ALWAYS PRAY: Men Should Always Pray (Part 1) (June 29, 2018) Keith Moore

turn please in the scriptures to the Book of Luke Luke chapter 18 in checking my heart about this evening I believe I'm impressed this direction Luke chapter 18 and I'm not going to read I don't think I am the entire passage here just the first verse just the first verse it says and he Jesus spoke a parable to them to this end that men ought always to pray and not to faint now without reading the rest of what he said to them what was the purpose of him telling them these following verses and accounts it was so that men and that's male and female would what ought always to pray and not faint did the Lord instruct us to always pray and not faint put up the Youngs literal translation if you would says it very similar it said he he spoke also a simile to them that it behoove ahthe us how many think it behooves and it benefits mm-hmm we ought to and it does is good when's the last time you use that word in a conversation I think it behooves me or behooves you it behooves us always to pray and not to faint these are the words of the head of the church the master we ought to and it behooves us to always pray and not faint look at the amplified of this also Jesus told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward not to turn Yeller as they might hear in the westerns turn coward faint lose heart give up so here we see what it means when you do stop praying it means you went coward Wow when's the last time you thought about that I mean that's or you could just sound like this you gave up right you quit praying about it why did you quit praying about you gave up you quit you King James and others said fainted which means you you got weak you read the side you threw up your hands and basically said no need to be praying about that anymore nothing's gonna happen doesn't make any difference you gave up the Lord said that's the opposite of continuing to pray look with me in 1st Thessalonians 5:17 I want to establish a foundation so give a few verses to establish this before we go further what is first Timothy 5:17 say pray without ceasing or we'd say without stopping pray without stopping young's literal says continually pray ye now obviously you don't pray every breath you take it's not one long unceasing prayer 24/7 I mean your sleep part of the time your eating part of the time you're getting dressed part of the time you're at work part of the time so what's he talking about prayer is a way of life and we never get to the place where we say we're done praying we're not praying anymore we pray without stopping we pray as a matter of lifestyle sit out loud pray without stopping without stopping what without stopping praying prayer jesus said you ought always to pray and not give up and here in the first Thessalonians that says pray without ceasing look at Ephesians 6:18 here's three witnesses the Bible said in the mouth of two or three witnesses let every word be established here's number three if he's in 6:18 says what praying always with all prayer and supplication in the spirit and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for All Saints that's a lot of all right all perseverance and supplication for All Saints well you couldn't get that done in one afternoon praying or in five minutes during a church service and how pray tell could you pray for All Saints hiding the word could you pray for All Saints well it would take faith but also thank god there's supernatural ability in the spirit filled life to do this which cannot be done naturally so we got three verses that tell us to pray all the time hmm I'm gonna believe this is the Bible this is right pray and keep bowing pray pray as a matter of lifestyle a way of life and don't just you know pray a lot for a little bit and then go for days and weeks and don't pray and then get to where you don't you know you go for weeks and don't pray go for months and don't pray you we're gonna be missing out big time if we do that we're supposed to pray everyday how many think that would be another way of saying pray without stopping pray you pray every day you pray every day set out lie pray every day every day pray pray so then you can check up did you pray today did you pray today well why do we need to pray because there's you know people can take parts of a verse or a phrase and twist it and like one individual my father in the faith Kenneth Hagin senior who's in heaven now he said a lady came to him and quoted Romans eight where it talks about the Spirit helps our infirmities our weaknesses in that he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God Romans eight and she's told brother Hagin she said you know since I found out that the Holy Spirit does my praying for me I don't do much praying anymore is that what he meant is that what he said since I found out the Holy Spirit did my praying for me well how many understand you must not take a half of a verse you don't understand and ignore all these other scriptures that are telling you to pray or a correct understanding of the word is going to agree with other parts of the word that's why the scripture talks about rightly dividing the word of truth how do you rightly divide a scripture with other scriptures that's how you do it which is why everybody at faith Life Church reads their chapter every day Monday through Friday that you can read all you want to be on that but you do that as a minimum and he says what is that what is that go by the information booth after church and they'll give you a card that tells you what chapter we're on it's interesting that if you'll read one chapter in the New Testament Monday through Friday in one year's time you have read the entire New Testament it works out perfect and so if you hadn't done that join us you're not far off from the beginning we're still in the Gospel