WHY IS PRAYER A MUST IN THE DAILY CHRISTIAN LIVING OF GOD’S PEOPLE?
(JAMES 4:2) “Ye lust,
and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war,
yet ye have not, because ye ask not.”
Introduction:
a. God is the
author of prayer, and God is always sincere to hear the prayer of His people.
b. God always
encourages His people to call unto Him in prayer.
(LUKE 18:1) “And he
spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not
to faint;”
c. God’s people
whose prayer is a must ministry in their Christian life are the victorious
people in their spiritual battle.
(DANIEL 6:12-13) “Then they
came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou
not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of any God or
man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of
lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true, according to the law of
the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said
before the king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of
Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but
maketh his petition three times a day.”
Five (5) great
reasons why prayer is necessary in the daily Christian living of God’s people:
I. BECAUSE
GOD PROMISES TO GIVE OUR NEEDS THROUGH OUR FAITHFUL PRAYER
(MATTHEW 7:7-8) “Ask, and it
shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to
him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
a. God is the
author of prayer of the Christian, and prayer is asking and receiving. Prayer is
seeking and finding your request to God, and prayer is knocking and opening the
door of heaven and answering your prayers.
II.
BECAUSE GOD PROTECTS GOD’S PEOPLE THROUGH FAITHFUL PRAYER
(PSALMS 91:1-3) “He that
dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of
the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, [He is] my refuge and my fortress: my
God; in him will I trust. 3 Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the
fowler, [and] from the noisome pestilence.”
a. God assures His
perfect protection to all God's people that call unto Him in prayer.
(PSALMS 91:3-6) “Surely he
shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome
pestilence. 4 He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt
thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.5 Thou shalt not be
afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; 6 Nor for
the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth
at noonday.”
III.
BECAUSE GOD PROMOTES GOD’S PEOPLE THROUGH FAITHFUL PRAYER.
(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. All the
prayers of Jabez were granted. Oh, what a great blessing because all aspects
that Jabez needed were bountifully supplied by God.
b. God promises
His Church to supply all our needs in Christ Jesus.
(PHILIPPIANS 4:19) “But my God
shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.”
IV.
BECAUSE GOD PROVIDES MORE LABORERS IN THE HARVEST THROUGH THE PRAYER OF GOD’S
PEOPLE.
(LUKE 10:1-2) “After these
things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before
his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore
said he unto them, The harvest truly [is] great, but the labourers [are] few:
pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers
into his harvest.”
a. The work of
the Lord needs more laborers to harvest more souls. We are commanded by the
Lord of the Harvest to send more laborers to His harvest.
b. Christ
encouraged the Christians to look on the field, for they are white already to
harvest.
(JOHN 4:35) “Say not ye,
There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you,
Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to
harvest.”
V. BECAUSE
GOD PERFORMS MIRACLES IN THE LIFE OF GOD’S PEOPLE THROUGH PRAYER
(LUKE 1:37) “For with
God nothing shall be impossible.”
a. The God who
made the heavens and earth; nothing is too hard for Him. We can count on him to do
miracles in the lives of God's people.
(JEREMIAH 32:17) “Ah Lord
GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and
stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee”
* GOD BLESS YOU
ALL ALWAYS *
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