TOPIC: BEFORE YOU PRAY
TEXT: MATT 5: 1-4
WITH APOSTLE FESTUS ALILU
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ONE OF THE DRIVING FORCE OF MAN IS NEEDS
SOMETIMES, IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL, YOU CAN GET SO CARRIED AWAY BY YOUR NEEDS THAT IT WOULD AFFECT YOUR SENSE OF REASONING AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR A LOT OF MISBEHAVIORS
BEFORE YOU PRAY, THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE EXPECTED OF YOU; YOU DON’T JUST COME TO GOD IN PRAYER BECAUSE YOU THINK THE NAME OF JESUS GIVES YOU ACCESS TO HIM
HAVE YOU MET UP WITH THE CREDENTIALS, REQUIREMENTS OF THE GOD WHOM YOU WANT TO PRAY TO
UNTIL THE REQUIREMENT IS MEANT, PRAYER WOULD BE A WASTE OF TIME
IF YOU CENTER YOUR NEED FOR PRAYER ON A NEED MEETING SAKE, THEN YOU HAVE NOT GROWN TO A LEVEL IN GOD WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT PRAYER IS BEYOND NEED MEETING BUT FOR COMMUNICATION SAKE
GOD DIDN’T ASK US TO PRAY BECAUSE HE DOESN’T KNOW OUR NEEDS; HE’S OMNIPRESENT AND OMNISCIENT
HE’S AWARE OF YOUR NEEDS BEFORE YOU PRAY BUT HE PUT THE PLACE OF REQUEST BECAUSE HE UNDERSTANDS THAT HUMAN BEINGS WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A REASON TO RETURN TO HIM BECAUSE GOD IS A GOD OF RELATIONSHIP
YOU CANNOT BE A GOOD PRAYING CHRISTIAN IF YOU MISS THE FOUNDATIONAL BIBLICAL TRUTH
THE POOTNESS OF THE SPIRIT:
THE POORNESS OF THE SPIRIT IS THE POINT WHERE YOU REALIZE HOW EMPTY YOU ARE WITHOUT YOUR MAKER
NEVER BE TEMPTED TO BE DECEIVED THAT THERE IS NO LIFE AFTER DEATH; THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH, WHERE WE WOULD SPEND IT IS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
BEFORE YOU PRAY, SET YOUR LIFE IN ORDER WITH YOUR MAKER… THE THINGS YOU NEED IS NOT HIS PROBLEM
GOD IS A CUSTODIAN OF THE MIRACULOUS; INFACT HIS EXISTENCE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THE MIRACULOUS
WHAT SUCCEEDS THE MIRACULOUS IS SIGNS AND WONDERS; SIGN MEANS THE VISIBILITY OF AN OCCURRENCE AND THE WONDER IS THE AMAZEMENT IT CAUSES YOU TO HAVE
CHRISTIANS ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT NEEDS, FORGETTING GOD’S FOUNDATIONAL OPERATIONS
JAMES 5 VS 17; ISAIAH 59 VS 1. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT GOD DOESN’T HEAR OR HAVE CAPACITY TO ANSWER; THE PROBLEM IS THE LIFESTYLE WITH WHICH WE APPROACH HIM
BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT GOD’S SPIRITUAL DEMAND OF YOU THAN YOU FULFILLING YOUR RELIGIOUS RITUALS
OBEYING THE ETHICS OF THE KINGDOM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN FULFILLING YOUR RELIGIOUS OBLIGATIONS
IF YOU WANT TO BE FULFILLED, PURSUE PASSION BUT IF YOU WANT TO BE PROSPEROUS, ENGAGE OPPORTUNITIES
WHY DO YOU PRAY SO MUCH AND HAVE REFUSED TO ENGAGE OPPORTUNITIES? YOUR PRAYER IS TO BRING OPPORTUNITIES AND OPPORTUNITY IS NOT TO BE STARED AT BUT ENGAGED
IF YOUR PRAYER MUST BE ANSWERED, THE FIRST THING THAT IS GOD’S CONCERN IS OUR INNER DISPOSITION
GOD IS SO CERTAIN THAT IF YOUR INWARD DISPOSITION IS RIGHT, IT WOULD CONTROL YOUR PHYSICAL LIFE
YOU CANT BE OURE AT HEART AND NOT LOVE IN THE PHYSICAL; YOU CANT BE MERCIFUL AT HEART AND NOT BE COMPASSIONATE TO THE DOWNCASTED
THIS IS WHAT HELPS YOUR PRAYER PROCEED TO GOD AND RETURN TO YOU AS AN ANSWER
ISAIAH 55 VS 11: WHEN YOU KNOW THE RIGHT THING TO DO, SMALL PRAYER IS ENOUGH
WHEN YOU ARE DEFILED, YOU TAMPER WITH YOUR AUTHORITY
AS A MAN OF GOD, DON’T TRY TO TAKE GOD’S GLORY; WHEN YOU TAKE THE GLORY OF THE ANOINTING OF GOD, GET READY TO START SEEING ANNOYING THINGS
WHEN YOU BEOME INTENTIONAL ABOUT ENGAGINGTHE SPIRITUAL DEMANDS, IT WILL HELP YOU TO BUILD INTIMACY WITH GOD THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE PLACE OF KOINONIA (FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD)
YOU CANT BE INTIMATE WITH GOD AND HAVE FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD AND HE WILL NOT ANSWER YOU
GET DEEP IN GOD TO A POINT WHERE NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN YOU AND HIM
TO GO DEEP IN GOD IS A PERSONAL DECISION; GOD IS NOT AN INTRUDER; HE DOES NOT BULLY NOR FORCE PEOPLE
ANSWERING OF PRAYERS IS ONE OF GOD’S HOBBIES BUT TO GET HIM TO ANSWER YOU EVEN AS MUCH AS IT IS HIS HOBBY, YOU MUST MEET UP WITH SPIRITUAL REQUIREMENTS
THAT IS WHY IT IS NOT EVERYONE THAT CAN LAY HANDS ON THE SICK AND THEY WOULD RECEIVE HEALING.
YOU'RE LIFTED!!!
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