accounts so join us and if you fell off the wagon and got behind that's all right you know don't feel like I have to catch everything up it wouldn't hurt you to catch everything up but you can just start with us on Monday where we are and how long does it take to read a chapter not very long but when you do it now give it your full attention do not allow yourself to be interrupted with texts and emails and phone calls and all that kind of stuff we are a perpetually distracted generation because of all of our devices when I say we I'm just speaking about the whole I choose not to be how about you you can have times when you are not distracted by technology and you need it it's there they have a switch on Oh ffs have you add maybe yours has never been Oh ffs but try it out to see if it works help your neighbor give them a little clue you don't look at punch them say Oh ffs give them a little help oh ffs try it sometime three three places we see already and there there more that took just a few minutes pray men ought always to pray pray without ceasing praying always with all prayer set outloud praying always pray without ceasing go with me if you would to the gospel account of Matthew and actually I tell you what we'll do it we'll do it like this we're starting mark and we'll work our way back to Matthew mark 1:35 I want us to observe how Jesus did this because there's there's never a better example than him did Jesus pray did it a little bit or a lot hmm let's remind ourselves mark 1:35 in the morning rising up a great while before day that's a long time before daylight he he Jesus went out departed into a solitary place everybody say no distractions and what did he do he prayed he got up early on this occasion and perhaps this is something I shouldn't say perhaps I think you can conclude that this is whistles a practice of his that he got up and went out before anybody bothered him and he prayed to a solitary place where he was not being bothered and he prayed did Jesus pray did he do something for no reason I mean so he must have known that he needed to pray and if he needs to pray we need to pray come on say it out loud if Jesus needs to pray Jesus if he needed to pray we need to pray the Bible talks about Jesus said the servant is not above his master but everyone that is perfected or developed will be as the master and you won't we won't you know we all want to get results like Jesus God but you won't be able to get the results Jesus God unless you do what he did right you got to be willing to do what he did if you want to see results like he had and he's doing what he's doing as a man he's not doing this as God that's pretty obvious he's not operating in omniscience knowing everything or he wouldn't have to seek God about things come on can you see this the Bible said that when he was baptized in the River Jordan came up out of the water praying said he was praying when that was going on that the Spirit came on him in a bodily shape and form as a dove and he was anointed with the spirit and immediately you begin to see mighty works happen in his life they didn't happen prior to that if he's operating as God the anointed to be anointed you're with me friends but since he did like Philippians talks about he emptied himself he laid aside his mighty weight and power and glory and became like other men well then he had have to be anointed for these kind of things to happen and so Jesus is giving us an example of how to live how to function he's doing this as a man somebody said out loud I can I can't pray like Jesus pray can you you know what else you can do you can hear from the Father like Jesus heard from the father this is big you believe this is big this is big I can pray like Jesus prayed if I will and I can hear from heaven I can hear from the Father like Jesus did thank you not just praying for no reason but praying and getting response and getting results he's not just out there being religious is he he's communing with the father we're gonna see that more clearly here in just a moment he's getting direction for what to do that day and what to do beyond that he's getting direction but we we got to take time and pull pull apart shut off everything Matthew 5 well let me just stop right here you'll notice on it's been that way with me and I've heard a lot of other people say the same thing a lot of times I'll get things early in the morning before I'm really a fully awake and what you see is that it's God's opportune time to communicate with us before our head fully kicks in here because he's God is a spirit not a head not just a mind and so he endeavors to communicate with our spirit and your head can be so noisy and your body can be so noisy that it it overpowers and drowns out what you should be getting in your spirit how many remember proverbs 3 talks about trust the Lord with all your heart and what don't lean lean not to your understanding we're to use our minds we're to use our understanding but we're not to let it lead us when it comes time to make the decision we don't base the decision on analysis on logic on reason on statistics on any of that that you might get out of your head we are led by the Spirit of God on the inside of us often that will be contrary to the info you have at the moment right but the one who knows everything lives inside you and the one who knows the future lives inside you and if we're wise we'll trust him and follow him but can you see what an advantage it would be what what it how much it would give place to him if we take times out of our day and our night where we don't have anything else going on and we're communing with him and you do it enough till you get your mind quiet come on ER with me can you see how we'd be hearing more amen we'd be getting more we'd be operating like Jesus did that appealed anybody uh go with me to Matthew