Prayer is a very powerful thing, and when we truly pray and believe in our heart, our spirit acts on those words, and that is the kind of believing and faith that moves God. http://who-god-is.com/believing-prayer-is-an-extremely-powerful-thing
3. Many times we don’t use its power every day in
the way we should
We will pray when someone we know is really sick
And we will sacrifice the time to do it
Sometimes we will even fast for a time
Then when our prayer is answered, many times we
slip back into hurried prayers that are vague (God
please save all the lost people) and much less
urgent UNTIL ANOTHER GREAT NEED ARISES.
4. They wanted to live their life in whatever way
they pleased until God sent judgment upon
them for disobeying Him.
Then they realized what they had done and
cried out to Him to save them.
Because of His great mercy He sent them a
deliverer time and time again to get them out of
the mess they had made of things.
5. Israel "does evil in the eyes of Yahweh (God)”
The people are given into the hands of their
enemies, realize what they’ve done, and cry out
to God for help
God raises up a leader from one of the tribes
and places His Spirit upon him in a mighty way
The leader, with God’s help, defeats the enemy
They had peace for the lifetime of that leader,
then quickly relapsed into doing evil again and
repeated the same pattern over and over again.
6. Othniel
Ehud
Deborah and Barak
Gideon
Abimelech – their own evil Israelite king
Jephthah
Samson
7. He gave the Israelites chance after chance for
many years before He finally pronounced
judgment on them for their disobedience.
Then their judgment was not even close to what
they deserved.
Many of them chose not to return to Jerusalem
years later because they felt they had such a
good life in the heathen country where they
now lived.
8. Just like you do your spouse or best friend.
You can’t physically see Him but you can find
out about Him by reading the Bible, praying,
and learning how to hear the Holy Spirit when
He speaks.
God will meet you where you are NOW – You
just have to take the first step.
9. When you believe in your heart
Your spirit acts upon the words
of your prayer
AND… it is that kind of believing
and faith that moves God to act
on your behalf
10. He knows exactly how He will answer your
prayer in the way that will be best for you and
also glorify Him.
He sees how everything will fit together to work
for your good.
He wants to work in your life in a dramatic way
so pray for miracles in your church, family, and
that He will meet the needs of others.
11. Immediately upon waking spend your
first 5 minutes in prayer.
Then spend the next 5 minutes
reading your Bible.
God will honor this time and your day
will end up being better because of it.
BUT… you must decide to START!
12. Once you truly start to see His
Character and how much He loves
you, your time with Him will be so
precious that you will never want
to miss it for other things that
are…
MUCH LESS VALUABLE!