June 12 2016 Reviving Prayer That Works
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REVIVING PRAYER THAT WORKS
Does God Promise To Answer Everyone’s Prayer?
Five Conditions:
1. You must have an honest relationship with God.
John 15:7 – If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish and it will be given you.
Three Evaluation Questions
- Have I refused to admit my wrongs?
Psalm 66:18 – If I regard sin in my heart, the Lord will not hear me.
Isaiah 59:2 – But your iniquities have separated you from your God.
Proverbs 28:13 – He who conceals his sins does not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
1 John 1:8-9 – If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins.
- Am I ignoring any of God’s principles?
1 John 3:21-23 – Dear Friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God and receive from Him anything we ask, because we obey His commands and do what pleases Him. And this is His command, to believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and to love one another as He commanded us.
- Do I want God’s will for my life?
1 John 5:14-15 – This is the assurance we have in approaching God, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us and if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have what we asked of Him.
2. You must have a forgiving attitude towards other people.
Mark 11:24-25 – Therefore, I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours, and when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so your Father in heaven may forgive your sins.
Hebrews 12:15 – See to it, that no bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile many.
1 Peter 3:7 – Husbands, in the same way, be considerate as you live with your wives and treat them with respect, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
3. You must be willing to share the results.
Proverbs 21:13 – If a man shuts his ear to the cry of the poor, he too will not be answered.
1 John 3:17 – (Giving to those in need.)
James 4:3 – (Asking with right motives.)
4. You must believe that God will answer.
James 5:5-8 – But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt.
Mark 9:29 – According to your faith, it will be done unto you.
5. Pray in Jesus name.
John 14:13-14 – And I will do whatever you ask in my Name, you may ask me for anything in my Name and I will do it.