actually I tell you what in stead of do and I just go to Luke for time sake this is a recorded in both of these places in Luke 6 verse 12 Luke 6:12 did Jesus pray did he pray a lot said out loud if Jesus needed to pray I need to pray and you need to pray right if he needed to pray we need to pray it came to pass Luke 6:12 in those days that he Jesus went out into a mountain to do what to pray and on this occasion what did he do he continued all night in prayer to God now they had no electricity back then and so you know they're not sitting up till midnight watching the TV and when it got dark you know you can light a candle or oil lantern or something and you can do a few things but most people not too long after dark probably made their way to bed and then thought they also got up early probably about daylight and so Jesus went out to pray and he continued praying so this probably was early you know if you when he started the this is ours without question ours that he's out there prayer didn't he the son of God yes huh it's not a trick question didn't he the son of God why'd he need to pray for hours huh well we've already said he's functioning as a man right well I mean Jesus has no he's not praying over the sin in his life there's none he's not trying to pray through and get right with the Father and yet he's praying for hours you know maybe eight hours here maybe more all night long he's praying why about what why would Jesus need to pray for eight hours where we're about to see some things I'm don't don't give up then what he said pray and don't quit don't don't faint why why would he need to it's not because you have to beg God to answer you and obviously Jesus is not dull and slow he's not hindered by sin by anything wrong in his heart why would he need to keep praying like this for this length of time because of where we are we're on the earth that is fallen and cursed and dark and the scripture said we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities against powers against the rulers of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in heavenly places but what's the issue the enemy will try to obscure will try to hinder is the word you see used Paul himself said and one of the epistles he said we I would have come to you more than once but Satan hindered us do you hear that is Paul a strong man of faith some people today with said well why did you let the devil hinder you boy it just means you don't know what you're talking about didn't notice what it didn't say he didn't say he stopped him right didn't say stopped him and if we won't give up and quit which is one of the Lord said you don't always to pray and don't quit so much they don't quit don't quit don't quit if you pray for an hour and you don't get what you're looking for help me out help me out don't quit if you pray for three hours but you don't have what you're looking for help me out come on what you do is don't quit you don't quit what if I prayed quite a bit yesterday and I still am not clear on it what do you do you pray today is that right can you begin to see this pray and don't stop pray without ceasing pray always with all kinds of prayer why it's not that God is saying you know I'm a waiter why I want to see how long they'll go huh he's a good father what's going on it's because of this sin filled curse filled death filled devil filled place we live now we're born here and this is all we know we think it's pretty good and even in its fallen state it's amazing to see the beauty that remains but it's cursed it's fallen if we could see it before it fell why we'd know the difference and what are these days and it won't be too long one of these days there's gonna be a new heavens and a new earth have you read in the book of Revelation wherein is no curse we never been in a place like that we've never been in a place like that it is gonna be some kind of wonderful no curse no pain no sorrow no crying no dying I'm quoting scripture from Revelation do you believe this or not Christian do we live in a place like that now no no we don't it's a dark place it's a cursed field place and that's why you don't have to be overly sad when it's come time to go you're like hey I'm blowing this popsicle stand I'm I'm out of here man but don't leave early you got a job to do and we even told to endure hardness as good soldiers we need to be willing to put up with some stuff to get our job done and part of that involves praying and keep on praying hmm much as it takes long as it say I want you to see something that was going on with I'm not saying this is the only thing was happening here but let's read it again and read the very next verse he said in verse 12 I believe it was he came to pass in those days Jesus went out to a mountain to pray and continued all night in prayer to God and look what he did that morning just minutes or hours later and when it was day he called to him his disciples and of them he chose twelve whom also he named apostles reckon there's any connection between him praying all night and knowing which ones to pick for the twelve oh come on can you see this is this important it is it important that we get get them right 12 out of 12 is it important we don't go oops you know I don't know that he should have been in there because the Bible tells us among other things that the foundation in the wall of heaven has the names of the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb I mean this is pretty big stuff right Peter James John Matthew who's that guy but Jesus should have prayed a little bit longer than I guess I know somebody say 12 out of 12 coming to believe he got him all right exactly right how did he get him all right hmm listen well he's God he knew everything no that can't be right He is God he didn't stop being God but he became the scripture said like other men if he's functioning