The Power of Praying Great Things - PUSHing Through
Monday, May 10, 2021
10:33 AM
1. Big Prayers
a. Last week we talked about big prayers
i. Joshua
ii. Asking in faith
2. Will of God
a. We talked about the most important prayer you can pray
i. God's will be done
3. Cop Out For - The Will of God
a. If God's will is always done - then why do we need to ask Him for His will to be done
b. Even Jesus prayed for the will of God to be done
i. Matthew 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. KJV
4. Reconcile
a. Romans 8:28 is NOT A COP OUT VERSE
i. 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. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? KJV
1. What we think it means
a. Well, I must be going through this because it is the will of God - God has a plan for my life and this will in some way be a blessing to me and glorify His mighty name.
i. Half truth is not truth
1. God DOES have a plan for my life but what I am going through may because I have not prayed my way out of it, not necessarily because it is the will of God.
1. How many Jobs are in the Bible versus those that overcame
2. How many Pauls are in the Bible when it comes to healing versus those that were healed??
b. What if it really means that Romans 8:28 is what happens when we do not walk in the fullness of the glory of Almighty? What if that is just our consolation prize for being there . . . Do I want a trophy for showing up or do I want first prize?
2. What that looks like
a. Say God has called you to come to the front to get something, you are attacked on the way and fall to the ground, scuffed and battered but there on the ground you praise The Lord for your life and find $5 under the chair. Well, that's all fine and good but had you gotten up and come to the front after your fall you would have gotten $100.00
ii. It is at this point in our journey that we have to really decide what we believe, not just what we SAY we belive but what is really deep down in our hearts. Do we accept what we are getting handed or do we step up in faith and fight with our prayers!
5. Take A Stand - What Is My Part
a. Ezekiel 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. KJV
i. Jesus stands in the gap for Peter - Intercedes for him
1. Luke 22:31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. KJV
b. I have to get to the place where I KNOW that my prayers change things!
Journey of Paul on the way to Rom
'Count it all joy
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