Back To The Basics: Accurate Prayer

[Music] thank you for joining me again today i'm jerry savelle this is back to the basics and once again i appreciate you watching and i want to say again thank you for responding thank you for letting us know how much you're enjoying these broadcasts and thank you for letting me know that they're really helping you that's what it's all about as i've said on previous programs the reason we're doing this is because the holy spirit impressed upon me about how many new people are coming into the kingdom of god every day and many have never heard these basic principles before so if you're one of those people i want to encourage you follow me every time this program comes on and i'm telling you once you begin to learn the basic principles of how to live by faith then you're going to see a change in your life that you are going to be thrilled about i've said it many times and i'll keep right on saying it i thank god that 52 years ago he sent kenneth copeland to shreveport louisiana who first who i was he was the first i'd like to say i'm trying to say it he was the first that i heard teach on the word of faith and from that moment when i laid hold upon it it changed my life it's continued to change my life and praise god my life has never been the same today i live in total victory now i'm not saying i don't have any opposition i don't have any adversity i'm not saying you know i've reached the place where the devil doesn't bother me anymore no he still bothers me just like he bothers you he still creates adversity for me just like he does for you but i now know how to overcome the bible says in first john chapter 5 verse 4 and this is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith so i'm going to keep living by faith i'm going to keep applying my faith and i'm going to keep expecting to live in total victory and you can do the same now once again we're going to continue talking about developing an accurate prayer life we've been talking about this over the last few broadcasts and on our previous broadcast we went to john chapter 15 and i want to invite you if you have your bibles to join with me as i read this verse again and and one of them uh just before i read it i want to remind you that the principle that we're talking about now is making god's word his part of your prayer life if you make god's word his part of your prayer life then you can have the assurance that you're always praying correctly you're always praying accurately and you're always praying according to the will of god so john chapter 15 and verse 7 if you abide in me and my words abide in you you shall ask what you will and it shall be done unto you don't you like the sound of that it shall be done unto you notice it didn't say well there's a 50 chance that'll come to pass no thank god it didn't say that it didn't say well sometimes it works and sometimes it does you never know what god might do no it doesn't say that it says if you abide in christ and his words abide in you then you will ask whatever you will and it shall be done unto you that's the guarantee that your prayer will come to pass so once again the key is abiding in christ and his words abiding in you and we talked about this on the previous broadcast i don't want to spend a lot of time because i want got some new material i want to cover but we said that one of the keys to getting the word to abide in you is through meditating the word that means that you think about it you dwell on it you you run it over and over in your thinking until it becomes revelation to you and what happens is it drops down from your head down into your heart and once you get it down into your heart i'm telling you nobody can take it away from you so let's continue and notice as we mentioned on our previous broadcast when you have the word abiding in you and then you know that you have his will abiding in you now let me say this god will never say anything in his word and then will just the opposite if you find in god's word that by his stripes you were healed then it could never be his willing a will rather that you be sick let me say that again if you find in his word that by his stripes you were healed and you will find that in his word then it could never be his will that you be sick so if you pray according to the word if you need healing in your body then you would pray heavenly father your word says that by the stripes of jesus i was healed and so therefore it must be your will that i live in health that i be healed of whatever disease or whatever sickness i'm dealing with right now so i'm basing my prayer on what you've said in your word and therefore i believe my healing will manifest in jesus name see you're praying according to the word now what does the bible say about that first john chapter 5 verse 14 and 15 and this is the confidence that we have in him that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us so once again where do we find out what his will is from his word this is the will of god from genesis to revelation the will of god and if you can find out what he says in his word about your specific situation whether it be healing whether it be finances whether it be lost loved ones whether it be a peace of mind if you can find out what his word says about that specific situation and then you pray accordingly then you have this assurance he hears you but it doesn't stop there verse 15 says and we know or if we know that he hears us then whatsoever we ask we know that we have the petitions desired of him so this this tells us that we can go into prayer with a positive attitude it's not guesswork folks it's not hit and miss it's not maybe he will answer maybe he won't no you can you can have the confidence that god will answer your prayer every time if you pray according to his will and that means if you pray according to his word because you find his will in his word i'm trying to make this just as simply simple as i possibly can and i and i don't want you to miss it his word is his will find out what he says in his word and then pray accordingly now the amplified bible says that you can have settled and absolute knowledge that whatever you pray he will hear you and that he will grant to you as your present possession the request that you made of him absolute knowledge i love that that you can have absolute knowledge that means that there is no guesswork there's no wondering if you heard if he heard you or not and then as far as you're concerned it's just a matter of time and that prayer will be answered now knowing or finding out what his word says about your situation and praying accordingly prevents you from praying amiss as james put it if you have your bible go to james chapter 4 and look at verse 2 the latter part of that verse it says you have not because you ask not and then it goes on to say in verse 3 you ask and receive not because you ask amiss what does that mean what does a myth mean a myth implies praying wrong or praying incorrectly or praying improperly now how would you pray wrong improperly or incorrectly well for instance here's a improper prayer lord if it be your will to heal me see that doesn't line up with the word of god the the word of god already says that by the stripes of jesus you were healed that's in isaiah chapter 53 it's in matthew chapter 8 verse 17. it's in first peter 2 verse 24 see i'm basing my prayer on the word of god which is the will of god so for me to pray lord if it be thy will heal me that's praying amiss he's already stated what his will is and once again he will never say something