in omniscience why would he need to pray all night long come on can you see this there would be no need for him to pray all night long but it's obvious and the scriptures reveal it he's functioning as a man anointed by the Holy Spirit thank God he's given us that same spirit and said out loud again I can pray like Jesus pray and I can hear from the father like Jesus heard from the father like Jesus heard from the father this is big isn't it I mean these men what part did they play in the beginning of days of the church what part do they play to this day I mean we got parts of our Bible named Peter right first and second Peter right I mean these this is the eternal plan of God and there was a time when they were not the twelve that night they were not the Twelve Apostles of the Lamb yes how'd they become that Jesus got by itself while they're all sleeping can you see that got out by itself and he prayed and he prayed and he prayed and he just commune with God all night long now when you get in the spirit time passes and you're not keeping up with you know you know when when you prayed prayed prayed prayed it seem like it's been an hour you look at your watch have been five minutes you're in the flesh you're not in the spirit much yet or at all but man you get the praying and get in the spirit you get for lack of a better term you get caught up yes you get more aware of God and his presence and what you're talking to him about and it can seem like it's been five minutes and it's been two hours so I wouldn't be surprised that Jesus started praying and and after a while he looks up and Suns coming up because I I don't think he struggled so much in the flesh he had flesh to deal with but not being disobedient and not having sin all those kind of things you get there quicker right easier more direct doesn't mean we can't get there you might say well I'm gonna pray like that because I've sinned a bunch thank God for the blood because of the blood you can pray as though you'd never sinned neither washed or you're not neither forgiven and clean are you not I've had people say yeah but preacher you don't know what I've done I said yeah you don't know how powerful the blood is the blood thank God ken has does wash us cleanse us so that we can approach the throne of God boldly like we got a right to be there because by the blood we do that's how Jesus prayed bold righteous without sin without condemnation but he still needed to pray and so after all night praying Sun came up he knew what to do and he knew who come on can you see this he knew what he knew who he knew where he knew how it's good to know that was weak how many think it's good oh oh it's so good to know and and and if this is all you came for in the message tonight this is it right here quiet do so many good church-going people not know they don't pray don't pray whether it's you or me why do so many people not know so much and the problem is you can get used to not knowing and you can believe lies but nobody really knows so we just bump along through life and don't know and some people say well God's in control anyway and so whatever is going to happen gonna happen you know whether we well then why even pray he's gonna do what he's gonna do no matter what you do if it's already said there's no need to pray but that's a lie Jesus prayed I said Jesus prayed he prayed a lot why would he need to pray if the father's gonna do what he's gonna do no matter what no truth is we didn't get the plan of God right things that should happen that wouldn't have happened will happen if we seek Him and don't give up till we get what we're supposed to get and then notice the very I mean within hours of him praying all night long he called a meeting is that right staff meeting somebody says where's Jesus I didn't hear him get up he didn't come to breakfast what's going on he starts calling names because he got a list in prayer is this worth praying for you oh my my Oh hallelujah I'm excited about this right now are you excited about this friends we can know so much more than we have known if we're willing to pray we don't have to bump through oblivious wondering its torment to not know what you need to know right do I go or not go do I buy this one or not buy this one do we is this the home as it's not the home is is that the one to marry or not to marry I mean do I then go to school on this so don't go to school on this is this the job it's not the job too many church-going people just wing it know what I mean by that you know they might pray a prayer this long oh god help me your will be done okay thanks what are we gonna do what do you think you haven't heard you don't know and you gotta persevere through all the noise all the noise in the world all the noise in your head come on here with me and you may need to state I shouldn't say may you will need to stay with it for links of times you and me will need to stay with it for links of times until we get to the place where we are still and we know he is God we don't have to hear an audible voice we don't have to see a vision but we can know somebody say no no no no no we can know on the inside of us by the anointing of the Holy Spirit first John 2 talks about this first John 2:20 would you put that up please first John 2:20 you have an unction that's the word for anointing you have an anointing from the Holy One and what you what you know oh it's good to know I said it's good to know no before you go right don't just go and see what happens something bad can happen right you be at the wrong place at the wrong time what if Jesus had been like a lot of people today the father prompted him you need to pray spend some time with me and get some direction on this he thought oh well God's gonna do what he's gonna do and he slept all night ate a big breakfast and said you know we need some apostles who