GOD BOX: HELP! I’m ready to give up on prayer
Pastor Peter Gowesky
We said that Prayer is a pipeline to God’s power!
WHERE DO YOU NEED GOD’S POWER MOST IN YOUR LIFE?
THE PROBLEMS OF LIFE CAN CONVINCE US THAT WE’RE
18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. —EPHESIANS 6:18
Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ 4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care about men, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming!’ 6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?” —Luke 18:1-8
Pt. 1 GOD IS MOVED BY OUR PERSISTENCE.
5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually wear me out with her coming!’ —Luke 18:5
What do you want to ask God for, but maybe you are too afraid to keep asking?
14 This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him. —1 John 5:14-15
Pt. 2 PRAYER CONNECTS YOU TO ENDLESS POWER.
What do you want to ask God for, but maybe you are too afraid to keep asking?
9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. —Luke 11:9
11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” —Luke 11:11-13
PT. 3 GOD IS A GENEROUS FATHER, SO A.S.K.
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