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7 People Who Ought To Pray
I Sam. 12:23
"Call unto
me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty
things, which thou knowest not."--Jer. 33:3.
Old
testament:
Moses cried
out to God, and God spared
Joshua's prayer made the sun stand still.
Hannah's prayer was
answered with a baby boy.
Solomon got wisdom in answer to his
prayer.
Jonah's prayer brought him out of the belly of the whale.
Fire came down from Heaven when Elijah prayed and devoured the
sacrifice on
New
testament:
Ten lepers
prayed and were instantaneously healed.
Peter
prayed,
and Dorcas arose from the dead.
The thief on the cross
prayed
and was saved immediately. The
early church prayed, and the
place
was shaken where they were gathered together.
Peter got out
of jail
in answer to the early Christians' prayers.
The door of the
Philippian jail fell off when Paul and Silas prayed.
So, why
don’t we really pray?
It is
fascinating to read of the accounts of the prayers of the saints of
God in
the Bible. But don’t we serve
the same God? Shouldn’t we also
pray?
Church
history books will stir up your soul, too, as you read
how God
answered the prayers of George Mueller of
Brainerd of
believed the Bible and got the power of God through answered
prayer.
They called upon God, and He answered them and showed them
great
and mighty things which they knew not.
It was
Abraham Lincoln who said, "Many times I have been forced
to my
knees, realizing there was simply no other place to go."
George
Washington met the crisis of
prayer.
In a speech to the Constitutional Convention, Benjamin
guidance and protection that they had offered.
Stonewall Jackson
said,
"I have so fixed the habit in my mind that I never raise a
glass
of water to my lips without lifting my heart to God in thanks
and
prayer for the Water of Life."
The Bible is
filled with promises to modern-day Christians, and
God
still promises to hear and answer prayer.
We read in
John
name,
that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
If ye
shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it."
John 15:7
says, "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you,
ye
shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you."
First John
him,
because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are
pleasing in his sight."
First John
5:14,15 tells us, "And this is the confidence that
we have
in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he
heareth
us: And if we know that he hears
us, whatsoever we ask, we
know
that we have the petitions that we desired of him."
Matthew 7:7
reads, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and
ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
In Matthew
ask in
prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
James
man
availeth much."
In James 4:2
we are told, "Ye have not, because ye ask not."
1.
People in Trouble Ought to Pray.
The psalmist said,
"This
poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of
all his
troubles" (Ps. 34:6).
2.
People Who Need Wisdom Ought to Pray.
"If any of you
lack
wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally,
and
upbraideth not; and it shall be given him" (James 1:5).
3.
People Who Need Power Ought to Pray.
Jesus said, "If a
son
shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him
a
stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Or if
he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion?
If ye
then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children:
how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to
them
that ask him?" (Luke 11:11-13).
4.
People Who Want Revival Ought to Pray.
"If my people,
which
are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and
seek my
face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from
heaven,
and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land" (II
Chron.
7:14).
5.
People Who Want Cleansing Ought to Pray.
David prayed,
"Search
me, O God, and know my heart:
try me, and know my
thoughts: And see if there be
any wicked way in me, and lead me in
the way
everlasting" (Ps. 139:23,24).
6.
People Who Want to Know God's Way Ought to Pray.
Moses
prayed,
"Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy
sight,
shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find
grace
in thy sight: and consider that
this nation is thy people"
(Exod.
33:13).
7.
People Who Want to Be Saved Ought to Pray.
Peter cried
out,
"Lord, save me" (Matt.
to
"Pray without ceasing" (I Thess.
always
to pray, and not to faint" (Luke 18:1).
Someone has
said, "God waits to do the will of praying men."
Remember that prayer is the Christian's greatest privilege.
It is
his
greatest tool, his greatest weapon and his greatest
opportunity. It is the key to
God's storehouse, the switch to God's
power
station and the greatest work in which one can become
involved.
May all of us
say, with Samuel, "God forbid that I should sin
against
the Lord in ceasing to pray for you" (I Sam.
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