The Father's Menu
Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh
Friday, June 29, 2018
THE POWER OF PRAYER
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.
1 John 5:14
Main Text:
Never underestimate the power of prayer. When you are praying according to God's will, your prayer is unstoppable and then answerable. And how do we know what God's will is? By our careful study of the Word of God.
Jesus made this promise: "If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you" John 15:7. Ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. We love that, as though God were some sort of robot or a magician. But that isn't the case. We tend to forget about the first part of this verse: If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you . . . If we are walking in fellowship with God and studying the Word of God, then we will start praying according to the will of God. And then we will start seeing our prayers answered.
Part of the reason so many are finding Christianity to be boring is because they are not experiencing the kind of Christian living described in this passage. They have not entered into this kind of relationship, where each day they experience the glorious adventure of seeing a living God at work, answering prayer, and giving to them things that they ask. But in this passage we have a beautiful picture of the normal life of a Christian. It is all centered in prayer, because prayer is the most fundamental relational activity that a Christian can experience. Prayer is the expression of dependence on a loving God, and the whole Christian life is to be characterized by a continuous attitude and spirit of prayer.
We do not come on our own merit or position before Him. We come in His name.
Prayer: I will not give up on my miracles no matter what
Further Reading: Mark 10:46-52
Read through the Bible: Ezra 10 & Luke 5
