Sermons on Prayer Powerful:

A Partnership Of Parental Prayer

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Nov 27, 2010

Family healing starts when we name the problems honestly. Things may get worse before they get better. but ultimately Christ will heal when we pray even in fractured faith.

Clifton Park Baptist Church, Silver Spring, MD, June 18, 2006 When there is a problem to be solved, we will do everything to solve it except the thing that works best. Have you noticed that? When something needs to be fixed, we will try all sorts of complicated approaches. But the simplest and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 9:14-29

Denomination: Baptist

A Prayer God Will Answer Series

Contributed by Brian Bill on Jun 28, 2009

God helps those who are helpless.

A Prayer God Will Answer Luke 18:9-14 Rev. Brian Bill 6/28/09 This has been quite a week in our world. It started with the uneasy situation in Iran to the news about “Jon minus Kate,” and then on to the deaths of Ed McMahon, Farah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Commentators and pundits are ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Baptist

Jesus' Prayer Of The Ages Series

Contributed by Chris Kelly on Jul 31, 2010

Jesus high priestly prayer is the most amazing prayer ever prayed. In it we learn his plan for the ages. It can be broken down into 3 parts… 1. What He did 2. What He does 3. What we do

Jesus’ Prayer of the Ages March 14, 2010 Series: Final Days at Planet Earth If I were to ask you to pray the Lord’s Prayer… how would you start it? “Our Father which art in heaven….” Right? But guess what. That’s not the “Lord’s ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26

Denomination: Wesleyan

Prayer Starts Fires

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Sep 21, 2010

open your heart and pray for the fire of heaven to fall

PRAYER STARTS FIRES 1st Kings 18:37Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. 38Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, ...read more

Scripture: 1 Kings 18:39

Denomination: Baptist

The Prayers Of A Righteous Man Series

Contributed by J. Brad Campbell on Jun 15, 2007

this is the final sermon in a series dealing with things that will hinder your prayer life. In this message we are given the key to having our prayers answered

HINDRANCES TO PRAYER ------------------------------------------------- LESSON #10 THE PRAYERS OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN THE CONCLUSION TEXT: JAMES 5:16 REVIEW: What was last weeks lesson? Domestic problems. Who ordained marriage? God. Marriage is the foundation of everything else in society. What ...read more

Scripture: James 5:16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

In The Prayer Closet With Jesus Series

Contributed by David Moore on Feb 11, 2010

This message highlights the importance of prayer and a daily quiet time with the Lord.

In The Prayer Closet With Jesus Text: Mark 1:35-39 Introduction: Is it just me, or is life getting busier? You know they said with the advent of the computer that people would have less and less to do, and that we would have much more free time than previous generations. Clearly that isn’t true. ...read more

Scripture: Mark 1:35-39

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer And The Chronically Unhappy

Contributed by Joseph Smith on Apr 21, 2010

For Reformation Sunday, October 1987: Job in the Old Testament and Luther in the Reformation Era were chronically unhappy people, but used that as a form of spiritual energy to drive them toward creative achievement and an honest personal faith.

It looks as though some people are just born to be unhappy. There are some people who are going to approach nearly everything with a complaint or a gripe, who are going to make a personal issue out of everything. Nothing is quite good enough, nothing quite satisfies. There are folks whose ...read more

Scripture: Job 6:8-13

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Keys - With Understanding Series

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Feb 11, 2012

When we pray in public, we should not be concerned with tongues. We should be concerned with clearly making our requests to God. In public, we should pray in a language everyone understands.

PRAYER KEYS - WITH UNDERSTANDING “So what shall I do? I shall pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind...” 1 Corinthians 14:15. A breakdown in communications can be frustrating. A man trying to move a sofa by himself got it stuck in the door, so he called a friend for help. They ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 14:15

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer Keys - Humility Series

Contributed by Mark Stepherson on Feb 16, 2012

Humility is being totally consumed with glorifying God and not at all concerned with glorifying self. When I am totally consumed with glorifying God and not at all concerned with glorifying self, I pray as God wants me to pray.

PRAYER KEYS - HUMILITY One Christmas afternoon, a pastor's wife dropped into a chair and said, “Boy! Am I ever tired!” Her husband looked over at her and said, “I’ve been on my feet for most of two days. I led two special services last night, three today. I’ve ...read more

Scripture: 2 Chronicles 7:14

Denomination: Baptist

Intense Prayer 201 Series

Contributed by Jason Jones on May 11, 2010

Exposition of Daniel's prayer in Daniel 9

Text: Daniel 9:4-19, Title: Intense Prayer 201, Date/Place: NRBC, 4/25/10, AM A. Opening illustration: Praying Hyde story, p. 205-206 The Pleasures of God, Piper B. Background to passage: In response to his vision of suffering in chapter eight, in addition to the reading of Jeremiah, Daniel is ...read more

Scripture: Daniel 9:4-19

Denomination: Baptist

Prayer + Faith = Healing Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Mar 23, 2009

When should we pray for health? When should we confess our sins? James compels his readers to think about their relationship to one another as a cause of their discomfort.

JAMES 5:13-16a PRAYER + FAITH = HEALING “Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith ...read more

Scripture: James 5:13-16

Denomination: Baptist

The Real Lord's Prayer Series

Contributed by Tom Fuller on Apr 27, 2008

What is on Jesus’ heart when he prays for himself, and for you? How could this change your prayers?

When someone communicates to us a need in their life, we as Christians have an automatic response. We say, “I’m praying for you.” Now that is a fine response if we actually do it. Many times what we really mean is “I’d like to pray for you, lifting you up to the Father, but in reality I’m going to ...read more

Scripture: John 17:1-26

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

A Christian Mother's Prayers Series

Contributed by Joe La Rue on May 9, 2008

Mother’s Day sermon considering the way Christian mom’s can produce a legacy of faith in their children and grandchildren.

Title: A Christian Mother’s Prayers (Mother’s Day) Series: Prayer 101 (Sermon # 3) Date Preached: May 11, 2008 Text: Proverbs 14:1 COPYRIGHT © Joe La Rue, 2008 Introduction A. Hook: A teacher gave her class of second graders a lesson on the magnet and what it does. She explained all ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 14:1-17

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Jesus' First Prayer Series

Contributed by Jonathan Campbell on May 12, 2008

The first time scripture refers to Jesus praying is at His baptism.

Text - “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well ...read more

Scripture: Luke 3:21-22

Hindrances To Answered Prayer Series

Contributed by Carl Allen on May 15, 2008

There are those who bear testimony to the sad truth that thus far they have never received a definite answer to a prayer they have offered. Due to their failure to receive a specific answer, they are inclined to be skeptical about prayer. They have assu

Hindrances to Answered Prayer James 4:3 Intro There are those who bear testimony to the sad truth that thus far they have never received a definite answer to a prayer they have offered. Due to their failure to receive a specific answer, they are inclined to be skeptical about prayer. They have ...read more

Scripture: James 4:3

Denomination: Baptist