1 John 5:14-15

This episode comes with a warning: This part of the snare is deep, disturbing and diabolical. It uncovers the final piece that Daniel warned would come in the latter days. I have felt the urgency to get this message out, but it has been extremely difficult to put together because I know it will not be easy for many to hear.I encourage you to listen, though, because it contains the strategy God gave us for getting OUT of this snare if you or someone you care about has fallen into it.

The Lord invites us to come to Him in prayer about anything and everything in our lives and He’s given us powerful examples of answered prayers in the lives of His children. On today’s PowerPoint, Pastor Jack Graham shares the three conditions we must meet in order to ask, receive, and prevail in prayer.

What is involved in getting your prayers answered? God answers when you pray from a pure heart, when you pray according to His will, and when you pray in faith. Believe that God not only can, but that He will! 

God knows our heart already, but he would love for us to pay attention to him and talk to Him even if He knows already what we want to say. The word, “Shamea” in Hebrew is mainly used for the word, "hear" in English as well as “Azen” in Hebrew. When Psalm’s writer used the word, “Shamea” “Azen, Azen”, he was pleading to God to listen to him and He hearsd him. God hears our heart. Psalm 39:12 “Hear H8085 my prayer, H8605 O LORD, H3068 and give H238 ear H238 to my cry; H7775 Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers. Psalm 54:2 Hear H8085 my prayer, H8605 O God; H430 Give H238 ear H238 to the words of my mouth. The word “ hear” in English is used 531times in 494 verses. We want to focus on the word “Shamea” שָׁמַע today. This word is used in Genesis 58 times, in Deuteronomy 82 times in Psalm 78 times and in Jeremiah 168 times. We can see the importance in hearing from God just by glancing the usage of this word “hear”. God not only hears us, but commends us to hear Him as well. We will talk about the word, “hear” in terms of “we hear from God”. When we see the “shamea” is used mostly in Jeremiah, we can see God was pleading to Israel to hear what God had to say. I think He is the same way today. God wants us to pay attention to Him today, as He wanted Israel to hear Him back then.May God hear us and grant us ears to hear Him!

Throughout His Word God says to us “Call on Me and I’ll answer, ask and I’ll give it to you!” If we believe that to be true, why do we pray so little? It so often sits in our spiritual arsenal, and we rarely access it. Today on Focal Point the plan is to resuscitate our prayer lives. We’ll go to First John five, and verses 14-15 for some much needed encouragement.

What is involved in getting your prayers answered? God answers when you pray from a pure heart, when you pray according to His will, and when you pray in faith. Believe that God not only can, but that He will!