.
Absolutely everything that needs to be done to bring about his purposes, God sees to it that it happens.
Without God’s sovereignty and providence we have no assurances that our prayers will succeed.
Without God’s sovereignty and providence we have no assurances that our prayers will succeed.
God ordains the end and the means.
God ordains the end and the means.
Their are 4 responses to sovereignty: pride, paralyzed, passive, participants.
Their are 4 responses to sovereignty: pride, paralyzed, passive, participants.
FRUIT OF PRAYER
FRUIT OF PRAYER
“Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.
Then will appear in heaven the sign of the Son of Man, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,
saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?”
I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
“Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any scorching heat.
For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
All the nations you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord, and shall glorify your name.
Ask of me, and I will make the nations your heritage, and the ends of the earth your possession.
All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea.
because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.
For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
For the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Their must be a pray ye therefore before there can be a go ye therefore.
Their must be a pray ye therefore before there can be a go ye therefore.
THE SALVATION OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY TRIBE, NATION, AND TONGUE HANGS ON THE PREACHING OF THE WORD AND THE SUCCESS OF SUCH PREACHING DEPENDENT ON PRAYER.
THE SALVATION OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY TRIBE, NATION, AND TONGUE HANGS ON THE PREACHING OF THE WORD AND THE SUCCESS OF SUCH PREACHING DEPENDENT ON PRAYER.
Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
Prayer is not our stopping point but our starting point.
Prayer is not our stopping point but our starting point.
Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—
that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.
And he told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.
He said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected man.
And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
For a while he refused, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God nor respect man,
yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will give her justice, so that she will not beat me down by her continual coming.’ ”
And the Lord said, “Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
And will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them?
I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.
Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone?
Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?
If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!
“So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
Not only has God made the accomplishment of his global purposes of salvation hang on the preaching of the Word; he has also made the success of the preaching of the Word hang on prayer.
Not only has God made the accomplishment of his global purposes of salvation hang on the preaching of the Word; he has also made the success of the preaching of the Word hang on prayer.
God's goal to be glorified in a world full of white-hot worshippers from every people and tongue and tribe and nation will not succeed without the powerful proclamation of the gospel by people like you and me.
God's goal to be glorified in a world full of white-hot worshippers from every people and tongue and tribe and nation will not succeed without the powerful proclamation of the gospel by people like you and me.
And that gospel will not be proclaimed in power to all the nations without the persevering, earnest, global, faith-filled prayers of God's people. This is the awesome place of prayer in the purposes of God for the world. They won't happen without prayer.
And that gospel will not be proclaimed in power to all the nations without the persevering, earnest, global, faith-filled prayers of God's people. This is the awesome place of prayer in the purposes of God for the world. They won't happen without prayer.
How do we know this? We know it by the way the apostle Paul and the Lord Jesus make prayer the servant and power of the ministry of the Word.
How do we know this? We know it by the way the apostle Paul and the Lord Jesus make prayer the servant and power of the ministry of the Word.
IF GOD ANSWERED ALL YOUR PRAYERS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS WOULD THE WORLD CHANGE OR JUST YOUR WORLD?
IF GOD ANSWERED ALL YOUR PRAYERS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS WOULD THE WORLD CHANGE OR JUST YOUR WORLD?
and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison—
Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you,