Prayer 2021 - March 6 - Acting on God's Promises

Scripture For Today:

2 Samuel 21:14

“They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish, at Zela in Benjamin, and did everything the king commanded. After that, God answered prayer in behalf of the land.”

Acting on God’s Promises

 It’s amazing how we can just go along and leave some scriptures alone as if they have no meaning in our life whatsoever. The last couple of days, I was sharing with you some spiritual insights from Mathew chapter 18, verses 18-20, concerning the prayer of agreement and binding and loosing. 

But, as we discovered, your prayers must be in accordance with the Word of God and the Will of God. The only way you will know if your prayers are like that is IF YOU know the Word of God and the Will of God. And the only way you will do that is if YOU get into the Word of God on your own and start to study it out for yourself instead of relying on someone else to do the studying for you!

Don’t shout me down when I’m preaching good and stepping all over your toes! Praise God!

That is one of the big problems today in churches. Most people do not even bring their own Bible to church anymore! They rely on the church to put the scriptures up on the big screen for them! They rely on the pastor or preacher to do all of the studying for them and just tell them a few neat tidbits of information – just like I’m doing here for you! 

If this is the extent of your Bible study – you are in a heap more trouble than Brother Bob can ever teach you to get out of in 10 minutes per day, that’s for sure! You need to get into the Word of God on your own. You need to get into the Word on a daily basis. You need to go before the Lord in prayer on a daily basis. YOU NEED TO DO IT!  Amen!

You see, we all have a part to play in getting our prayers answered. When we make our move by declaring what God’s Word says in our situation, THEN and ONLY THEN will God move on our behalf. Now, there will be times when He moves simply out of His Grace and Mercy – but I’m talking about the prayer of agreement and binding and loosing. WE have a part to play in this!

So, let’s recap how far we have come in the last few days. Let’s start by reading Mathew 18:18-20 again…

“Verily I say unto you, whatsoever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in Heaven. And whatsoever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in Heaven.” Verse 19, “Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in Heaven.”  Verse 20, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”

Jesus is teaching us the WE have the spiritual authority to bind and loose things on this earth that we desire. To bring this power to pass in our prayer lives, it behooves us to find another believer that will pray in agreement with us. BUT – our prayers MUST line up with God’s Word and God’s Will. When we do that, we KNOW what the Word of God says about our situation, we have another believer who also knows what the Word of God says (and believes it) concerning the situation we are praying about – AND we know Jesus is right there in our midst AS WE PRAY…

You can’t help but WIN!  Jesus said so! He promised us it would work! Amen!

Look at the last part of verse 19 again, “…it SHALL be done for them of my Father who is in Heaven.”

AMEN! And AMEN!

I want to pray with you right now that you are understanding this. I know for many of you, this may be the first time you are hearing these scriptures taught in this light. But it is high time you started to believe them. Amen!

Let’s Pray!

Until next time, this is Pastor Bob Thibodeau reminding you from 1 Thessalonians 5:17 in the Living Bible to “Always Keep on Praying!”  Be blessed in all that you do!

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