Title: Pray Efficiently
Memorize: Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; Philippians 4:6 (Nkjv)
Bible Reading: Acts 4:24-31 (Nkjv)
[24] So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,
[25] who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: ‘Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things?
[26] The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against His Christ.’
[27] “For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
[28] to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done.
[29] Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word,
[30] by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus.”
[31] And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.
Message:
One of the greatest needs of a Christian is to discover and experience the privilege of effective prayers because it is one thing to pray and it is another thing to pray effectively.
As a teenager, you may know how to pray with confidence, but listening. to God and knowing His will are what will bring answers to your prayers.
I have a problem with Christians who talk about prayers often but never pray: I hope you are not like that.
If you want to pray right, then you must ask the Holy Spirit to help you so that you don’t just wait in the place of prayers for hours with no results to show.
One of the ways to pray effectively is by praying for something that would glorify God.
Praying for things that are dear to His heart, such as asking for an opportunity to share the gospel with a family member, teacher or lecturer, or for the ability to love your neighbor and become better in your character are also ways to pray effectively.
God will not fail to answer these kinds of requests, and in addition, He will give you other things that you didn’t ask for, just like He did for Solomon. (1 Kings 3:12-14)
Prayer Point:
Father, please help me to pray effectively
HYMN 16 – BREATHE ON ME, BREATH OF GOD
1. Breathe on me, Breath of God;
Fill me with life anew,
That I may love what Thou dost love,
And do what Thou wouldst do.
2. Breathe on me, Breath of God:
Until my heart is pure,
Until with Thee I will one will,
To do and to endure.
3. Breathe on me, Breath of God
Till I am wholly Thine,
Until this earthly part of me
Glows with Thy fire divine.
4. Breathe on me, Breath of God;
So shall I never die,
But live with Thee the perfect life
Of Thine eternity.
Bible Reading In One Year: Exodus 26:1-27:21; Matthew 25:1-30
AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE