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1 SUBJECT----P~RA c.=-y~e~r_ -,_/) --'--"l(l -'----","----"--'IA) <----~r TEXT Are Prayers Really Answered? SCRIPTURE READING, 7_: _ DELIVERIES: Date Hour Place FBC Chickasha, Ok. FBC Ponca City, Ok. FBC, Ponca City, Ok. FBC, P.M. San Angelo, Tx. FBC P.M. San Angelo, TX. FBC P.M. San Angelo, Tx. FBC P.M. San Angelo, Tx. FBC Noon Poteau, Ok. F.B.C p.m. San Angelo, TX,, II,,.,., S4'1J15 A,/11\. CLASSIFICATION: e, ---EXPOSITORY --BIOGRAPHICAL --TEXTUAL --TOPICAL ----DEVOTIONAL Results and Comments: {xxx++) (xxx++) 1 letter (xxx++) 7 letter (xxx++) (xxx+++)l6 (xxx++ ) (xxx++) (xxx+++) (XXX+++);. / BIBLIOGRAPHY _

2 ANSWERED? scripture: 3 '6 Matt. GR NT WAS WAGING HIS FINAL BATTLE WITH CANCER AT MOUNT GENERAL O. O. HOWARD, R IGHTLY KNOWN AS "THE CHRISTIAN ' SOLDIER", HIM. THEY CONVERSED ABOUT SOME OF THE KEY CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR IN WHICH THEY BOTH HAD PLAYED SO EMMINENT A PART... FOR A FEW MOMENTS AND THEN I NTERRUPTED HIS GUEST SAYING, "HOWARD, TELL ME, DO YOU KNOW ABOUT PRAYER?" FACE TO FACE WITH DEATH & THE UNKNOWN WHICH BEYOND IT, THE PRA~S< WAS OF INTEREST TO THE DYING GENERAL THAN THE RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS PAST VICTORIES WE RE F GING ""'TH OF DEATH OR THE BATTLE OF THE QUESTION OF PRAY R REMAIN SUPREMELY. IMPORTANT. S D STILL ASKS, "ARE PRAYERS REALLY ANSWERED?" I. a "And when ye spread your hands, I will mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear." 1. If w -- ams receive not, becaus e ye as k amiss " "Amiss" = root word "of a bad nature", "morally wrong". Because God knows t he harm they would bring... Is every request of your child granted by you? Would it be wise to grant them all? Why not? (2) Because God would use this experience to teach us how o pray. -- The very silence of God's voice, the immobi lity of His lesson in itself on how to pray ( 3 ) Because God has something better in store f or us - -lj Cor. 12 : 8-9 "For the thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is f or thee: for my strength is made perfect in Most gladly therefore, will I rather glory in my i nfirmities, THAT THE POWER OF CHRIST Y REST Exegete above verse ;,.:.--r My experience San & 2. "Ye ask, receive not, because ye ask amiss, hat ye may consume it upon your lusts." ~~- ~

3 ARE PRAYERS REALLY ANSWERED? INTRO: FOR THE RECOVERY OF HIS INFANT SON. BUT WAS NOT ANSWERED. Clltt.D DIID, BUT DAVID DID NOT CEASE TO PRAY AND TO BELIEVE HB TO HIM, BUT HE SHALL NOT WITH THESE WORDS, " I SHALL ME." LORD IVEll A DID. SOUGHT THE TIMES THAT HIS PAINFUL THORN IN THE FLESH BE TAKEN FROM HIM. HIS THB THORN TO PIERCE AND HARASS HIM TO THE END OF HIS DAYS. REALLY ANSWERED?" US TO ASK, PRAYERS

4 (1) Which strive for se1fish gratification : "Lusts" "selfish gratification" To pray for the right things still not receive an answer is possible if our motives for these things are 1 ace : Gra 1 1ca 10n o f pr1 e--greed --sp1r1 'And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be a the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing ir the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, they may be seen of men. Ver i ly I say unto you, have their reward." Which to cover up s i n -- (2) - - s 1:.. Israel was trying to multitude of prayers 3. 1 sin with a h regard iniquity 1n my heart, ot hear me." rov. "The Lord is from the wi cked: he heareth the prayer of the ( 1 ) Because unforsaken speaking with God. 59: 1-2 "Behold the hand is not shortened that it cannot save; neit her his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he not hear." sin removes us from Q>d ' s "Now we know that God heareth not sinners, but if any man be a worshipper of God, doeth HIS ILL, him he heareth." Note on swer d for he of a lost (2 ) 4. I "This prayer is surely for the +hjng, from a & from a why is it not answered?" Prayer for a change of heart in anothe is entirely a different kind of prayer than prayer for yourself. You can submit yourself to God's will But even God will not force a man to submit himself to Him. Who are you to think that through prayer any other way you can force a man to do that which God can't make hi m do? That person has a will of his own & that will cannot be vi olated.

