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Introduction
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We’ve all heard stories of the miraculous, the powerful, the awesome power of God being manifested in someone’s situation
Miraculous healings
People being raised from the dead
Limbs growing back before people’s eyes
Miraculous protection from harm
Miraculous deliverance from impossible situations
We’ve also heard of, and perhaps experienced, situations when the only answer one received from God was … silence.
People went on suffering, or even died
People stayed dead
Limbs stayed missing
People were seriously hurt, or even killed
People were imprisoned, tortured, even executed
In my search for answers to these types of questions, I always keep some unbreakable rules in front of me
There is an answer.
God has it and I don’t
Scripture is inerrant, I’m not
God knows my heart, I don’t
God loves me.
He wants the very best for me and knows what that is at any given time, I don’t
I may never know the answer to this question, but I can always trust God
Why do we pray?
What is prayer, at its essence?
History of prayer (or, the history of man’s fellowship with God)
Before the fall - Adam and Eve walked with God and communed with Him
After the fall - Fellowship with God was broken and needed to be restored
Sin broke fellowship with God
God instituted the sacrificial system in order to atone for sin, thus making fellowship possible
Enoch - men began to call on the Name of the Lord
Mosaic Law - Altar of Incense lit from the fire from off the Altar of Sacrifice
Solomon’s Temple - God’s promise to answer prayers made in or towards this temple
New Testament
Matthew 21:22 “22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.”
What if I want a brand new Ferrari?
What if I want to be rich?
What if I want deliverance from a trial?
What if I’m unlawfully imprisoned and I want to be freed?
James 5 speaks about the prayer of faith saving the sick
James 1 however speaks about how we need to count it all joy when we fall into temptations
Also, James was stoned to death
Acts 1:14 “14 These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren.”
Unity in prayer
Corporate prayer
Acts 2:42 “42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.”
Prayer is Apostolic!
Acts 10:4 “4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord?
And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.”
The Memorial prayer
Romans 12:12 “12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;”
Continuing in prayer
Instant in prayer
Patient in tribulation?
Won’t continuing instant in prayer secure my deliverance from that?
Ephesians 6:18 “18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;”
Prayer and staying vigilant in prayer
Endurance in prayer
Philippians 4:6 “6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”
Pray fast, pray first, and pray always
Everything starts with God
Genesis 1:1 “1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.”
John 1:1 “1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
God is our starting point for everything, including, very specifically, the office of prayer
Hebrews 11:6 “6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.”
Prayer works or fails based on two premises:
God exists
God’s ability and willingness to answer
If either one are absent, the office of prayer is irrelevant
That God exists is presupposed, or requires faith based in our understanding of scripture to acknowledge
That God is able and willing requires a relationship with Him to the point we can trust Him
Both are always present, however
God ALWAYS answers prayer, but sometimes the answer is WAIT.
And sometimes the answer is NO.
Trying to reconcile these answers are where we can get ourselves into trouble.
We can start to doubt our presuppositions based on our experiences
When we allow ourselves to walk by sight, or by experience, or by feeling, instead of by faith, we open ourselves up to doubt
Faith vs. Doubt
Both are faith, the difference is the expected result AND your perception of God
Some say doubt is faith in reverse
Hebrews 11:1 “1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
Faith believes in God’s ability and willingness to heal, but at the same time allows for God to work within a much larger picture
Sometimes His people, after much prayer and fasting, die of sicknesses.
Why?
Doubt is not that you want to stay sick.
You want a healing but you believe that you will stay sick.
Why?
In this case you cannot imagine a scenario where a loving God would not heal you.
You don’t believe God will, or you don’t believe God can, or you don’t believe God is, typically in that order.
Knowledge vs. Relationship
For a long time I believed people just needed more information, more knowledge about Jesus and that would suffice
I failed to realize the equal importance of building a relationship with Him.
I can know every intimate detail about someone, but I don’t know them.
I don’t know how they would respond to specific scenarios
I’m not privy to their thought processes
Even though I may know his public image, I have no idea what he’s really like.
How he really thinks about things.
Who he really is.
Once I really get to know that individual, and they get to know me, we’ll start confiding in each other
They’ll open up to me about what they’re after in life
About experiences in their past that influence them today
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