WHAT DOES GOD ASSURE THE CHRISTIANS IF WE PRAY
WITH A RIGHTEOUS HEART?
(JAMES 5:16) “Confess
your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
Introduction:
a. God is a God
of assurance.
(JEREMIAH 33:3) “Call unto
me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not.”
b. The Bible is a
book of assurance.
c. Prayer is the
ministry given to Christians with great assurance of God’ answer.
(MATTHEW 7:7) “Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you:”
I. GOD
ASSURES THE PRAYER OF THE SANCTIFIED HEART OF THE CHRISTIANS WILL BE ANSWERED.
(1 PETER 3:12) “For the
eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their
prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.”
a. This is God's
promise to the prayer of a righteous Christian that His eyes are on the prayer
of godly children of God.
b. God loves righteousness, and He loves to hear prayers.
(PSALMS 11:7) “For the
righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright.”
II. GOD
ASSURES THE PRAYER OF THE SOUL-WINNING CHURCH WILL BE ANSWERED.
(ACTS 2:41) “Then they
that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added
unto them about three thousand souls.”
a. The Lord will
continue to bless a soul-winning Church of Godly spirit-filled leaders inside
the local Church.
(ACTS 6:4-6) “But we will
give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 5 And
the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of
faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon,
and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: 6 Whom they set before the
apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.”
b. God will
continue to bless the Soulwinning Church with multitudes of precious souls to be
in their ministry.
(ACTS 6:7) “And the
word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem
greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.”
III. GOD
ASSURES THE PRAYER OF SPIRITUAL CHRISTIAN WILL BE ANSWERED
(1 CHRONICLES 4:10) “And Jabez
called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and
enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest
keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he
requested.”
a. God granted
all the prayer requests of Jabez to God. All aspects of his life that were requested
were granted.
b. God promises to
supply all the needs of a God-fearing Christian.
(PHILIPPIANS 4:19) “But my God
shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
IV. GOD
ASSURES THE PRAYER OF A SPIRIT-FILLED CHRISTIAN WILL BE ANSWERED.
(ROMANS 8:26) “Likewise
the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray
for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with
groanings which cannot be uttered.”
a. The Holy
Spirit gives us the guidance and wisdom of things we ask that is God's will in
our life.
(JOHN 16:13) “Howbeit
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he
shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak:
and he will shew you things to come.”
V. GOD
ASSURES THE PRAYER OF SINCERE CHRISTIAN WILL BE ANSWERED
(ROMANS 10:1) “Brethren,
my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved.”
a. Paul was so
sincere to pray for the salvation of souls of his fellow Israelites.
b. God encourages
the Christians to the salvation of our loved ones with our many tears.
(PSALMS 126:5-6) “They that
sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing
precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves
with him.”
* GOD BLESS YOU ALL ALWAYS *
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