Sermons on Prayer Evangelism:

The Prayer That Stops The Sun

Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 9, 2012

Dare to make God-sized prayers. Cling on to His Word. Don't just stand in hope, walk in faith. Do what is necessary to bring about God's will.

JOSHUA was a remarkable man. He grew up to experience firsthand his nation Israel’s deliverance from Egypt. He saw the miracles of God and trusted Him. • He spied on the land, and with Caleb, came back with a message of faith - that God would surely help them seize the Promised ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 10:7-15

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Moses And Prayer Mountain

Contributed by Bryan Fink on Mar 13, 2012

Encourage the church to ascend the mountain of prayer for 40 days like Moses did.

[S] “At that time the Lord said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden chest. I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the chest. So I ...read more

Scripture: Deuteronomy 10:1-10

Denomination: Methodist

Prayer And The Presence Of God

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Sep 7, 2013

Starting a new series of talks on prayer I begin with some personal struggles and encourage the congregation to desire to be in the presence of the God.

As we drove home from Hampshire on the M25 last Monday I heard something smack into the windscreen. About ten minutes later Moira noticed the sun glinting off a crack in the windscreen and over the course of the next ten minutes or so we watched the crack slowly growing. By the time we stopped at ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 11:25-30

Denomination: Anglican

Barriers To Effective Prayer

Contributed by Jason Smith on Sep 12, 2013

What kind of things in our life can get in the way of us praying like we should as Christians. This sermon gives a few of those things.

If someone is listening to your prayers, and they were making a judgment about your relationship with the Lord solely on your prayers, how strong of a relationship with the Lord will those who hear you pray say that you have? Will they say that it looks like you know the Lord, and that His will is ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 59:1-4

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"The Prayer Of Faith" Series

Contributed by David Henderson on Oct 7, 2013

James begins this passage by asking us a very simple question, are there any of you who are in trouble? And he then tells us, if you are then pray. And if you pray in faith, He then tells us what the result will be.

“The Prayer of Faith” James 5:13-20 This morning I want to talk with you about the word trouble and what you can do about it. Trouble seems to lurk everywhere we turn. There is a board game called Trouble and if in moving your game piece around the board and you land on another ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-20

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Keys - Boldness Series

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 25, 2011

BOLDNESS, not arrogance, is blessed. God gives bold access to the throne of grace and welcomes bold prayers from humble Christians.

Prayer Keys - Boldness Let us approach the throne of grace with confidence [boldness], so that we may receive mercy & find grace to help us in our time of need. Heb. 4:16 This is another verse where I prefer the King James Bible language that says, “boldness.” Boldness is a biblical ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 4:16

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Keys - Not Doubting Series

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Jul 30, 2011

Time for a true confession. Mine won’t compete with celebrity scandals on TV or show up on papers at the checkout line. I confess that I struggle with doubt. I struggle with the thought that it is possible to not doubt. Doubting seems so natural.

Prayer Keys - Not Doubting “But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.” James ...read more

Scripture: James 1:6-8

Denomination: Baptist

Nehemiah: A Man Of Prayer

Contributed by Reuben Gaskin on Jun 7, 2018

Nehemiah expressed sorrow after learning of the bad situation back home. He went to the LORD GOD in prayer for solution to the problem. Who do you go to when faced with a bad situation?

The main character in the story is Nehemiah. According to Chapter 1: 1, he was the son of Hacaliah and was one of the captives carried away from Israel. He was fortunate to find himself in the Palace. GOD is able to bless us no matter the circumstances. We read in Verse 2, that when a delegation ...read more

A Pattern For Powerful Prayer

Contributed by James Chandler on Jun 13, 2018

This message walks through the "disciple's prayer" as given to them by Jesus. The message identifies several elements that will create a proper soil for a rich prayer life.

Jesus' disciples come to him and ask him to teach them to pray. Matthew 6 records Jesus' response: “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:5-13

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Prepared For Answered Prayer Series

Contributed by David Welch on Jun 18, 2018

Message 4 in our exposition of Nehemiah observing Nehemiah's personal preparation for the time when God would answer his prayers.

Chico Alliance Church "Prepared for Answered Prayer" REVIEW We have been reading the diary of a devout Jew employed in exile as cupbearer to the Persian King Artexerxes. Even though Nehemiah had probably never seen Jerusalem or knew many people in the city, they were on his heart because they ...read more

Scripture: Nehemiah 2:1-8

Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance

Say A Little Prayer Series

Contributed by Perry Greene on Jun 25, 2018

God can take even our smallest prayers and turn them into great success as in the case of freeing Peter from Herod's prison.

1. Have you ever prayed and then said, “That will never happen.”? 2. Welcome to the club! Acts 12.1-17 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church. 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword, 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded ...read more

Scripture: Acts 12:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Judgment And The Prayers Of The Saints Series

Contributed by Ken Henson on Jul 18, 2018

for all the good our species has accomplished in the past generation there is a long list of injustices. The litany of crimes mounts. God will not remain unmoved forever. His wrath must come in time.

CHAPTER 8 1. And when he opened the seventh seal, in heaven it became silent for half an hour. 2. and I saw the seven angels, who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. 3. and another angel came and stood on at the altar, having an gold incense altar, and a lot of incense was ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 8:1-13

Denomination: *other

Prayer For Hard Times

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Aug 22, 2018

What kind of prayer is appropriate in hard times? A year D sermon.

What kind of prayer is appropriate in hard times? Let’s review Matthew 21:12-22 and Habakkuk 3 and see how prayer includes trust in God’s answer, especially during hard times. House of Prayer Matthew 21:13 “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’; but you are making it a ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:12-22

Denomination: Baptist

Faith, Prayer And Forgiveness Series

Contributed by Rick Burdette on Sep 10, 2018

Prayer, Faith, Forgiveness, Life

JAIL BREAK (Breaking the Chains of Unforgiveness) - Faith, Prayer and Forgiveness September 16, 2018 Mark 11:23-26 (p. 708) Introduction: I don’t know a lot about fig trees so I had to study a bit…fig trees have two seasons for producing fruit and the fruit always appears ...read more

Scripture: Mark 11:23-26

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

A Prayer Pattern For Obstacles

Contributed by Jason Jones on Sep 12, 2018

Let's look at the progression of prayer for a particular need.

Text: Psalm 108, Title: A Prayer Pattern Obstacles, Date/Place: WHBC, 6.10.18, AM A. Opening illustration: Our Father…softball style. B. Background to passage: This psalm is a combination of two previous psalms, 57 and 60. Those two psalms were psalms of David, as this one. This demonstrates that ...read more

Denomination: Baptist