EFFECTIVE AND WINNING PRAYER IS BUILT UPON THE WORD!

 EVERYDAY IN THE WORD!

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2022.

SUBJECT : EFFECTIVE AND WINNING PRAYER IS BUILT UPON THE WORD!

Memory verse: "God is not a man, that He should lie; Nor a son of man, that He should repent: Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?" (Numbers 23 vs 19.) 

READ: First John 5 vs 14 - 15: 

5:14: Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us. 

5:15: And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked Him." 

INTIMATION:

There cannot be a real prayer life that is not built upon the Word. The Word is the source of all faith. A real prayer life is a Word life. It takes the Word back to the "Owner." The Owner is the same as the Word (John 1 vs 1). Jesus gave us the key, He said, ".......the words that I speak unto you I speak not of Myself: but the Father that dwells in Me, He does the work" (John 14 vs 10). The works He did were not His, but His Father's. He did the work by speaking the Father’s Words.

Therefore, prayer built upon the Word is you speaking the Word of the Master; presenting His Word to Him, and asking Him to perform same. And He said, “...For I will hasten My Word to perform it” (Jeremiah 1 vs 12). God’s Word is so sacred that He magnifies His Word above His name (Psalm 138 vs 2). Locate the word relevant to your situation and present it back to Him in prayer, rest assured of His performance, and it will come to you as a testimony.

In Isaiah 1 vs 18, the Lord says, "Come now, and let us reason together......" God's Word assures of victory in every circumstance as a child of God. God has urged us to come now and reason with Him in His Word; returning to Him with His Word saying; "You said this, and You will perform it." 

Also in Isaiah 41 vs 21, the Lord asks us to "Produce your cause, says the Lord; bring forth your strong reason......" These strong reasons are in His Word. The strong reasons are His promises enumerated in the Scriptures. Locate them, and present them back to Him in prayers, and patiently wait for the performance. Though it might tarry, but it is sure to come (Habakkuk 2 vs 3).

The Bible in Numbers 23 vs 19 says, “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” The Word of God is proven, and forever settled in heaven. God says what He means and means what He says. And His Word stands forever (Isaiah 40 vs 8).

God has assured us of the efficacy of His Word, “So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return to Me void, but shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which ai sent it” (Isaiah 55 vs 11). 

In Romans 3 vs 4, the Bible says, "....let God be true but every man a liar...." There are two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to lie (Hebrews 6 vs 18). These two immutable things are God's nature and His promise (His Word). God embodies all truth, therefore, He cannot lie. Because God is truth, you can be secure in His promises; you don't need to wonder if He will change His plans.

Our confidence is then built on our believe (faith) and assurance of performance of His Word. In the passage we read today, the Bible says, "Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us. And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked Him." (First John 5 vs 14 - 15.)

Faith is an essential in our prayer life. Faith is believe in God and His word. Jesus assured us that "all things are possible to him who believe" (Mark 9 vs 23). Why is it so? Because, certainly “there will be a performance of those things which were told her (or him) from the Lord" (See Luke 1 vs 45). Therefore, know that you are blessed who believes His Word, for God you believe is infallible, and nothing is impossible with Him (Mark 10 vs 27). 

Prayer: Abba Father, there is none like You; perfect and never changes. My absolute trust is in You. By Your most Holy Spirit, build Your Word in me that I may live an ever victorious life by living according to Your Word, in Jesus’ Name I have prayed, Amen.

PRAISE THE LORD!