GOD IS SOVEREIGN 5: PRAYER MATTERS
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Prayer Matters
a) Why pray when God is sovereign? Because our prayers are talking to God. Who has a friend who they never, ever talk too?
b) Praying is talking to God and how can God know the desires and your petitions of your heart unless you tell Him. Yes, He already knows what you need, but He still wants you to speak with Him.
c) Prayers do not change God’s mind so much as they change our mind. We begin to pray for God’s will to be done and then God’s will becomes our will and our prayers match it. Prayers for the lost, prayers for those in our church, prayers for those in need, prayers for family, friends, co-workers, and the many who will perish unless they know Christ.
d) Prayers are vital for us and those of our church and for the many who do not know Jesus Christ yet. Why else would James say that we are to “confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed?” and “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective” (James 6:16). God “listens to the godly man who does his will” (John 9:31). Simon the sorcerer must have believed in prayer for he begged Peter to “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me” (Acts 9:24).
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1. Prayer Mattersa) Why pray when God is sovereign? Because our prayers are talking to God. Who has a friend who they never, ever talk too?
b) Praying is talking to God and how can God know the desires and your petitions of your heart unless you tell Him. Yes, He already knows what you need, but He still wants you to speak with Him.
c) Prayers do not change God’s mind so much as they change our mind. We begin to pray for God’s will to be done and then God’s will becomes our will and our prayers match it. Prayers for the lost, prayers for those in our church, prayers for those in need, prayers for family, friends, co-workers, and the many who will perish unless they know Christ.
d) Prayers are vital for us and those of our church and for the many who do not know Jesus Christ yet. Why else would James say that we are to “confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed?” and “The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective” (James 6:16). God “listens to the godly man who does his will” (John 9:31). Simon the sorcerer must have believed in prayer for he begged Peter to “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me” (Acts 9:24).
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