wants to do it because you know God loves all of us yeah right God loves all of us the same right and we need to be inclusive and not exclude anybody I tell you what let's just all be apostles we can just all be it why stop at 12 now you're laughing but people do things like this just based on reasoning just based on randomness God is not a random God he calls all the stars by name we don't have a clue how many there are he's got them all named he keeps track of the number of hairs on your head you know how many there are within a hundred do you know within a hundred ain't got a clue you might know there's less than there used to be but if it didn't matter God wouldn't keep up with all that and if he didn't care he wouldn't keep up with all that no all this looseness all this it doesn't matter God doesn't care he used to care do you read the scriptures he used to care about details he used to care about things when did he change he didn't change men have changed and it's not about being legalistic and being in fear it's just about getting to know who he is and how he thinks and how he functions and how operates and I'm pretty sure if he was too loose with physics this thing wouldn't work right if he was too loose with about gravity and stars and orbit I reckon this thing had come apart like a cheap watch details matter precision matters hmm let's say the doctors working on you surgeons working on you you want him to be precise huh what are we supposed to take out today this I think this other stuff can come out to let you know I mean which side you know whatever deal with your surgeon saying whatever in the middle of your procedure I think what do you think I guess to be okay yeah just patch it up huh things that matter should be precise everything that matters should be precise to get the most out of it for it to work for it to work properly Jesus the master my hero is he your hero he what do you mean he eating my hero he did everything perfect I want to do it like he did it I can learn I can be his disciple I am his disciple and I can learn to function like he functioned but I needn't think I can ignore how he did it and get the same results the service not above the master I'm if I'm gonna get results like he got I got to do what he did I got to do it the way he did it and one thing he did was pray he prayed he prayed a lot and he heard he got answers he heard from the father remember he sums up his entire ministry by saying I only say what I hear the father say only do what to see him do then praying all night you gonna hear some things right you gonna see some things obviously he saw himself appointing these twelve as he prayed I don't mean he's caught up in an open vision you don't have to be you can see it in your heart what we call your mind's eye come on hang out with me if you'll get quiet long enough pray long enough you start seeing that I mean this has happened to myself this happened to Phyllis this happened us many many times the results you see in ministry that's how they've come out you you see you see it happening I'm not even talking about an open vision now just in your heart and what you might call your mind's eye you see yourself doing this see yourself going over here you see yourself being involved in this and the more you pray about it the more you know we have an unction of the Holy One if you're not sure what do you do don't give up don't give up Mac like you can't know you can't know you can know you can be sure you can be detailed if you're willing to stay with it keep praying keep communing with him we don't need to stop with with a part of it I feel like I should do this and then run ask somebody else how do you do that what do you think of it no you didn't stay long enough you get an inkling of what you should do you need to stay and find out when come on are y'all with me find out where find out how right with whom you need to get the rest of it need to get the rest of it Jesus got it he knew exactly who was one two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven twelve not eleven not 13 not this one instead of that one there was no ambiguity there was no discussion there was no committees or you didn't hear me [Laughter] there was no vetting there was no process excuse me there was a process he just went through it last night come on Rico with me but there was no man-made process there was no wrangling there was no fussing there was no voting come on can you see this did he get it right yes exactly it's still right today thousands of years later it'll still be right thousand years from now when you go by the base of the wall in the new city and read their names it'll be right it's right forever that's worth a few hours one night that's worth a few hours one night to get something right the rest of your life and even eternity that's easily worth missing some sleep you can take a nap that afternoon right you'll be okay did I lose somebody hallelujah somebody say thank you lord thank you lord thank you lord praise God praise God praise God go with me to James five James five he's talking about prayer he's talking about healing and then he expands to more about prayer just in general James v we'll begin reading in verse 13 James 5:13 said is any among you afflicted afflicted means going through trials going through tests challenges is any among you afflicted get counseling huh is any among you going through trials and tests get counseling where is that verse is any among you going through tests and trials and challenges and problems ask other people to pray it says what let him pray let who pray him the hymn that's going through the test and trial let him pray because Him needs to hear right about his situation and it's amazing how people want to do all kinds of stuff except pray I've been with folks before now you know they wanted counseling and