Prayer 2021 - September 18 - Our Rights Under Prayer pt 14

Scripture For Today:

 Ezra 10:1

“While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly.”

Our Rights Under Prayer pt 14

We have been studying about “Our Rights Under Prayer” these past weeks. Yesterday, we established the fact that when we are born again, WE ARE the seed of Abraham. Amen!  But, much more than that, we also have something that the world does not have. We become CHILDREN of the Most High God! We have a Covenant with God our Father that comes through only through Christ Jesus. 

Are YOU  Abraham’s seed?  YES!  Are you a Child of God? YES! Well, if that is the case…you ought to be delivered from whatever the devil is trying to bring on you!  Don’t let that fool try and trick you into “suffering for God.”  God doesn’t want you to “suffer” for Him!  He sent Jesus to “suffer for YOU.”  And there is no more “suffering” to do!  If there was…that means Jesus did not “suffer” enough.  And if he did not “suffer enough,”  that means there is still some sin out there that we have not been delivered from…and which means there is still sin out there that we have to go to hell over…which means our salvation is not guaranteed!  But that is NOT the case.  Jesus paid it ALL!  AMEN!

So, we have established the fact that God sent Jesus to pay the entire sin debt.  Nothing is left over on our accounting books to be paid by us… that means we are NOW in a “right” relationship with our Heavenly Father and our big brother – Jesus!  Which means their ears are open and listening to what we are saying and listening for our prayers….

These last few days, I’ve been going WAY over my time that I’m supposed to be keeping these teachings to. So I’m just going to give you the scripture references that I would normally use in a deeper teaching on this subject. You go and look them up. That’s part of your homework assignment, amen!  I’ll just summarize them for you in this teaching series, except when I want to make a specific point. Amen!

So go to 1 Peter 3:12 and see that God is LISTENING for YOU.   What is He listening for you to do?  PRAY!

And the promise that God is going to listen to your prayers is not just to a select few.  It is not just to those who “live right.”  Although God is not obligated to answer the prayers of the unrighteous…if you have been living that way and want to change…to repent…to accept Jesus as your Lord and ask for the forgiveness of your sins and then ask Him to clean up the mess you made…He will.  But, if you are a born again believer…you have a right to make a prayer request to your Father and expect Him to answer it.  He promised He would!!!

Go look at Romans 4:16…the promise is sure to ALL the seed! By Grace…which means by God’s FAVOR!  It does not matter who the BELIEVER is…smart or dumb; educated or not; black, white, yellow or red…it makes not difference to God…he is not a respecter of persons… He gives His righteousness to YOU…He gives to YOU right standing in His eyes.  You are a bought SON or DAUGHTER with the blood of Jesus…He counts that blood as precious and He counts YOU as precious.  Just like you would give your kids something they need if they ask you….He gives you the things you need if you ask Him…  “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness and ALL these ‘things’ will be added to YOU,”  Jesus said…

In Romans 5:17, we are told there was enough death to go around…so much so that they thought it was over…but GOD…says His Grace abounds to much MORE than that.  His Righteousness is His GIFT… you can’t buy and you can’t earn it…you can’t get good enough in God’s eyes where it is something you earned…it is a GIFT.  And if it is a gift…what do you say to someone who “gives” you something…THANK YOU…that’s all you have to do…start praising God for giving you the gift..the answered prayer you have asked Him for.

So, back in 1 Peter 3:12 – the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous…and His ears are open to their cries…he is listening for your prayers to Him… God is waiting for someone to use the name and authority of Jesus in prayer.

And if that someone is YOU – He says He will answer your prayers. Not just answer them – but will answer them SPEEDILY! Praise God!

Let’s Pray! 

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