THE BENEFITS OF CALLING UPON THE LORD: -JEREMIAH 33:3- “… pray to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you important secrets you have never heard before” New Century Version HOW TO CALL ON THE LORD: 1. IN JESUS NAME: John 16:23-24 “… I tell you the truth, my Father will give you anything you ask for in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy will be the fullest possible joy” NCV 2. ACCORDING TO HIS WILL: 1 John 5:14-15 “And this is the boldness we have in God’s presence: that if we ask God for anything that agrees with what he wants, he hears us. If we know he hears us every time we ask him, we know we have what we ask from him” NCV 3. IN TRUTH: Psalm 145:18 “The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth” (NKJV) 4. WITH THE WHOLE HEART: Psalm 119:145 “I cry out with my whole heart; Hear me, O LORD! I will keep your statutes” THE BENEFITS: 1. GOD WILL ANSWER US: Matthew 7:7; Jeremiah 29:17 Ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door shall be opened “Do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble; Incline your ear to me; In the day that I call, answer me speedily” Psalm 102:2 What the Lord is doing, He will do it speedily as you pray 2. HE SAVES US FROM OUR ENEMIES: Psalm 18:3 “I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies” 3. HE HELPS AND HEALS: Psalm 30:2 “O LORD my God, I cried out to you, And you healed me” 4. HE DELIVERS US OUT OF TROUBLE: Psalm 50:15 “Call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me” Who do you call in trouble? 5. HE RESCUES US IN DISTRESS: Psalm 120:1 “In my distress I cried to the LORD, And He heard me” 6. HE MAKES US BOLD WITH STRENGTH: Psalm 138:3 “In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me bold with strength in my soul” 7. HE REVEALS HIS WILL TO US: Prayer is a two-way traffic- you talk to God and He talks to you JESUS MODEL PRAYER: 1. PRAISE- Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be your name” 2. PURPOSE: “Your Kingdom come, you will be done on earth as it is in heaven” Our purpose is to declare the expansion of the Kingdom of God 3. PROVISION: “Give us this day our daily bread” 4. PARDON: “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who trespass against us” 5. PROTECTION: “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil…”
Posted on: Mon, 16 Sep 2013 13:26:24 +0000
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