Answered Prayers

Answered prayer is what we all long for, that in the midst of a decision, in the midst of difficulty, in the midst of uncertainty answered prayer would be evident. Prayer is the conversation between God and His people, prayer the connection between son/daughter and our heavenly Father, prayer the sincere cries of the heart that need to be heard. Some of us if not all of us have prayers that we are waiting to be answered, God never allows a prayer to go unanswered it would simply be yes or no. In the midst of all this; prayers are answered by a Christian who has a prayer life and in that decisions would be in God’s will for and through your life.

It is answered prayer which brings praying out of the realm of dry, dead things and makes praying a thing of life and power. It is the answer to prayer which brings things to pass, changes the natural trend of things, and orders all things according to the will of God. It is the answer to prayer which makes praying a power to God and to man, and makes praying real and divine. Unanswered prayers are training schools for unbelief, an imposition and a nuisance, impertinence to God and man. Unanswered prayer would help built the faith of the child of God, for in it we pray and pray some more.

Answers to prayer are the only surety that we have prayed aright. There is marvelous power in prayer, there are miracles that work in this world because of prayer. Beloved there are untold benefits to men that are secured in prayer believing and trusting while in prayer. Why or what could it be that millions go on begging for an answer to prayer? These millions of unanswered prayers are not to be solved by the mystery of God’s will, and to add this to our unsettled minds, we are not the sport of His sovereign power. See beloved the whole explanation is found in our wrong praying. The bible says “we ask and receive not because we ask amiss”. Beloved this evening do you know what you are praying for? Have you really settled in your mind that prayer needs to be a sincere heartfelt intimate time between you and God and not just a five minute kind of prayer. We ask and do not receive for in this we miss God and His promise for our kids lives. Answered prayers are the proof of your real praying.

True prayer moves the arm that moves the universe. To get unquestioned answers to prayer is not only important as to the satisfying of our desires, but it is also the evidence of our abiding in Christ. It becomes more important still. The mere act of praying is no test of our relation to God. The act of praying may be a real dead performance. It may be the routine of habit. But to pray and receive clear answers, not once or twice but daily, this is our sure test, and is the gracious point of our vital connection with Jesus Christ.

1 John 5:14-15

14 Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, 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 the petitions that we have asked of Him.

This evening beloved I want to preach on right praying, for in this generation people have missed the whole idea of prayer, what it consist of, what it is for, and who we are praying to. Jesus Christ is our mediator, yet in this whole truth we are trying to reach the God of heaven through His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. People have taught and have used prayer as a scape goat only to find themselves in the same mess they got themselves out of because God does not hear the prayers of a sinner lest it is first the prayer of repentance that catches the ear the God.

There are many today that pray to God for reasons of their own nothing to benefit the kingdom, nothing to glorify God only for the purpose of self and this does not satisfy the eyes of God. Wrong praying are taught out in our lives and trickles down to our children and seems to get worst every generation afterward for in lack of aright prayers we teach wrong prayers.

Our bible tells us this “Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us”. Having confidence in Him because it is in His will, in this He who is God will hear us, first of all what is His will for our lives? It is to be saved, born again. This is His desire and His will for all mankind. But there is another will. That will is to do His will for the saving of others, we ask and seek and find not, for the things we ask for are not at all for the benefit of others but entirely for our own self-interest. God knows we have needs but if He were to answer all of our prayers at will He would not be God but our genie in the bible. What is God’s will for your life? God has a plan and a destiny for you lined out but it is only found in prayer, God will speak to your heart in prayer, sincere heart to heart prayers that would move God to such a place of marvelous intimacy with you. We could build confidence in and through our God by falling into His will first and having a submitted heart surrendering our lives to Him and letting Him move through our lives for His glory.