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Living Hope SDA Church

The Power of Prayer

Christian Martin

01 The Power of Prayer: Making a Difference in the Gap

02 The Power of Prayer: When Jesus Prays Me Through

And something I've discovered is that prayer is what connects my nothingness to my all.

Prayer is what brings us into the very presence of a God.

You know, we learned last week that God, God himself searches for a man and a woman among us who will stand in the gap before Him.

And it was beautiful to see how many of us chose to make prayer a prioritized commitment.

And here at Living Hope, it is our intentional effort to become and to be a house of prayer.

And by the grace of God, we are a house of prayer.

And Elder Restrepo was correct when he said, you're going to hear a lot of prayer during our service.

And rightly so, because we are a house of prayer.

Our children prayed some beautiful prayers, didn't they?

They literally took us all into the throne room of God.

Our children will lead us to the throne room of God.

And that's why today has been designated as a day of prayer and fasting.

That's going to happen right after the service in our fellowship hall.

And today we continue our focus on prayer.

And we're told by the Apostle Paul to pray without...

And, in that same verse, and to give thanks in everything.

For this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for us.

And my message today is part 2 entitled The Power of Prayer When Jesus prays me through.

Let's bow our heads together as we acknowledge him.

But today we acknowledge you even more so as a teacher, asking that you would teach us to pray.

May we leave this place, Lord, knowing that we've had an encounter with you.

It has been said that God always brings good, always brings good, even out of bad.

Do you believe that God always brings good out of bad?

And I'll tell you why, because the Bible tells me so.

Romans chapter 8, verse 28, it says that God works all things.

And what things are included in all things?

Therefore God works all things together for the good, for the good of those who love him.

Now Let me be quick to say, and I know that somebody is thinking this, the fact that God works all things for our good does not mean that you won't face difficult circumstances.

And in case you missed it, bad circumstances are also included in the all things.

The all things includes the good things, yes, and the bad things.

What it does mean is that God is always able to bring good out of them.

And I know that there's a witness here today and I'll be the first 1 to declare that there is need for the good in this life here on earth.

There's the need for the good when the doctor diagnoses us with a serious illness.

When we suffer the loss of a loved 1, when our relationships break down, there's need for the good.

When financial hardship comes our way, when we get ourselves into legal trouble, when there's family conflicts, when there's political unrest, when you're betrayed by someone else, there is need for the good, for the good.

And in these moments and many others, we lift up our voices towards heaven and we say, God, fulfill your promise right now that all things work together for good.

You know, in fact, God is so committed to the good of all things That he was even committed to the good of all things, even after Adam and Eve disobediently rebelled.

Resulting in fear and shame, God still caused it to work together for the good of Adam and Eve, who loved God and were created according to his purpose.

The good promise is found in Genesis chapter 3.

We're going to go to the book of beginnings.

And explore this concept that God is good.

God is so committed to the good of all things that even after Adam and Eve sinned, God intervened so that all things, even their rebellion that brought sin into the world would work out together for good.

The good promise there is in Genesis chapter 3 verse 15.

And I will, the promise, I will put enmity between you and the woman.

And between your seed, devil, and her seed, you, he, shall bruise your head.

You, he, shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.

We take in what's going on in this very moment.

The very moment when we as the human race needed divine intervention, Jesus was actively and prayerfully looking for them in the cool of the day.

I'd like to propose to you that the mere fact that Jesus is looking for them indicates that he's already interceding.

He's already interceding for he knows what has happened.

He's looking for them because he's going to do a work of intercession.

Series

The Power of Prayer

02 The Power of Prayer: When Jesus Prays Me Through

Transcript

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