James 5.16-18 A man can do Our daily more in 4 hours, prayers, - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

James 5.16-18

“A man can do “Our daily more in 4 hours, prayers, lessen after investing 1 our daily in prayer, than 5 worries” hours without praying”. Dr Cyril J Barber Jorge Muller ✓ “… pray without ceasing ” (I Thes 5.17) ✓ “… our Father …”(Mathew 6.9-13)

“When we act, “Prayer is a we reap the fruit powerful tool, of our work. not to have When we pray, men’s will done we reap the in heaven, but to fruits of God’s have the will of work” God done on earth”. Max Lucado Robert Law

41 Now Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.” 42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees. 43 He said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked and said, “There is nothing.” And he said, “Go back” seven times. 44 It came about at the seventh time, that he said, “Behold, a cloud as small as a man’s hand is coming up from the sea .” I Kings 18.41-44

Intimacy (v.41 ) “… after many days, the Word “ Now Elijah said of Lord came to to Ahab: As the Elijah saying: go, Lord, the God of show yourself to Israel lives, Ahab, and I will before whom I send rain on the stand …”. face of the earth ” I Kings 17.1 I Kings 18.1

Trust (v.41 ) “ So faith comes “ …does not form hearing, return to me and hearing by empty, without the word of accomplishing Christ ” what I desire… ”. Romans 10.17 Isaiah 55.11 FAITH = BELIEVE + TRUST

22 And Jesus *answered saying to them, “Have faith in God. 23 Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. 24 Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you” . Mark 11.22-24

Objectivity (v. 42 ) “ Blessed be the God and Father “ So we fasted of our Lord Jesus and sought our Christ, who has God concerning blessed us with this matter, and all spiritual He listened to blessings in our entreaty ”. Christ ” Ezra 8.23 Ephesians 1.3 Vague prayers – vague answers Specific prayers– specific answers

Expectancy (v.42 ) “The great tragedy is not prayers that have not been answered, but prayers that have not been made”. F .B.Meyer

Insistence (v.43,44 ) We should always pray, not until God hears us, but until we can hear God. Nothing is beyond the reach of prayer, except that which is outside the will of God.

Dependency (v.43 ) “ …but the Spirit “ Whatever you himself ask the Father in intercedes for us my name, I will with groanings do it ” too deep for words ”. John 14.13 Romans 8.26

Perception (v.44 ) “ God spoke once or twice, but no one notices it ” Job 33.14 Whenever God desires to accomplish something, He calls His people to pray! Charles Spurgeon