Prayers Answered
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Lost to found
Lost to found
Pray for unbelieving Family and friends will come to faith in Jesus
14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
Don’t be afraid to ask.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
In prayer we
Request
Reclaim
Receive
Rejoice
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
9 And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
24 For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.
Asking God
Submits to his Authority
Expresses our dependence
Acknowledges his presence
We can ask in confidence
Nothing is to big
Nothing is too small
The Key is His will
Jesus understood the will of God
Jesus understood the will of God
5 Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.
The will of God
Was his purpose
Was Why He came
How do we know the will of God in our prayers?
How do we know what to asked?
We are not alone in prayer
We are not alone in prayer
We have
The Holy Spirit
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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.
We have
The Holy Spirit
Jesus Christ
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34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
We have
The Holy Spirit
Jesus Christ
One another
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19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.