I didn't have anything in my heart to counsel with them I said let's just kneel down here and pray and it made him mad they didn't come for prayer well that's the problem because no matter what I might say it's not gonna change this right and he said if you're going through some stuff let him pray there's a lot of praying my friend that nobody can do for you you can try to put it off on them but it's not gonna work and I'm not saying nobody can pray for you you know they can but there's some praying people can't do for you there's some things that are personal and the only you can do and it depends on your condition I mean you know if you're able to do your laundry don't ask me to do it for do your own laundry right on me if now you know if you're laid up and you can't do your laundry I might might do your laundry for you but if you're able to mow your own grass right if you're able to vacuum your own floor well turn in requests for other people to vacuum your floor oh I love somebody too many people turning in requests for prayer that won't pray for their self and it doesn't work I said it doesn't work God's not gonna give them answers that he'll only give you some things are personal they're private they're between you and him you're only going to get them when you pray somebody say let him pray let him pray is that he Mary let him sing songs songs she'd be like me if I came up and said you know I'm happy you saying okay can you see both of these are the same kind of thing I'm in trouble you pray it's the same as saying I feel great same you same know if you're married let him everybody say let him let him not hurt under word underline those two words let him you happy you say you going through some stuff you pray not to say I can't pray for you and other people can't pray for you but we can't do your praying for you I've had men tell me often times say well you know my wife's the prayer in the family I said she can't do your praying for you thank god she's a praetor and a good one but she can't do your praying for you nobody can and if you try to turn it over to two other people what's going to happen is you're not gonna know there's so much stuff you're not gonna know you're gonna bump along and you're gonna make mistake after mistake after mistake because you hadn't heard from him and the Lord's merciful but there's no reason to make all these mistakes when we can seek Him and wait on him and get Direction get answers is it possible that we can pray and pray extra for you if you need to pray all night I'm gonna stand some big things and big moves in life I mean pray and I'll not be a small thing right to get it right yeah to get your marriage right to get your job in career right Church you go to the ministry involved it get it right that's nothing like I said you can take it after noon app be great uh but we can know is it possible just like Jesus prayed all night and he knew exactly who to pick what position to place of man what to do going forward can we know something like that is it possible for us to pray like he prayed and know like he knew yes we've got other scripture says you haven't you have an unction of the Holy One and you know all things you need to know keep going verse 14 he talks about the sick is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the church let them pray over him now this implies if you look up these word it implies somebody that's in bad shape that might not be able to pray for their self and in this case thank God you can let them pray over him anointing him with all in the name of the Lord verse 15 and the prayer of faith there's a lot about prayers here in their prayer prayer prayer the prayer of faith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him up and if he's committed sins they'll be forgiven him and you can see while the Spirit of God is talking about prayer verse 16 he goes into prayer in a broader sense now he says confess your faults one to another and what pray pray one for another that you may be healed the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much do we need to pray jesus prayed do we need to pray yes will it do any good well all this praying do any good he said the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails you might say accomplishes much we're going to see that another translation just a moment keep reading he gives an example of Elijah the greek to english cause it elias but somewhat Elijah was a man subject to like passions as we are now this was a whole sermon right here Elijah didn't float on clouds huh Elijah got hungry just like you do Elijah had feelings that weren't wonderful just like you do hmm in fact he read the whole story when Jezebel was after him to kill him you know he ran away remember that and ask God to let him die let him come home he said I'm the last one left Lord you know I'm the only one you got left down here just take me on home take me home take me you just take me home and the Lord sent you not the last one I got thousands that haven't bowed the knee to bail so Elijah was having a bad day right I'm not I'm not bringing it up the scripture brought it up that he's a man subject to like passions and feelings as us and he prayed earnestly so I reckon this wasn't a 3-minute prayer maybe and if you read the passage you'll find that there was more involved that it what might not rain and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months here the scripture is attributing that entire part of the world's climate was affected for three and a half years because this man prayed we believe the Bible or not climates pretty big deal the atmosphere wind currents rainfall all of this over a over a space of hundreds of miles you got to include thousands of miles when you figure where it comes from and how it blows through no scientist has figured out how to control it