5 II. on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. " 1. i OU S Of "And this is the confidence tat we have in we ask anything ACCORDI NG TO HIS him, heareth us. '' "Will" - - "What one wishes or has determined". God's will not designed to confine but to direct and protect. i.e. fence around e (1) Which may act "And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer;. and they are yet speaking, I will hear. " Which answer -e shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though long with "Harold Dixon one of for thirt - ou da raft, eight feet and no water, they here was a comfort in our burden to someone bigger than we in this empty vastness. Further, t he common devotion drew us together, since it seemed we no longer depended entirely upon each other, but could appeal simultaneously to a Fourth that we three held equally in reverence. " Which our _request (3 er. 33:3 "Call upon me and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest "Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above or think, according to the power is whatsoever ye ask in my name, do, that the Father may be glorif ied in the Son. " ho wil l be Exegete passage. Wh do you pray? benefited by your prayer? Would its answer bring praise rayer is to Christocentr i c to Chris_t- - or to you, --not egocentric

6 (1 ) By demonstrating His "Hear me, 0 Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, anc that thou hast turned their heart back Then the fire of the Lord fell, & consumed the burnt sacrifice, the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. " Christ's power may be demonstrated thru' the healing of a body, the sal. of a soul, the meeting of physical needs. My parents revealing his ience in Ontario, Can. "Christ also hath loved us, & hath given himself for us." : How is this love to be revealed--communicatedto men? Thru' our witness--thru" the roe ress His k"ngdom- -Thru' the of missionaries' ans. to your prayer for success of these thus bring of revealing Christ's love his name 4. "And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. " Enemies- of es of an Armenian girl and her brother were pursued by a blood-thirsty Turkish soldier. He trapped them a of a and killed the brother befor e the sister's eyes. sister managed to escape by leaping over the wall & fleeing into the country. Later sne ecame a nurse. One day a wounded was brought into her hospital. She recognized him at once as the soldier who had killed her brother & had to kill her. His condition was such that the lect or carelessness on the part of the nurse would have cost him his life. But she gave him the most and constant care. One day when he was on the road to recovery he recognized her as the girl whose brother he had slain. He said to her, "Why have yo done this for me who killed your brother?" She answered, "Because I have a religion which teache me things, whatsoever ye in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." ask

7 You may "I witi accept this promise test it." You pray for a mt. to be removed it is motive is wrong the request is certainly out of ' the bounds of God's will. ( ( l) Which does --James "But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. he wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. (2) hich claims an&wer in --Heb. 11:1 "Now faith is the sbustance of things ~oped for, the evidence of things not seen." Elderly saint in church, prayed all night be revival began met pastor the next with complete assurance of revival (3) Which s. 40: "I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry." I I/ THIS I KNOW I know not by what methods rare, But this I know, God answers prayer. I know that He has given His Word, Which tells me prayer is always heard, And will be answered, soon or late. And so I pray and calmly wait. I know not if the blessing Will come in just the way I thought; But leave my prayers with Him alone, Whose will is wiser than my own, Assured will grant ~MftKt~ request, Or send some answer far more blest. --- Eliza M. Hickok.

8 Jerold R. McBride

9 Sardis Baptist Church Highway 34 Winnfield, LA March Wliether we are facing the battle of question of prayer remains "Are Prayers Really I. NO -Isaiah 1:15a W'11 1. If we for the things. -James '.4:3a "Amiss"= i.., I or the battle of life, to (3) Because od has something I in store for us -I 12: If pray from wrong -James 4:3 (1) Which strive for -Tames 4:3 b "Lusts"= (2) Which seek to cover up -Isaiah 1: If our lives are marked... N --- I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will hear me." (1) Because unforsaken sin Si; speaking relations with God. -Isaiah 59:1-2 (2) Because sin removes us from..j.. 9:31

10 4. Nole on unanswered prayer for the salvation of a lost person. can submit yourself to God's will but even God will 1tot force a man to submit himself to Him. II. YES 18: If we pray within the bounds of -I John 5:14 A (1) Which may act 65:24 (2) Which may the answer 18:7 - (3) Which may our request -Ephesians 3:20 2. answer to our prayers would bring praise to 14:13 (1) By demonstrating His -I Kings 18:37-38 (2) By revealing His V.C -Galatians 3. If we pray with a forgiving -Mark 11: If we pray with -Matthew 21:21-22 (1) Which does not -Tames 1:6-7. (2) Which claims the answer in -Hebrews (3) Which -Psalm 4 :1 Since prayers are really answered, ask yourself: I Really Pray?'' Then Begin 1. Within the Bounds of God's Will 2. For the glory of Christ 3. With a forgiving Spirit 4. With Faith

11 . i..,., _.. s.. Whether we are facing the battle of death or the battle of life, the question of prayer remains important. "Are Prayers Really I. NO -Isaiah 1:15a 1. If we for the things. -James "Amiss" = (1) Because God knows the -----they would bring (2) Because God would use this experience to teach us how to (3) Because God has something in store for us -I 12: If we pray from wrong -James 4:3 (1) Which strive for,,.,,,,..,.._,_,,,---- 4:3 b "Lusts" = ation" (2) Which seek to cover up. -Isaiah 1: If our lives are marked with - Psalms 66:18 I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will.hear me." (1) Because unforsaken sin speaking relations with God. -Isaiah 59:1-2 (2) Because sin removes us from -John 9:31

12 Note on unanswered prayer for the salvation of a lost person. can submit yourself to God's will but even God will force a man to submit himself to Him. II. YES 18:19 1. If we pray within the bounds of...;;;----= '-- 5:14 A (1) Which may act 65:24 (2) Which may the answer 18:7 (3) Which may our request -Ephesians 3:20 2. answer to our prayers would bring praise to 14:13 (1) By demonstrating His _ -I Kings 18:37-38 (2) By revealing His _ -Galatians 5:2b 3. If we pray with a forgiving -Mark 11: If we pray with -Matthew 21:21-22 (1) Which does. -Tames 1:6-7 (2) Which claims the answer in -Hebrews 11:1 (3) 4():1 Since prayers are really answered, ask yourself: "Do I Really Pray?" Then Begin Praying 1. Within the Bounds of God's Will 2. For the glory of Christ 3. With a forgiving Spirit 4. With Faith