THE PRAYER OF FAITH
WEDNESDAY - NOVEMBER 14, 2012
CHAPEL OF REDEMPTION
JOHN TEEM JR.
JAMES 5:13-18
INTRODUCTION:
IS ANYTHING TO HARD FOR GOD?
Genesis 18:14, Jeremiah 32:17, Jeremiah 32:27, Matthew 19:26, Luke 18:27, Mark 9:23
DOES GOD LIE OR CHANGE HIS MIND?
Malachi 3:6, I Kings 8:56
HAS HE NOT SAID AND SHALL HE NOT DO?
Numbers 23:19
ARE YOU A CHILD OF GOD?
John 1:12
DO YOU HAVE A NEED OR DESIRE?
Matthew 6:8, Psalm 37:4
WILL OUR HEAVENLY FATHER NOT TAKE CARE OF HIS OWN?
Matthew 7:7-11, Psalm 37:25
NOW LET US LOOK AT THE KEY TEXT – James 5:13-18
I-WHAT IS PRAYER?
PRAYER IS ASKING
Mark 11:24, John 14:12-14, Matthew 21:22, Luke 18:1
II-WHAT IS FAITH?
FAITH IS BELIEVING
Matthew 21:22, Mark 9:23, John 11:40-42, Hebrews 11:1
SUBSTANCE: Something real, not imaginary; something solid, not empty.
Goods; estate; means of living. Job's substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, (Webster’s 1828 Dictionary)
EVIDENCE: TESTIMONY OR PROOF OF TRUTH
Hebrews 12:1-2
III-SO HOW DO WE GET FAITH?
Romans 10:17, Hearing the Word of God-His Promises
Jude 1:20-23, Colossians 2:5-10, Building up and becoming established in our faith.
Hebrews 12:1-2 By our Testimonies and the Testimonies of others.
IV-WHAT ARE THE RESULTS?
James 1:2-8, James 5:15-16
THOSE WHO ASK AND BELIEVE RECEIVE
Mark 11:22-26, Matthew 7:7-8, Luke 11:9-13,
Matthew 8:1-4, Matthew 8:5-13, Matthew 9:27-29
DOUBTING DON’T DELIVER-Mark 6:4-6,
Exodus 3:7-9 Compared with Numbers 13
CONCLUSION:
Hebrews 11: 6, James 4:2
AND FOR THOSE WHO SAY IT MAY NOT BE THE WILL OF GOD - Matthew 8:1-4
NO WHERE IN THE GOSPELS IS IT FOUND THAT SOMEONE ASKED CHRIST FOR SOMETHING AND HE CHOSE NOT TO GIVE IT TO THEM-BY THEIR FAITH THEY ASKED, THEY BELIEVED AND THEY RECEIVED.
SO PRAYER IS ASKING-FAITH IS BELIEVING-BELIEVING IS RECEIVING AND DOUBTING IS WASTING TIME
