You know what get bold in your praying
pray for things that just don't make sense to your mind if you feel like God's leading you to do it
Bold prayers honor God and God honors bold prayers God does not want us to pray weak prayers God does
not want us to pray get by prayers but God likes it when you ask red seas to part God likes it when
you ask for axe heads to swim on top of the Jordan river as Elisha did God likes it when you stand
like Joshua and you point to the sun and you say sun stand still and God stops the whole universe
because someone prayed a bold prayer in faith that was connected to God's purpose and plan
in the earth for some of us the biggest problems would be that our prayers are just too safe
predictable mundane rote and safe sometimes I wonder
if the all-powerful God in heaven looks at our prayers like that and says that's almost an insult
that you're praying that's safe how many of you know the impossible doesn't intimidate God
God isn't offended by your biggest dreams or your boldest prayers he's offended by anything less
don't forget to pray but don't be ashamed to pray and don't be too proud to pray prayer
changes things I don't care how dark it look for you I don't care what what they just said to you
I don't care what the verdict is I don't care what the haters say
prayer change things God is honored when we come to him he's honored when we talk to him
and he's willing to hear and answer our prayer he says call unto me I will answer you and show you
great and mighty things which you do not know if he can part the Red Sea knock down the walls of
Jericho and if he can give us the ten commandments he can answer any prayer we pray that fits his
will and his plan for our life we must begin to believe that God in the mystery of prayer
has trusted us with a force that can move the heavenly world and bring his power down to earth
God is ready to act if we'll be bold enough to ask God will use anyone that is willing to say
yes to him who will trust him and obey him fully you can be a 15 year old teenager or a 68 year old
retiree God wants to use you and me do you want to be used by God you have to be willing to be bold
my question is are you asking big or are you letting your circumstances how you were raised
what somebody said talk you out of it if you go through life only praying barely get by prayers
you'll miss the fullness of your destiny but when you get this in your spirit that the God who
breathed life into you the God who called you set you apart crowned you with favor is a more than
enough God an abundant God an overflowing God then you'll have this boldness to ask for big things
not to just manage the addiction but to be free from the addiction not to just pay your bills but
to be totally out of debt so you can be a blessing to others not to just see your child get back on
the right course but that God would use him to make his mark in this generation how bold are
your prayers God's there listening for all who pray for all who pray and mean it the Lord is
not far from each of us draw near to God and he will draw near to you God will give good things
to those who ask him respond in prayer respond in bold honest continual and audacious prayer
prayer is in fact powerful prayer is not just a habit prayer is not just an exercise that we
go through it is not just form and structure but prayer is powerful the conversations that we have
with the God that created the universe and to know that we have his ear when when we pray the bible
said he hears us when we pray that makes prayer powerful prayers are prophecies of your future
the only future that you or your family have are the prayers that you're praying for your
marriage for your children for your future it's all right when you pray to recognize that you're
in tough times but prayer ought to sound something like this if prayer is the prophecy of my future
Lord it's tough but I know that you're able Lord I know that you're mighty Lord I know that you
will deliver me you just prophesied to your future I thank you God that you are my healer
that you are my helper pray your faith not your fears get up out of the mud and say I know what I
have believed in and whom I have believed in the trans script of your prayers
will become the script of your future when you say God help me to get that scholarship so I can
go to college that's not just being hopeful just being positive that's your faith being released
that's what allows God to do great things or God I don't have the funds for the building project
just yet but Lord I want to thank you that opportunity is headed my way
that blessings are chasing me down take the limits off of God ask big this is the year
for God to show out in your life to accelerate his goodness to propel you into your destiny
there's no situation beyond the power and the reach of prayer there is no circumstance that
is beyond the reach and the power of prayer I know firsthand that sometimes all it takes is just one
prayer to change everything there are things in my life I'll admit to you that I've prayed about
for weeks months maybe even years but there are also times in my life that I went to prayer and
after one time of prayer I saw the answer almost immediately the same day the same week almost
immediately prayer changes anything and everything seek God always immediately quickly
live with one ear toward heaven here's your promise trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding in all your ways acknowledge him and he shall what
direct your paths you know what you cannot talk to God about too much other people will
get tired of listening to you but God never will other people will say that's too much
detail too much information God says bring it on I want to hear it if it matters to you
it matters to God because you see our relationship with God is exactly that it's a relationship
and his invitation is clear and simple he says come and talk with me o my people in our response
Lord I'm coming it's that simple we abide with him and he abides with us and as we journey through
life he begins to tell us turn here turn there step here step there our prayers may be awkward
our attempts at prayer may be feeble but since the power of prayer is in the one who hears it and not
in the one who says it our prayers do make a difference because of who hears our prayers
because of who we're talking to because of the one who promised to hear and answer our prayers
because of the one whose power is behind the answer when we pray to God we're praying to the
creator of the universe he loves you and so when you pray to him it's his good pleasure to answer
your prayers to hear and to answer your prayers the odds may be against you
but the good news is God is for you he is more powerful than any force that's trying to stop you
he knows how to make up for what you didn't get he can thrust you further than you ever imagined
ask for your dreams ask for things that even seem impossible call on God for great things
imitate Joshua ask God to defeat the enemies of the promised land if that means the interruption
of earthly rotation so be it you see when it comes to advancing the kingdom
no request is unrealistic remember who you are you can pray bold prayers because you are God's child
you can pray bold prayers because you're not just a run-of-the-mill person on this planet
you have been bought by the blood of Christ and you have been placed into his family
so you come to God not as a stranger but as an heir to the promise you approach
God's throne not as an interloper but as a child in whom the spirit of God dwells
you don't swagger into God's presence but neither do you sneak and creep into God's presence you're
not cocky but neither are you mousy you step into the throne room of God having been invited
by him and when you step into the throne room of God all the angels step back and they say oh
we recognize you you're one of his children and you are welcome here having been invited by him
escorted by his son accompanied by his spirit you can earnestly make your request known to him
knowing he will do what is right not because of what you have achieved but because of what
Christ has done Jesus spilled his blood for you consequently you can spill your heart before God
now maybe you don't need the sun to stop but boy you need the temptation to leave
you need the fog of fear to lift
you need the cancer to vanish you don't need a longer day but you likely need a deeper faith
a stronger resolve or a higher call your first response when temptation or trouble comes pray
audacious prayers remember God fights for you so you will not have to fight this battle take your
position stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you church call on God
call on God declare the name of Jesus ask it will be given to you if you believe you will
get anything you ask for in prayer you are not without hope because you are not without prayer
you are never on your own you may think you are you may feel like you are but I want to
tell you you are one prayer away from a new day you just keep praying you just keep talking
you consult God in everything you keep an ear toward heaven and you call on God for great things
in response he will bend lo the Psalmist said and hear my whispered plea