Women & More A call and walk Experience

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1 Women & More A call and walk Experience A Prayer-hearing God! Worksheet 13: February 4, 2016 God Is Faster than 911 the answer is not in-th or even on-the-way, but it is already at its destination, and being implemented by God. But He longs to be entreated by us; He waits to hear from us. Our worship and praise and our blessing and devotion to Him are paramount; and yes, our asks in prayer they mean everything to God. He speaks to those who take time to listen, and he listens to those who take time to pray! God often outdoes our prayers. De profundis: Only the prayer which comes from God can go to God. Matthew Henry Charles Spurgeon When I pray, coincidences happen. When I do not, they don t. Archbishop Temple When we work, we work; but when we pray, God works. Prepare by Soaking in Scripture: Psalm 18:6 James Wilder Zechariah 10:1 PRAYER Acts 12:5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him. ANSWER Acts 12:17a Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. Romans 8:26-27 John 16:24 James 5:16 Scripture to Memorize: 1 Peter 4:7 The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear minded and self-controlled so that you can pray.

2 2 Prayer Requests and Praises: Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. Questions for Mentor-group Discussion: 1. What if you became absolutely convinced that every prayer you prayed was HEARD by God Almighty that you had His ear? And what if you believed with all your heart that every prayer was already ANSWERED how would those facts make a difference in your prayers? 2. Next to the already given example of Peter getting miraculously out of prison in answer to a praying church, what is the greatest example of answered prayer in Scripture to you? PRAYER: ANSWER: 3. What three things about the fact that you pray to God let Him know what you truly believe about Him? The first is answered. He is indeed a prayer-hearing God! As it is the business of tailors to make clothes, and as it is the business of cobblers to make shoes, so it is the business of Christians to pray. Martin Luther Recommended Reading: A Woman s Journey to the Heart of God, Cynthia Heald Powerful Prayer for Every Family, Dr. Gregory Frizzell Praying God s Word, Beth Moore

3 3 Deuteronomy 4:7 the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him? I. Examples from Scripture as to our powerful, purposeful, planning God s prayer-hearing practice the more we have prayed, the more God has heard: Genesis 16:11 for the LORD has heard of your (Hagar) misery. 17:20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: 29:33 Because the LORD heard that I (Leah) am not loved, Exodus 2:24 God heard their (Israelites) groaning 3:7 I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. 8So I have come down to rescue them... Numbers 16:12 I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites 11:18 The LORD heard you (Israelites) when you wailed 20:16 he heard our cry and sent an angel and brought us out of Egypt. Deuteronomy 1:34 When the LORD heard what you (Israelites) said, he was angry 5:28 The LORD heard you (Israelites) when you spoke to me (Moses) Everything they said was good. 29Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever! Judges 13:9 God heard Manoah (Samson s father), and the angel came again 1 Samuel 30:8 and David inquired of the LORD, Shall I pursue this raiding party? Will I overtake them? Pursue them, he (God) answered. You will certainly overtake them and succeed in the rescue. 1 Kings 9:3 I have heard the prayer and plea you (Solomon) have made before me; 17:22 The LORD heard Elijah s cry, and the boy s life returned to him 2 Kings 19:20 I have heard your (Hezekiah) prayer concerning Sennacherib 20:5 I have heard your (Hezekiah) prayer and seen your tears; I will heal 22:19 Because your (Josiah) heart was responsive and you humbled yourself before the LORD I have heard your prayer. 2 Chronicles 30:27 The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place. Nehemiah Job Psalm 9:27-28 From heaven you heard them (Israelites) you heard from heaven 34:28 the poor to come before him, so that he heard the cry of the needy 6:8-9 for the LORD has heard my (David) weeping The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. 18:6 he heard my (David) voice; my cry came before him, into his ears. 28:6 Praise be to the LORD, for he has heard my (David) cry for mercy. 31:22 In my (David) alarm I said, I am cut off from your sight! Yet you heard my cry for mercy when I called to you for help. 34:6 and the LORD heard him (David); he saved him out of all his troubles. 40:1 I (David) waited patiently for the LORD; he turned to me and heard my cry. 61:5 For you have heard my (David) vows, O God; you have given me the heritage of those who fear your name.