yet God said prayer can control it he's bringing it up in he brought it up because he's talking about prayer he said the effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much and then he wants to give you an example of what he's talking about and I'd you prayed and infected the climate of the whole region not for a week three and a half years verse 18 and then he prayed again and heaven gave rain and the earth brought forth her fruit a lot of people don't believe this they mock they make fun they wouldn't leave if the churches got together and prayed that would it would affect the weather for a half a day they think it's ridiculous they think we're just poor ignorant folks that need the crunch of religion I want to boldly declare the Lord spared this place from a hurricane you believe it or not now I know some people didn't get affected but it would have been were you here did you see what was going on did you hear it something happened something happened God gutted that thing is that right dry air flowed into that thing and cut the life out of it over the Gulf the Gulf is not drier right I mean all the natural things it should have been fueled it should have been a monster like it was down in the islands maybe more God spared us I said he spared us spared I know some some folks got hurt but he could have been a lot worse could have been a lot worse was any prayer involved it you think it man you were there I mean when we stood up in Branson we all prayed together we released our faith big sister was hooked with you yeah you can be hooked with him to hunt up on another occasion but many have come to the place where they don't believe this they don't believe that a prayer would affect the weather they just think folks are imagining things but I believe the Bible and I and I know from some small experience I've seen the Lord do it over and over and over again you have not because you didn't ask and because you didn't use your authority no let's read it again verse 15 excuse me verse 16 and I put this up in the amplified please James 5:16 confess you to one another your faults pray for one another that you may be healed and restored the earnest heartfelt continued there it is again pray without ceasing prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available dynamic in its working what kind of power does it take to control what's the atmosphere go up to ninety thousand feet over the space of hundreds and hundreds of miles what kind of forces you're talking about what kind of power you're talking about yeah a prayer can change that if a prayer oh come on are you listening or not if a prayer can change the flow and operation of trillions of cubic feet of space and moisture content and air flows and jet currents and all that why couldn't a prayer adjust your kidney huh or affect your blood pressure or your heart or your finances all friends we got we got so much available to us that we haven't been fully utilizing the prior earnest so you're not playing around heartfelt continued you don't just do it for 2 minutes and quit prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available that's no exaggeration when you read these next two verses you don't think tremendous powers are available and made effect in that then you're not paying attention tremendous come on sit out loud tremendous tremendous power available so just in our first lesson here tonight on this we've seen two big things prayer made available tremendous knowledge can you see it can you see that knowing the plan of God knowing who where when how also here we see prayer makes tremendous power available knowledge knowledge of the plan of God knowledge of what to do and power tremendous power I reckon we ought to do some more prayin what do you think things what do you think makes tremendous power available verse 17 Elisha was a human being with the nature such as we have feelings affections Constitution like ours he prayed earnestly for it not to rain and what happened it didn't rain for three years and 6 months verse 18 then he prayed again and the heavens supplied rain and the land produced his crops as usual no matter what scientists and skeptics may say I believe this how about you and the Bible's reminding us he is not somebody who is above everything and couldn't relate to you he's not some superhuman being that wouldn't understand how you operate he's just like us can you see what he's saying just like you got feelings got issues made mistakes had a rough day just like you what's he telling us you can pray like this too you can get results like this to stand on your feet everybody oh thank you Father thank you Father you may want to hurry and get home and and pray you may get going real good and want to pray a long time yes hallelujah let's do something right now right we can pray with our understanding we can pray with the spirit we're gonna be talking about that later so if that's new to you we're gonna be talking about that such a wonderful wonderful amazing component to our prayer life lift up your voice set out loud father God we love you we're so glad to be your children to be your family we're thankful that we can come boldly to your throne we can pray we can talk to you you will hear us you will answer us show us how Jesus prayed how Elijah prayed how Paul prayed how we are to pray help us to get rid of any wrong thinking wrong believing wrong ideas about prayer enlighten us teach us illuminate our understanding in our heart fill us with the knowledge of your will concerning all these things in all wisdom and spiritual understanding teach us to pray and we'll be glad to respond and draw near to you let you draw near to us and commune with you commune with your spirit even as Jesus did hallelujah pray in the spirit

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Published: Fri Aug 31 2018