Let us pray - Part 14

Moses, the antheral who did not privation to beryllium sent to Egypt due to the fact that helium was “slow of speech” (Exodus 4:10), delivered the 3 addresses to Israel that marque up the publication of Deuteronomy. God gave him the powerfulness to make from a stuttering shepherd into a nationalist person and almighty orator. His courage, humility, and contented moulded the Hebrew slaves into a nation. But Moses was 1 idiosyncratic who did not fto occurrence get to his head. In the end, God was inactive Moses’ champion friend. His love, respect, and awe for God had grown regular passim his life. Moses knew that it was not immoderate greatness successful himself that made him successful; it was the greatness of the all-powerful God successful whom helium trusted. There were galore large and almighty prophets during the clip of the kings. But it would beryllium much than a 1000 years earlier 1 greater than Moses would appear—Jesus.

God Loves To Answer Our Prayers (Read Jeremiah 33:1-9)
“Call to maine and I volition reply you and archer you large and unsearchable things you bash not know,” (Jer 33:3).
God delights successful talking to america — the supra substance makes it clear.

But however anxious are we to speech to Him?
God assured Jeremiah that helium had lone to telephone to God and God would reply (see besides Psalm 145:18; Isaiah 58:9; Mat 7:7). God is acceptable to reply our prayers, but we indispensable inquire for his assistance. Surely God could instrumentality attraction of our needs without our asking. But erstwhile we ask, we are acknowledging that helium unsocial is God and that we cannot execute successful our ain spot each that is his domain to do. When we ask, we indispensable humble ourselves, laic speech our willfulness and worry, and find to obey him.

God’s receptor is continually unfastened to us. He hears adjacent the weakest and faintest of cries. The overmuch loved hymn, ‘What a Friend we person successful Jesus’ puts it similar this:
“Can we find a person truthful faithful
Who volition each our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our each weakness;
Take it to the Lord successful prayer.”

Conditionalities For Answered Prayers (Read 2 Chron 7:11-16)

How did God respond to Solomon’s prayer?
“Then the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: “I person heard your prayer, … 13: When I unopen up eden and determination is nary rain, oregon bid the locusts to devour the land, oregon nonstop pestilence among My people. 14: If My radical who are called by My sanction volition humble themselves, and commune and question My face, and crook from their wicked ways, past I volition perceive from heaven, and volition forgive their misdeed and heal their land. 15: Now My eyes volition beryllium unfastened and My ears attentive to supplication made successful this place,” (2 Chro 7:12-15).
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