Sermons on Prayer (Page 2)
Learn to Fight Right: #1 Engage! (Fight in the Shade)
Ephesians 6: 16 in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Learn To Fight Right – #1 Stand
Ephesians 6:13-15 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, 15 and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
It’s Real Out Here
Ephesians 6:10-12 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Now the Most Important thing You can Do is…
Psalm 42:1-2 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
Fervent! – Jesus Prayers After the Cross
Romans 8:34 Who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
What Does it Take to Amaze God?
Isaiah 59:16 And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then His own arm brought salvation to Him, And His righteousness upheld Him.
Most Times God Says Yes!
Exodus 32: 14 So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.
Sometimes God Says Wait…
Genesis 32:24-26Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. 25 When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob’s thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said, “Let me go, for the dawn is breaking.” But he said, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”
Sometimes God Says No
Genesis 18:32-33 Then he said, “Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once, suppose ten are found there?” And He said, “I will not destroy it on account of the ten.” 33 As soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham the Lord departed and Abraham returned to his place.
To Pray or Not to Pray
1 Samuel 27:5 Then David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”