in his word and then will the opposite another prayer that would be praying amidst lord if it be your will to meet my need well that's praying a miss that's praying incorrectly that's praying uh improperly why because the bible already says in philippians 4 19 my god shall supply all your need according to his riches and glory by christ jesus that means god is very much interested in every need that you have and he is willing to supply those needs amen so don't pray religiously don't pray just because you heard somebody else pray it that way pray your prayers based on what the word of god says and if you do so then you won't pray amiss now the literal meaning for praying amiss is off the mark what do we mean by that off the mark well we could say it this way to not be on target a lot of people pray and they're not on target why because they're not praying according to the word of god or according to the will of god once again i don't know about you but i like to be on target when i pray i like to know that even before i pray even before i go before the father and say father in the name of jesus and before i even present my petition i like to know up front before i pray that i'm going to be on target now if i don't know what the word says if i've not taken the time to to find out what his word says about my situation then i can't be confident i can't i can't be assured that he will hear my prayer and i can't be confident that i'm on target well if i know what the word says then praise god i also know what his will is and then praise god if i know what his word says and i know what his will says or what his will is then i know that i'm always praying and i'm always on target amen i hope i'm i'm making this as simple as i possibly can and i'm i hope that you're getting it amen so notice the literal meaning for praying amiss is to be off the mark or it means to not be on target so you can be on target with your prayers i don't have time for playing around and i don't think you do either my attitude is when i pray i want results i mean why pray if i'm not expecting results and when i pray according to the word of god that i know that i know that i know my prayer will be answered i have the petitions that i've desired of him so you need to understand that the word of god covers the entire spectrum of human existence you're going to find in the bible scriptures that cover spirit soul body socially and financially there are scriptures that cover the entire spectrum of your life now you you it requires you taking the time to find them see i don't like to just pray off the top of my head i don't i don't like to just pray because i heard somebody else pray that way i like to go to the bible first of all find out what his word says and you say well i'm not that i'm not that uh uh educated in the word well get you a strong's concordance and and all you got to do is look up every look up the word healing and it'll give you all those verses pertaining to healing look up the word prosperity it'll give you all the verses that pertain to prosperity look up the word peace it'll give you all the scriptures that pertain to peace you don't have to be a theologian to learn how to pray accurately uh you can get you a concordance and you can look up all those scriptures and i would advise when you look them up write them down make a list of all those scriptures put put on that paper or put on that ipad the title healing and then list all the scriptures that pertain to healing prosperity list all the scriptures that pertain to prosperity peace list all the scriptures that pertain to peace uh you're gonna find that there is a scripture in the bible that covers every area of your life now if you'll take the time to find them and get them down on the inside of you and then pray according to what they say what those scriptures say then you're going to know up front before you ever pray that god will hear you and that he will grant your petitions i'm telling you you can develop an accurate prayer life it's not hard religion makes praying hard but god has made it easy amen so when you take the time to look at what the bible says about any of these things spirit soul body socially financially then once you pray according to what the bible says then you can pray with confidence and i like to say this god always responds to his word i'll say it again god always responds to his word jeremiah chapter 1 and verse 12 it says i will hasten my word to perform it the amplified bible says i am alert i am active and i'm watching over my word to perform it in other words when god hears his word coming out of your mouth it gets his attention and the bible says he's alert he is active and he will watch over his word to perform it what does that mean to perform means to carry it out or to get it done praise god to make it come to pass so once again that's why it's so important to pray god's word because once he hears the word his word coming out of your mouth he is active and he responds to it and he will cause it to come it to come to pass now the bible also says in isaiah chapter 55 and verse 11 so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth it shall not return to me void but it shall accomplish that which i please and it shall prosper in the thing into which i sent it the amplified bible says once the word comes out of god's mouth and you return it to him how do you return it to him by speaking it out of your mouth by praying according to his word then he says it will produce it will prosper the amplified bible says that it will not be unproductive the message translation says it will not come back empty-handed in other words you can always expect results unanswered prayer becomes a thing of the past amen i love that unanswered prayer becomes a thing of the past when you learn to base your prayer on god's word this is what we call making god's word his part of your prayer life now let me close it with this and we'll take it up again on our next broadcast when you when you are applying these principles then you can understand uh why jesus said in the 11th chapter of mark verse 24 why excuse me what things so ever you desire when you pray believe that you receive them and you shall have them now it's easy to believe you receive what you've asked for when you know that you have prayed according to his word let me say that again it's easy to believe that you receive what you've prayed for when you know that you have prayed according to his word so jesus said what things soever you desire when you pray believe you receive them and you shall have them so when i pray according to the word i know i said i know that i have it i know it's just a matter of time and it will come to pass and the moment i say amen to my prayer that's when i believed i received it that's when i know that i know that god heard me and that's when i know that i know that the answer is on its way my prayer will come to pass and you can have that same kind of assurance amen so learn to make god's word his part of your prayer life amen you receive that today listen if you're enjoying this write to me contact us let us know that it's ministering to you and if you have need of someone joining you in prayer prayer for agreement contact our office and there is someone that knows the word that will pray with you and believe god with you for the needs that you have in your life to be fully met in jesus name amen thanks for joining me i'll see you again next time

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Length: 19min 3sec (1143 seconds)

Published: Tue Aug 03 2021