4 4 Psalm 66:18-19 If I (music director) had cherished sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened; but God has surely listened and heard my voice in prayer. 78:21 When the LORD heard them, he was very angry; his fire broke out 78:59 When God heard them, he was very angry; he rejected Israel 106:44 But he took note of their distress when he heard their cry 116:1 I love the LORD, for he heard my voice he heard my cry for mercy II. As Scripture entered a time when God s people were not praying faithfully, there was less recorded about God hearing. But we can be absolutely sure that even when we are unfaithful to pray, God is still faithful to hear to know! Isaiah 37:4 he will rebuke him (Sennacherib) for the words the LORD your God has heard. (Mention of Sennacherib and King Hezekiah are also in 2 Kings.) 38:5 I have heard your (Hezekiah) prayers and seen your tears; Jeremiah 23:25 I have heard what the prophets say who prophesy lies in my name. 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim s moaning: You disciplined me like Lamentations 3:56 You heard my plea: Do not close your ears to my cry for relief. 3:61 O LORD, you have heard their insults, all their plots against me Ezekiel 35:12 That I, the LORD, have heard all the contemptible things you (Edom) Daniel 10:12 Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them. Malachi 3:16 Then those who feared the LORD talked with each other, and the LORD listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the LORD and honored his name. III. Now God has come down to us the incarnation and Jesus is hearing us, and Jesus is praying to the Father. And we are to ask the Father in Jesus name! Matthew 4:12 When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned 8:10 When Jesus heard this, he was astonished such great faith 14:13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew privately Luke 1:13 Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. 18:22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, you still lack one thing. John 8:26 what I have heard from him (God, the Father) I tell the world. 8:40 a man (Jesus) who has told you the truth that I heard from God. 9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him (healed blind man) out, and when he found him, he said, Do you believe in the Son of Man? 11:4 When he heard this, Jesus said, this sickness will not end in death. 11:6 Yet when he (Jesus) heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed 11:41-42 Father, I thank you that you have heard me (Jesus). 42I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me. Acts 10:31 Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. 2 Corinthians 6:2 quoting Isaiah 49:8 he says, In the time of my favor I heard you, Hebrews 5:7 and he (Jesus) was heard because of his reverent submission.

5 5 Morning and Evening (January 2) Daily Readings by Charles Haddon Spurgeon ( ) Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2 It is interesting to remark how large a portion of Sacred Writ is occupied with the subject of prayer, either in furnishing examples, enforcing precepts, or pronouncing promises. We scarcely open the Bible before we read, Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord ; and just as we are about to close the volume, the Amen of an earnest supplication meets our ear. Instances are plentiful. Here we find a wrestling Jacob there a Daniel who prayed three times a day and a David who with all his heart called upon his God. On the mountain we see Elias; in the dungeon Paul and Silas. We have multitudes of commands, and myriads of promises. What does this teach us, but the sacred importance and necessity of prayer? We may be certain that whatever God has made prominent in His Word, He intended to be conspicuous in our lives. If He has said much about prayer, it is because He knows we have much need of it. So deep are our necessities, that until we are in heaven we must not cease to pray. Dost thou want nothing? Then, I fear thou dost not know thy poverty. Hast thou no mercy to ask of God? Then, may the Lord s mercy show thee thy misery! A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honor of a Christian. If thou be a child of God, thou wilt seek thy Father s face, and live in thy Father s love. Pray that this year thou mayest be holy, humble, zealous, and patient; have closer communion with Christ, and enter oftener into the banqueting-house of His love. Pray that thou mayest be an example and a blessing unto others, and that thou mayest live more to the glory of thy Master. The motto for this year must be, Continue in prayer.