Prayer Requests
Kingdom Dynamics on Prayer
Confidence and compassion in Prayer
1 John 5:14-15
5:14 "Now this is the confidence
that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according
to his will, He hears us."
5:15 "And if we know that He hears
us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions
that we have asked of Him."
5:14, 15 - Prayer Is Agreeing With God's
Will, PRAYER. Immature faith tries to manipulate God. It looks for spiritual shortcuts and formulas guaranteed to produce
an answer to any request. It regards prayer as a weapon we use to force God to make His promises. But true prayer
is not a human effort at persuading God or forcing our will on Him. True prayer is founded upon finding and coming into
agreement with God's will (v.14). We ask according to His will; then we stand in faith, confident that God hears us
and that what we ask for is already ours (v. 15).
Lessons:
1) To pray with authority and recieve answers
to your prayers, make sure you ask according to the will of God. If you do not know His will, ask Him (James 1:5).
2) Believe that God hears your petition
and has already set the answer into motion.
3) Pray tenaciously and persistently until
His will is accomplished. That is true prayer. (Matt. 6:9-13/John 4:34)
